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Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Kate Romanowski was named WVC girls lacrosse MVP.Joining Romanowski on the first team were Blue Knights teammates Julia Gabriel, Abby Straub and Mia Raineri, along with Crestwood&#8217;s Sam Brumagin, Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Katie Strohl, Dallas&#8217; Sam Delamater, Wyoming Area&#8217;s Jordan Kelly, Coughlin&#8217;s Brigid Wood, Pittston Area&#8217;s Bailey Jordon, Scranton Prep&#8217;s Cara Copicki and Delaware Valley&#8217;s Maecy Chlebowski and Mandy Xu.Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Catie Kersey was named Coach of the Year.PSU football times releasedTwo more game times on the Penn State football schedule was announced Monday.The Nittany Lions open the 2016 season in Beaver Stadium against Kent State Sept. 3 at 3:30 p.m. and will air on the Big Ten Network. Penn State will host Temple Sept. 17 at noon and then it&#8217;s off to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers on Sept. 10 at noon.They host Maryland for Homecoming Oct. 8 at noon, Ohio State for the Penn State White Out Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. and Iowa for Seats for Service Members Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m.Penn State&#8217;s game at Rutgers is slated for an 8 p.m. kick Nov. 19.Legion BaseballSwoyersville 5, Mountain Post 4Tyler Yankoski and Cade Flanley collected three hits each to lead Swoyersville. Dom Bayo hit a two-run double in the seventh to complete the come-from-behind win.Derek Distasio had two hits and James Graves threw seven innings for Mountain Post.**WVC Girls Lacrosse All-StarsMVP: Kate Romanowski, M/A, Wyoming SeminaryCoach of the Year: Catie Kersey, Wyoming SeminaryFirst Team All-StarsSam Brumagin, D, Crestwood; Abby Straub, M, Wyoming Seminary; Julia Gabriel, M/D, Wyoming Seminary; Katie Strohl, A/M, Lake-Lehman; Sam Delamater, A/M, Dallas; Maecy Chlebowski, M, Delaware Valley; Jordan Kelly, A/M, Wyoming Area; Brigid Wood, M, Coughlin; Bailey Jordon, M, Pittston Area; Cara Copicki, M, Scranton Prep; Mia Raineri, GK, Wyoming Seminary; Mandy Xu, GK, Delaware Valley.Second Team All-StarsJulia Filchak, GK, Crestwood; Christina Kafka, M, Scranton Prep; Dana Zaleski, M/A, Pittston; Katie Kapral, A, Dallas; Lindsay Yurchak, A/M; Hazleton Area; Savanna Robinson, M, Coughlin; Kristi Pearage, M, Coughlin; Casey-Ann Keiper, D, Lake-Lehman; Lauren Delamater, A, Dallas; Kyleigh Kravits, M, Dallas; Haley Tozko, M/D, Tunkhannock; Quinnlan Hammersley, M, Tunkhannock; Makayla Franko, M, Tunkhannock; Rachel Miroslaw, D, Tunkhannock; Meleah Hoats, M, Hazleton Area.Swoyersville 5, Mountain Post 4Swoyersville `AB` R` H `BIMontalvo cf` 3` 0` 0` 0Flanley 3b` 4` 3` 3` 0Yankoski 1b` 3` 2` 3` 2Bayo lf` 4` 0` 1` 2Baron 2b` 4 `0 `1 `1Adamski p` 0` 0` 0` 0Montalvo p` 0` 0` 0` 0Sienhewicz ss` 3` 0` 1` 0Packer c` 2` 0` 0` 0Pollick ph` 1` 0` 0` 0Techmanich 2b` 3` 0` 0` 0Sott rf` 2` 0` 0` 0Totals `29` 5` 9` 5Mt Post` AB` R `H` BIDistasio ss` 4` 1` 2` 0Darden 3b` 2` 0` 0` 0Graves p` 1` 1` 0` 0Kindler lf` 3` 0` 0` 0Kresge cf` 3` 2` 1` 2Tokach c` 4` 0` 1` 1Albee rf` 4 `0 `0 `0Leri 1b` 2` 0` 1` 0Caladie 2b` 1` 0` 1` 0Brozena ph` 1` 0` 0` 0Totals `25` 4` 6` 4Swoyersville `200 `010` 2` &#8212;5Mountain Post `300` 010 `0` &#8212;42b Flanley, Yankoski, Bayo Swoyersville, Tokach Mt. PostSwoyersville` IP` H `R `ER `BB` SOAdamski `6.0` 6` 4` 3` 3` 2Montalvo (W)`1.0` 0` 0` 0` 2` 2Mountain Post`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOGraves (L)` 7` 9` 5` 3` 2` 3<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>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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