It has unquestionably been a historic season for Freedom wrestling. Sitting at 24-0 following weekend victories over Easton and Liberty concluded an undefeated regular season for the Patriots.

But despite what they've accomplished, the Patriots still have more to do as they enter the District 11 3A team tournament Thursday night.

The Pates appear to be locked in as the second seed and will get the winner of the Easton (7)-Northampton (10) matchup, which by no means will be an easy task for a team that has aspirations of landing in the district final and qualifying for their first-ever state tournament berth.

Head coach Brandon Hall knows it's been an eventful ride heading into district duals and knows his team still has plenty of work to do.

"It's not a dream season yet," he said. "There's still food left on the table and we need to finish things off. It was an exciting way to close out the regular season, but we want to go to states. I'm pleased with where we're at, but our guys know we have bigger aspirations."

The Pates knocked off Easton 30-27 last Friday to register their first win over the Rovers in 48 years.

They followed that up Saturday night with another exhausting bout, defeating Liberty 32-29 to essentially eliminate the Hurricanes from the district duals tournament.

Having a couple snow days before things kick off tomorrow night at team districts, might not be the worst thing to happen to Freedom.

"It's been a draining couple of days," Hall said over the weekend. "These guys are a pretty loose wrestling team. We enjoy each other. We enjoy being at practice together and we'll do the same thing heading into duals, but it'll be good to have some rest before things start on Thursday."

And when things start on Thursday, the Pates will be in the drivers seat for their destiny if they can get past their opening bout.

Third-seeded Blue Mountain may be waiting in the shadows for a semifinal bout, which could land the Patriots in a fantastic final against Bethlehem Catholic.

It's the bout everyone wants to see, especially since neither school wrestled each other this season with the new East Penn Conference.

Both teams will presumably share the EPC title this year, but a district final match would be the ultimate test for Freedom.

"I don't know if we can beat them, but we'll certainly give it a try," said Hall of the hypothetical scenario. "I know our guys would battle. The question is can we get to seven wins? I don't know as of now, but we'll definitely take that opportunity."