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Tigers topple Irish
EAST LIVERPOOL -- Wellsville's bowling team was a 1,835-1,665 winner over Ursuline on Tuesday at Walnut Lanes.
Makayla Landess had a 226 high game and a 423 series for the Tigers (12-1).
Madelyn Landess added a 192 high game and a 339 series.
Wellsville hosts Youngstown Urban Scholars on Thursday.
Chaney sweeps Southern
The Southern Local bowling teams were swept by Youngstown Chaney on Tuesday.
Chaney won the boys match, 1722-1557. The Indians were led by Mason Sosack with a 160 game and 311 series.
Chaney also won the girls match, 1231-1172. For the Indians, Kylie Board had a 104 game and a 193 series.
Three schools leaving MVAC
The Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference is facing an uncertain future after several Portage County schools in the league are in the process of announcing their departure for a new league.
Garrettsville Garfield, Ravenna Southeast and Waterloo are planning on joining the Greater Portage Conference along with Crestwood, Rootstown, Ravenna, Akron Springfield and Mogadore to start play in 2027-28.
Waterloo, Mogadore, Rootstown and Southeast have all had their school boards sign off on the move with four schools left to approve.
With the exit of the Portage County schools, the MVAC Gray Division will have two openings, while the Scarlett Division will have one.
Crestview is the lone Columbiana County school in the MVAC.
The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference also has one opening after Leetonia has announced it will leave at the end of this school year.
Lightning beat Penguins for 11th straight win
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Nikita Kucherov scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night for their 11th straight win.
J.J. Moser scored in regulation and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 26 saves for the Lightning, who have not lost since a 2-1 defeat at home against Los Angeles on Dec. 18. Three of their wins during the streak have come after regulation.
The Lightning moved into first place in the Atlantic Division, one point ahead of the Detroit Red Wings, who lost 3-0 at Boston. The 11-game win streak matched the longest in franchise history, accomplished previously from Jan. 29 to Feb. 17, 2020.
Evgeni Malkin scored for the Penguins and Arturs Silovs had 30 saves. Pittsburgh lost its third straight (0-2-1) since a six-game win streak.