PAL-MAC-5 at PENN YAN-17  -   Penn Yan scored the opening goal and never trailed in their 17-5 win over top seeded Pal-Mac. With tonight's victory, the Mustangs secured their second straight and 29th overall Sectional Title. Penn Yan's offense was led by Class D All-Tournament MVP Miles Ditzell, who finished with 5g-2a. Additional scoring came from Tukker Fisher (5g), Greyson Hathway (2g) and Braden Fingar (1g-1a). All three were also named to the All-Tournament Team for Penn Yan. Rounding out their selections were sophomore goalie Wilson Oliva and sophomore defenseman Keagan Christensen. For Pal-Mac, leading scorer Jackson Dennie (3g), LSM Joey Hagen, and sophomore attackman Max Hill (1g) were named to the All-Tournament Team. From the Semi-Final matchups, Midlakes’ Nate Lathrop and Marcus Whitman’s Tariku Blueye were named to the team.

Overall, Penn Yan won each of the four quarters and extended their lead quarter upon quarter. The Mustangs took the game into running time in the third quarter. The Mustangs first goal of the game was an unassisted goal from Ditzell with a drive from behind the cage less than 1 minute into the game. This was quickly followed by a face-off fast-break where Hathway picked up his own ground ball and ran down scoring unassisted. Hathway scored both of his goals after grabbing his own ground ball from the draw and finishing into the back of the net. He finished the night 20/22 at the face-off which was a key factor in his All-Tournament selection as it gave the Mustangs the ball over and over again. The first Pal-Mac goal of the game was scored at 8:33 with Hill scoring off an assist from Thomas. Thomas drove into the center before drawing the double and finding Hill open for the goal. Penn Yan added two more goals before the end of the first, leading 4-1 after the first quarter.

The second and third quarters were much of the same with Penn Yan adding four goals in each quarter and Pal-Mac adding two in the second and one in the third. Dennie scored his first goal to open the second and keep the game close (4-2 Penn Yan) with a straight drive at the cage. The Mustang's had scoring from Fingar, Hathway, T. Fisher and Levi Fisher within the second quarter. Penn Yan led 8-3 going into halftime. The third quarter had a lot of penalties for both teams with three of the five goals of the quarter coming in extra-man offense. Ditzell, scored two extra-man goals for Penn Yan and Dennie scored and extra-man goal for Pal-Mac. The Mustangs led 12-4 going into the final quarter. The Mustangs scored the first five goals of the final quarter before Pal-Mac scored the last goal of the game. Ryan Allen assisted the final goal with Reid Deihl scoring on an outside shot from the top. In the cage for Penn Yan, Oliva recorded 10 saves/4ga over 42 minutes. Jameson Milroy recorded 4 saves/1ga over 4 minutes and Jaxon Jensen finished out the game without facing a shot. For Pal-Mac, Drew Ikewood played the entire game at recorded 16 saves.

Penn Yan moves into the Sub-regional match-up of the State Tournament where they will face East Aurora. East Aurora defeated Eden/North Collins in their Sectional Championship 25-9. The Blue Devils played two Section Five games this year with a win over Class C Champion HFL (12-11) and a loss to Spencerport (12-5). Penn Yan has faced East Aurora twice and won both contests, with the most recent being in 2023 where the Mustangs won 8-4.