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Luzerne County property owners complain about costly bills for 2016 gypsy moth spraying

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Misericordia University summer research program presented findings

Three area women will play their final collegiate field hockey game on Saturday, Nov. 21 in Ann Arbor, MI. The three, Anna Dessoye of Maryland, Jess Newak of Wake Forest and Selena Adamshick of St.Francis, will be competing in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I Senior Game.Dessoye, a Crestwood graduate, leads the Terps in scoring with 30 points on eight goals and a team-high 14 assists with two game-winners. She picked up her third Big Ten Player of the Week award on Monday. Seventh-ranked Maryland is 16-3 and captured the Big Ten title with an 8-0 record and will play Iowa in the first round of the league playoffs Saturday in Iowa City.Newak, another Crestwood grad, leads the sixth-ranked Demon Deacons in scoring with 32 points on 12 goals and eight assists. She has three game winners. Wake Forest finished the regular season 13-4 and will meet Boston College in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Thursday in Charlottesville, VA.Adamshick, a Lake-Lehman graduate, also led her team in scoring with 11 goals and seven assists for 29 points. She also had three defensive saves. The Red Flash saw their season end with a 3-2 loss to St. Joseph&#8217;s in an Atlantic-10 Conference elimination game. They finished 10-7 on the season.Sutton aiming to peakShippensburg&#8217;s Kieran Sutton finished fifth in the PSAC men&#8217;s cross country championships, but the junior has his eyes on a bigger prize &#8211; the NCAA Division II Championship.The Lake-Lehman grad covered the 8K course in 25:37 and was edged out by teammate Alexander Balla who finished fourth. The Raiders finished second to Lock Haven for the team title.&#8220;Kieran has been really focusing on his training with the goal of peaking in the last race of the season &#8211; the NCAA Championships,&#8221; coach Steve Spence said.Next up for Sutton and his mates will be the NCAA Atlantic Regional Saturday in Lock Haven.&#8220;Our team is fortunately in a situation where we can somewhat focus on training and approaching the Regionals as a qualifying meet where we need to run well, but we don&#8217;t need to do anything amazing,&#8221; Spence said. &#8220;Kieran will be called upon to have another solid race, similar to how he ran at the PSAC meet which will comfortably help our team advance to the Nationals.&#8221;Nationals are Saturday, Nov. 21 in Joplin, MO.Honors for Bolton Misericordia senior Bianca Bolton has been named Middle Atlantic Conference Women&#8217;s Runner of the Year in cross country after she finished first in the league meet last Saturday in Dallas. She was also named to the All-MAC first team and was MAC Runner of the Week for her performance.The Pittston Area graduate posted a 6K time of 22:35 to top a field of 164 runners to help the Cougars capture their second straight team title.&#8220;Bianca ran a fantastic race,&#8221; coach Chris Wadas said. &#8220;She ran with confidence and patience. Within the last mile of the race she put on a huge surge to take over the lead and win by nine seconds.&#8221;Teammate Amy Viti, a graduate of Hanover Area, finished seventh in 23:36 to earn All-MAC honors along with Bolton.&#8220;Amy&#8217;s time was a huge personal best on the course,&#8221; Wadas said.The two runners will next compete in the NCAA Division III Regionals Saturday, Nov. 14 in Newville.&#8220;Regardless what happens (in the Regionals), Bianca and Amy have been a huge part of the transformation of our team into possibly earning a spot in the NCAA Championships,&#8221; Wadas said.Runner-up for RomeSophomore Regan Rome finished second to teammate Emily Stites to help the No. 24-ranked William &amp; Mary women&#8217;s cross country team capture its fourth straight Colonial Athletic Association Championship last Saturday in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Her 6K time was 20:10.6. The Tribe, which put four runners in the top five, finished with 23 points.Rome, a Dallas grad, earned her second straight All-CAA first team honor. She finished fourth in the race as a freshman.William &amp; Mary will run next in the USA Track &amp; Field Championships Friday in Boulder, CO.Bernardis helping WildcatsFormer Holy Redeemer standouts Lauren and Ashley Bernardi are playing key roles with the Northwestern field hockey team. The Wildcats finished the regular season with a 12-7 overall mark and a 4-4 record in the Big Ten Conference. They face Ohio State in the first round of the league tournament Thursday in Bloomington, IN.Ashley has played in 19 games with 10 starts and has four assists including one in a 2-0 victory over Ohio State during the regular season.&#8220;Lauren has really turned it on this season,&#8221; coach Tracey Fuchs said. &#8220;She&#8217;s getting better and better and is really attacking.&#8221;Twin sister Ashley has played in 16 games with one start and has two goals and an assist.&#8220;Ashley had battled a few injuries and really didn&#8217;t figure on her contributing this season but she has and some good things happen when she&#8217;s out on the field.&#8221;Hargrave helps outFreshman Caitlin Hargrave played in all 17 games and started 15 for the Penn State-Harrisburg women&#8217;s soccer team. The defender, the Wyoming Valley West grad, picked up her first collegiate point when she had an assist in a 2-1 loss to LaRoche.&#8220;Cait was a very important player on this team,&#8221; coach Chuck Wigle said. &#8220;She already possessed the physicality for the college game, but she improved drastically as a one-on-one defender, ball-winner and distributor. It was a testament to the work she put in. She takes direction well and pushes her teammates and has developed into a patient, hard-to-beat defender.&#8221;The Bobcats were 7-7-3 overall and finished third in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference with a 6-1-2 record. They saw their season end with a 2-1 loss to Penn State-Altoona in the first round of the AMCC playoffs.Mosier leading the wayThe Keystone women&#8217;s volleyball team is playing in the Colonial States Athletic Conference Tournament this week and a lot of the credit goes to senior Carol Mosier.Senior setter and Lake-Lehman graduate has 413 assists and 170 digs. She also has 65 kills, 22 service aces and 12 blocks to help the Giants post a 20-6 record with a 9-2 mark during the regular CSAC season.&#8220;Carol has been an integral part of rebuilding our program,&#8221; coach Nicole Wentz said. &#8220;She has seen the program at its worst and through her grit, determination and positive attitude has helped us into becoming a contender in our conference.&#8221;Mosier reached the 2,000 career-assist mark during the season and has led the team to its highest attack percentage in four years.&#8220;Carol has improved in all aspects of her game this season, but especially in her hitting,&#8221; Wentz said. &#8220;It has been a joy to coach her.&#8221;Reinhimer tough in goal Allison Reinhimer shared goalkeeping duties with the Washington &amp; Jefferson women&#8217;s soccer team and the sophomore finished the regular season with a 10-2-1 record.The Berwick graduate gave up 11 goals (0.87 goals against average) and had 43 saves (.796 save percentage) with six shutouts. Last season, the Presidents used two senior keepers.&#8220;Allison has settled in really well in her first competitive season of college soccer,&#8221; coach Pete Curtis said. &#8220;There has been a noticeable increase in not only her confidence, but also her performance level as the season has progressed.&#8221;The coach admits that Reinhimer had a lot to learn when she joined the team.&#8220;She has worked extremely hard to bring her game up to the level where she is now infinitely more comfortable not only in her role, but also as a defensive leader. She has the size, athleticism and mentality to be a very good college keeper.&#8221;Freshman and fellow former Bulldog, Brianna Floryshak, is also on the squad and has played in 16 games with six starts and has three assists.&#8220;Bri has settled into college soccer very well,&#8221; Curtis said.<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Anna Dessoye of the University of Maryland and a Crestwood graduate, leads the Terps in scoring with 30 points on eight goals and a team-high 14 assists with two game-winners. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/web1_Dessoye092515-03.jpg</photo0><caption0>Anna Dessoye of the University of Maryland and a Crestwood graduate, leads the Terps in scoring with 30 points on eight goals and a team-high 14 assists with two game-winners. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Bill ArsenaultFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</shirttailMeta></div>

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