One of Mike Frew's goals before heading into the Stellar Co. "Catch a Rising Star" Basketball Showcase was to have Bethlehem Catholic reach Sunday's basketball action.

The Golden Hawks did that by going 3-0 to start the tournament, but couldn't finish strong, as they lost their final two games of the event.

Despite the ousting from the tournament, the weekend of basketball was a reminder of what Becahi can become this winter, as well as a mental boost that one of the area's smallest schools can compete with the Lehigh Valley's elite.

That's exactly what the Hawks did and it was something that their head coach was happy to take away from their four days at Cedar Beach.

"I think the biggest thing for us was being able to compete and beat teams like Liberty," said Frew. "I don't put much stock into what you do in July, but wins like that do give us a mental boost to show our guys that we can compete and beat a team like Liberty, who won the Lehigh Valley Conference last season."

Becahi knocked off Liberty 60-48 on Saturday to help move them to 3-0, before they finally fell to Central Catholic on Sunday morning by a 57-45 score, followed by an exiting 51-34 loss to Allen.

Allen ended up being the kryptonite for all three Bethlehem schools, as they eliminated Liberty and Freedom on Sunday as well.

But for a team like Becahi, who have lasted to Sunday before, but haven't done so in this type of fashion in recent memory, the baby steps they took this past weekend are part of the process to hopefully bigger things down the road.

"When we got to Sunday, it was a sense of accomplishment," said Frew. "But let's not forget that we still made a lot of mistakes and still have a lot of work to do. It should be a good momentum boost for us going into SportsFest, but at the end of the day, this is still only summer basketball."

Liberty went 5-2 during the tournament beating Penn Manor, Lehighton, Whitehall, Northern Lehigh and Glen Mills before succumbing to Allen.

Freedom finished 3-2, losing to Glen Mills in the winners bracket before getting bumped to the consolation bracket and falling to Allen.

Freddie Simmons (Becahi), Deshawn Oyeniyi (Liberty) David Williams (Freedom) each were named to the all-tournament second team.