Jan Hejna always dreamed of a moment like this.

In a penalty kick shootout in a decisive game with a trophy on the line and one team’s season about to end and all eyes on Hejna as the Montclair Kimberley Academy goalie.

Allow a goal and you keep playing.

Make the save and you walk off a champion and forever etch your name into program lore.

Hejna opted for the latter as No. 10 ranked Montclair Kimberley and Gill St. Bernard’s played to a 2-2 draw in the 2025 NJSIAA North, Non-Public B final before MKA buried all four of its shots and Hejna saved the last Gill St. Bernard’s shot to give MKA its first section title since 2013.

It also avoids a repeat of last year where MKA beat Gill in the Prep B final, only to lose in the section final after the Cougars downed Gill 4-0 in this year’s P

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