Winning isn’t something that’s new to Keanu Dillard. The Bethlehem Catholic junior has done a lot of it over his three years at Bethlehem Catholic, so it was no surprise to see Dillard win his third straight Northeast Regional title on Saturday evening at Liberty’s Memorial Gymnasium.

Dillard’s 5-2 decision over Northampton’s Gabe Ballard in the 127-pound championship was one of three titles on the day for the Hawks, as they advance six wrestlers to this week’s PIAA championships in Hershey.

Dillard, a defending two-time PIAA champion, knows a three-peat is what is expected of him, but nobody has higher aspirations walking into the Giant Center than Dillard himself.

“It’s very important to me to win three straight,” said Dillard. “I want to stay dominant and hopefully get a four-peat one day, but states was never the main goal. It’s obviously an awesome accomplishment, but I want to be the best in the world. I’m just trying to get better everyday.”

Dillard tech falled his first three opponents of the tournament before setting up a district finals rematch with Ballard, who pushed him to the limits in a 2-1 second tiebreaker victory over a week ago.

This time around, Dillard wanted to make sure things wouldn’t be that close, scoring a takedown in the second period to give him a cushion.

“I was very stagnant in offense and moved backward last time I wrestled him, so I knew I had to make adjustments,” said Dillard. “I definitely was more offensive, but I still think I could have picked it up more.”

Dillard’s sophomore brother, Reef, joined the family gold medal parade, winning his first postseason title with a 2-1 win over Easton’s Nicholas Salamone in a second tiebreaker.

The win reversed a 2-1 ultimate tiebreaker loss by Dillard to Salamone at districts.

“Last week I really couldn’t get off bottom and we were working on that all week,” said the younger Dillard. “I was just trying to get into my own offense and not let him stall positions out.”

Charlie Scanlan (160) rounded out the Hawks champions with a 10-4 decision over Jesse Scott of Emmaus, making it two straight weeks Scanlan was able to top the Green Hornet in the finals.

Nico Emili (107) and Marco Frinzi (145) both reached the finals, but came up short in bids to win gold, as Emili couldn’t find the answers to beat Northampton’s Brayden Wenrich in a 4-0 decision.

Frinzi suffered a 5-1 defeat to Michael Turi of West Scranton to settle for silver.

Shane McFillin (172) was a district champion last week, but lost Brian Heard of Abington Heights 7-5 in the semifinals, pushing him into the consolation bracket where he came back to take third following a fall over Justin Cosover of Easton in 2:08.