Blake Nassry is as hot as he has been all season and it comes at a great time for the Parkland Trojans.

After dropping in 30 points in the Trojans’ semifinal win over Pocono Mountain East, the junior guard not only scored 25 against Liberty in the team’s 51-44 overtime District 11 6A finals win on Saturday, but he also took over the game when it was most needed.

The win made Parkland the champions of the 6A classification for the fifth straight season, locking up this victory at Easton Middle School in the finale of what was a long day of basketball.

“It feels great to have one of these for every season so far,” said Nassry as he held his gold medal. “You can only ever hope for something like that because it doesn’t come easy. I just have to thank the coaches and all of my teammates because we really all won this together.”

With Parkland down by two with under a minute left in regulation, Nassry finished off a dribble drive through the paint with a left-handed layup to tie the game 41-41. With the game knotted up, the Hurricanes still had time to pull off the upset, but Parkland senior Ryan Kearney got a fingertip on a potential game-winning shot to knock it off course and leave the game tied.

In overtime, Nassry hit a jump shot to tie the game again, this time at 43-43.

With 1:21 left in overtime, Nassry took the same route to the basket as he did to tie the game in regulation, but this time went up with his right hand for a 45-44 Parkland lead.

“It wasn’t even the scoring part that really made him look good tonight,” said Parkland head coach Eddie Ohlson. “It was rebounds, that offensive rebound he had late in the overtime. There are a lot of little things he did really well tonight that I think separate him.”

The rebound came with :26 left and Parkland up 48-44.

Liberty quickly fouled Nassry as part of its attempt to save the clock down the stretch.

Nassry hit both foul shots as the Trojans hit six of eight freebies in overtime to secure the win.

In the opening quarter, Parkland’s shooting left a lot to be desired.

Ryan Kearney started the scoring with a three-pointer early in the game, but those would be the only points that the Trojans would post in the opening eight minutes of the game. Meanwhile, Liberty’s Jacob Pukszyn had a pair of baskets and went 2-2 from the line to help run the Hurricanes to a 13-3 advantage when the first quarter ended.

The Trojans took their game beyond the arc in the second quarter and drilled four threes. Kearney had a pair on back-to-back trips down the floor late in the quarter and Nassry hit one to open the quarter and another to close the quarter, with the second one tying the game 21-21.

“We were really not shooting well to open the game, but we knew the shots would come so we just kept getting after it,” said senior Tyler Beck, who nearly won the game in regulation with a shot from midcourt at the buzzer that went off of the backboard. “We have a lot of confidence in each other, and we knew that if we just pulled together and didn’t get down that we could get right back into the game.”

While Nassry led the Trojans with 25, Pukszyn led Liberty with 17 points in the game.

Nassry’s 30-point party in the semifinals led Parkland to a 53-41 win over PM East to reach the finals.

Their performance in districts puts Parkland into states with a full head of steam.

The Trojans will host Conestoga, the ninth place team from the tough District 1, in the opening round of the PIAA tournament.

The Trojans are battle tested in the state tournament after reaching the finals in 2024 and going as far as the quarterfinals last season.