There's a song that came out last year by rap artist Drake coined "Started from the Bottom."

The rapper goes on to use that phrase as his clever hook in the song and finishes it, "now we're here."

It's something that Bethlehem Catholic's football could take as credo following Saturday's memorable 27-24 overtime victory over Southern Lehigh in the District 11 3A championship.

The Golden Hawks three-year ride under head coach Joe Henrich started with two years of disappointment, which put them at the bottom of the conference a year ago following a 1-9 mark, to pulling a complete 180 in the span of a year, as Becahi won its first district title since 2001 and landed a spot in the state tournament this weekend.

Following a 31-yard field goal by Solehi's Collin Johnston on the Spartans first possession of overtime, Michael McDaniel took a counter play seven yards to the right for the eventual game-winning score to send the Hawks sideline into a celebratory frenzy.

"It's just really crazy to be in this situation right now," said McDaniel. "We lost almost all our games last year and now we're district champs. I don't really know how to put it. We were basically at the bottom of the conference last year and now we're here. It's a great feeling."

That great feeling almost collapsed in Becahi's laps, as they led 14-0 in the first quarter and 21-7 at halftime. The Hawks (8-4) used three Spartan turnovers to ultimately claim them the district title, as they used an interception and a bad snap on a Solehi punt to set them up with two possessions inside the Solehi 10 yard line.

McDaniel and Marco Blasco would plow their way on the ground for the initial two scores and Sean Moroney would pick off a 65-yard interception return in the second quarter to build their advantage.

But the Hawks offense struggled all night, compiling only 171 yards of offense and six first downs, compared to Solehi's 309 yards and 14 first downs.

The Spartans started to crawl their way back with the second of three touchdowns by quarterback Travis Edmond from one yard out with 1:43 in the third quarter to draw within 21-14.

With Solehi facing a 4th and 11 from their 47 yard line with 4:06 left in the game, Edmond found Jack Del Priore for a 49 yard gain to the Becahi four yard line.

Edmond would score from four yards out with 3:52 left and the eventual PAT tied the game at 21.

With all the momentum on Solehi's side going into overtime, Becahi began to strip away at that by electing to play defense first and forcing the Spartans (10-2) to a field goal.

At that point, the Hawks knew they needed to score a touchdown to finish things off.

"I knew they [Solehi] wouldn't have been able to stop us on that possession," said Becahi's Will Ward. "I had faith in my team. We've been in that situation before and we've come out on top. "It was a little bit of an ugly game on our part, but it was a fight, which is basically how our last three years have been. It was fitting to have this game end like this."

And head Joe Henrich was happy to see his team walk away with the championship Saturday night.

"My hats off to that team in blue because they played a great game," Henrich said, "but the most important thing is that we came out with the win. To win a district championship, nobody said it would be easy, but we got it. This means the world to all of us in the program."