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Scranton Prep and Abington Heights were separated by the slimmest of margins as the top two boys lacrosse teams in District 2.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers won both meetings between the two teams representing District 2 in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association playoffs by one-goal margins.<\/p>\n
Scranton Prep rallied from three goals down May 21 to defeat Abington Heights 15-14 in the District 2 Class 2A championship game when Mackey Lynett scored his sixth goal of the game in overtime.<\/p>\n
Will McPartland added five goals for the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n
Scranton Prep was 19-0 heading into the June 2 state tournament opener.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers went 10-0 in the Wyoming Valley Conference to finish first, just ahead of the Comets, whom they defeated 14-13 in their league meeting in April.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights went 9-1 in the WVC and is 16-4 overall after earning the second seed in the district tournament with a 14-3 overall, regular-season record.<\/p>\n
Christopher Bohn led the Comets in the district final with five goals and four assists. Braghan Pallis had two goals and seven assists.<\/p>\n
Gavin Anders had three goals, Logan Fedor scored twice, Gavin Lindsay had a goal and an assist and Rodman Azar also scored.<\/p>\n
The evenly matched teams were tied after one quarter and at halftime before the Cavaliers took a one-goal lead going into the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights took a six-game winning streak into the district final.<\/p>\n
The Comets outscored their last four regular-season opponents by a total of 76-20, including a 19-4 victory over Dallas in the May 5 finale.<\/p>\n
Bohn scored six goals while Pallis and Lindsay each had three goals and two assists.<\/p>\n
The teams opened the District 2 playoffs with a rematch, which Abington Heights won 21-4 May 14.<\/p>\n
The Comets led 12-0 after one quarter and 19-1 at halftime.<\/p>\n
Pallis finished with five goals and two assists to lead 11 players who contributed to the scoring.<\/p>\n
Anders had four goals and two assists, while Bohn had three goals and five assists.<\/p>\n
Bohn had six goals and three assists to lead four players with hat tricks in a 19-6 romp over Crestwood May 18 to reach the district final and clinch the state playoff berth.<\/p>\n
Pallis and Anders each had four goals and an assist. Azar had three goals and four assists, while Lindsay had two goals and three assists.<\/p>\n
When the state playoffs opened June 2, Abington Heights was scheduled to travel to District 4 champion Selinsgrove while Scranton Prep hosted District 3 runner-up Lower Dauphin.<\/p>\n
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