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SCRANTON &#8212; The Wyoming Valley Conference hosted its inaugural senior all-star girls lacrosse game Monday at Scranton Prep&#8217;s Loyola Complex.The East team went on to a 13-7 victory over the West.The WVC referees organized the game which featured players from seven teams. District 2 champion Wyoming Seminary was unable to participate because the Blue Knights are still active in the PIAA tournament.Coughlin&#8217;s Kristi Pearage led the East with five goals. Teammate Savanna Robinson provided two goals and an assist.Pittston Area&#8217;s Rachel Ferrance and Dana Zalewski each scored twice for the East.&#8220;For me, it was a ton of fun to coach girls we play against&#8221; Wyoming Seminary and West coach Catie Kersey said. &#8220;We had some Scranton Prep girls come over to play for us. It was just a nice way to end the season and get one more lacrosse game in. Going from rivals to teammates is nice.&#8221;The East came out on top, despite not having a goalkeeper. There was only one senior goalkeeper on the roster &#8212; Dallas&#8217; Kathleen Brown. To handle the situation, organizers flipped the goal over to a small triangle-shaped size.&#8220;I think the hard thing is that these girls aren&#8217;t used to playing with each other,&#8221; Kersey said. &#8220;So knowing names and all of those things. I thought they played well and had a ton of fun. I don&#8217;t think anyone was stressed about the score.&#8221;The East posted five of the first six goals of the game to take an early commanding lead. Pearage corralled a high pass from Robinson and one-time it into the net for a 4-1 advantage. Crestwood&#8217;s Paige Zaleppa circled a defender on a clear and dumped it into net to go ahead 5-1.The West started strong in the second half, trimming the deficit to 8-5 when Tunkhannock&#8217;s Savannah Gleason found net, thanks to Dallas&#8217; Kyleigh Kravits&#8217; pass with 16:24 remaining. The East responded with three straight.Dallas&#8217; Katie Kapral scored a hat trick for the West. Tunkhannock senior Rachel Miroslaw scored twice.Since lacrosse&#8217;s inception in 2011, the WVC has grown from three teams to 11 this season.&#8220;Absolutely, I think the more girls play in the summer, and the more and more opportunities there are the better we are going to get,&#8221; Kersey said.H.S. GIRLS LACROSSEWVC Senior All-Star GameEast 13, West 7East`8`5`&#8212;`13West`3`4`&#8212;`7SCORING &#8212; EAST, Savanna Robinson (2g, 1a), Rachel Ferrance (2g), Dana Zalewski (2g), Haley Norwillo (1g), Kristi Pearage (5g), Paige Zaleppa (1g), Christine Kaffka (1g); WEST, Rachel Miroslaw (2g), Savannah Gleason (1g), Kyleigh Kravits (1g, 1a), Katie Kapral (3g), Gracie Franko (1a)East &#8212; CRE, Zaleppa; PA, Ferrance, Zalewski, Bianca Mattei-Miller, Alyssa Neare, Norwillo; COU Brigid Wood, Pearage, Robinson; SP, Cara Copick, Kaffka, Amanda Boland, Julia McDonald. West &#8212; DAL, Katie Snedeker, Kapral, Julia Baloh, Kravits, Kathleen Brown, Michaela O&#8217;Connell; TUN, Haley Toczko, Miroslaw, Gleason, Franko, Jesse Hines; WA Claudia Waltz, Jordan Kelly, Danielle Vigueras, Emily Menta<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Jay MonahanFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</shirttailMeta></div>

Coughlin’s Kristi Pearage scores 5 for East in girls lacrosse all-star game