OREFIELD - Wednesday night was special for Mike Sveitik for a number of reasons. Not only did Svetik lead Palmerton to its first ever District 11 championship, he also got to experience the title with his two sons, Zach, a senior on the team, and Tyler, an assistant coach.

"It's priceless," Mike Svetik said after watching his team rally past Lehighton for a 12-11 victory to claim the Class baseball AAA crown.The moment was not lost on Zach, who has played for his dad since a young age."It means a lot," he said. "Growing up, he's always been my coach and he's always been pushing me to be the best that I can be. It means so much to be able to finally get to that championship and be able to win that with him by my side like he's always been and have him pushing me to be the best I can be. It just means so much."It's a little different compared to playing for a regular coach. Maybe he'll be a little harder on me because he knows what he can get out of me, so he might just try to push me to that limit and get a little bit more out of me when maybe a different coach doesn't know how far to push. He's able to really get a lot out of me and him being around just makes it that much more special."While he admits it can be difficult and unique coaching his son at times, Mike Svetik has always tried to do what's in the best interest of the team."I want to do things the right way," he said. "I'm here for everybody on the team. Coach Sander (whose son Toby is a senior on the team) and I didn't do this for our kids; we did this for this program. We want to turn this program around."I don't know how long I'm going to be here. I don't know. But now they know they can do it. It's special. This is a special group of kids. It really is. They drive you nuts sometimes but in a good way."You saw it tonight. We didn't quit. You didn't see any quit on that field. We never do things the easy way. We talk about it; we laugh about it. But that's why you love them so much. I just want them to enjoy this. This is incredible."Tyler, who recently finished his junior year at East Stroudsburg University, never experienced such a moment during his playing days with the Blue Bombers from 2009-12."When I played at Palmerton, for four years we didn't get anywhere near making districts or anything," said Tyler, who serves as a first base coach while also helping with various hitting and fielding drills and is in his second year working with the team. "Just to be around this team, I honestly felt like I was a part of it."Everyone on this team was so close. They liked when I was around, and I loved being around them. It was just awesome to be around everybody. It was special to have my dad and my brother there and to have all three of us here at the same time, especially with it being my brother's last year. That was a great way to go out."Tyler and Zach have grown up loving baseball, with the latter wanting not only to be around the sport, but also to hang around his older brother as much as possible."When I was younger I just always wanted to do what my brother did," Zach said. "Him and my dad would always be out playing baseball and I just picked it up quick."I always wanted to play with my brother and his friends, and he would never let me. Whenever I got the chance, I would still get mad even if I didn't do well even though there was such an age difference. But I think it made me a better player and helped me deal with maybe not having as much success right away and things like that. I think it just made it all for the better."For a family that has bonded over America's pastime, the chance to create their own narrative about the sport they love is something they hope to talk about long after their playing and coaching days are over."We're a baseball family," said Mike. "We talk about baseball when we go home. We watch baseball. We're Mets fans and we're just constantly talking about baseball. To get good at something you have to talk about it, you have to watch it and you have to learn from it. And these kids have."We always talk about baseball and we will all summer long. This is great. We're going to be talking about this one for a long time."