All three of Bethlehem's teams went down swinging last week in the District 11 playoffs, as Freedom, Liberty and Bethlehem Catholic were eliminated from the postseason.

Parkland proved to be the nemesis for both the Patriots and Hurricanes, as the Trojans advanced to tonight's District 11 4A baseball championship against Stroudsburg following Saturday's 2-1 victory over Liberty in the semifinals.

The Hurricanes (15-8) hopes of making tonight's 6:30pm title game at Coca-Cola Park came to an end when Parkland's Chris Rabasco brought home the game-winning RBI in the fifth inning to lead Parkland (19-5) to victory.

Parkland pulled the Bethlehem double in their quarterfinal matchup, beating the Patriots 10-2 behind a 12 strikeout performance by Trojan pitcher Gabe Mosser.

The defeat ended Freedom's season at 14-8.

Bethlehem Catholic had the best shot of reaching the district finals, but the Golden Hawks fell victim to Tamaqua 7-3 during last week's semifinals.

Becahi (11-11) built a 3-0 lead through three innings until Tamaqua pulled starting pitcher Ian Nicholls and inserted Boaz Rottet to cool down a hot start by the Hawks.

Becahi belted Nicholls for eight hits in 2 1/3 innings of work, but could only get three hits off Rottet, as the Blue Raiders continued the chip away at the lead, grabbing a 4-3 lead in the fourth inning apart of a three-run frame.

"We had our chances early and really could have taken advantage of things a little bit more," said Becahi head coach Mike Grasso. "It's been a great year and I'm very proud of our seniors, it's just tough to end the season before you would like."