Scranton Prep and Abington Heights were separated by the slimmest of margins as the top two boys lacrosse teams in District 2.
The Cavaliers won both meetings between the two teams representing District 2 in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association playoffs by one-goal margins.
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.
Will McPartland added five goals for the Cavaliers.
Scranton Prep was 19-0 heading into the June 2 state tournament opener.
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.
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.
Christopher Bohn led the Comets in the district final with five goals and four assists. Braghan Pallis had two goals and seven assists.
Gavin Anders had three goals, Logan Fedor scored twice, Gavin Lindsay had a goal and an assist and Rodman Azar also scored.
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.
Abington Heights took a six-game winning streak into the district final.
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.
Bohn scored six goals while Pallis and Lindsay each had three goals and two assists.
The teams opened the District 2 playoffs with a rematch, which Abington Heights won 21-4 May 14.
The Comets led 12-0 after one quarter and 19-1 at halftime.
Pallis finished with five goals and two assists to lead 11 players who contributed to the scoring.
Anders had four goals and two assists, while Bohn had three goals and five assists.
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.
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.
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.
