COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — We’ve reached the height of the postseason in many high school sports, with state trophies awarded over the weekend in wrestling and more on the line in the coming weeks in girls and boys basketball. And many teams are finding success through the strength of family ties.

While seeing parents coach their kids or sets of siblings compete on the same team is nothing new, especially in high school sports, it’s always interesting to see how those family bonds end up leading to incredible success that they’ll talk about at the kitchen table for years to come.

Hilliard Bradley boys basketball

They say a team is like family. Well how about when they really are your family?

Take the Hilliard Bradley boys basketball team. Coach Brett Norris orchestrated a double-digit comeback led by his son, Cade, who scored 36 points to win a district championship.

“Man, it’s awesome. You do it for that. That hug at the end,” Cade Norris said. “That’s what you do it for. And to do it with him, it’s awesome.”

Cade is just the third of four sons that Brett has coached on the Jaguars varsity basketball team.

Pickerington Central girls basketball

Or the Pickerington Central girls basketball team. The Tigers are newly crowned region champions for the second year in a row. And it’s thanks in part to the Wallace sisters of Berry and Blossom and their dad, Chris, who’s also Pickerington Central’s coach.

“It’s amazing. There’s no one else I’d rather share this moment with than my family,” senior Berry Wallace said. “All the other girls are like my family too but getting to share it with my dad and my sister has been great.”

There’s a total of five children in the Wallace family. And Berry and Blossom are just two of four daughters that Chris has had the pleasure of coaching in high school.

“It’s pretty special when you have two daughters on the team that play a big role,” Chris Wallace said. “They do different things. I’m sure I’ll look back one day and smile and say it was pretty special.”

But what about a sport where you compete on your own?

Older brother leads the way at DeSales wrestling

At the state championships in wrestling at the Schottenstein Center, Max Shulaw competed moments after his younger brother, Lincoln, lost his state final on the same mat.

“I was doing my best not to sneak into the tunnel to look at the score and everything. But to be honest, I watched the whole match,” Max Shulaw said. “But it was a little hard to stay focused because I want to see him succeed, I want to be there for him.”

Max successfully defended his state crown and while Lincoln couldn’t win one of his own, there’s no doubt he gets the award for Best Supportive Little Brother. Lincoln was consoling his older brother, Max, in the stands as the two embraced just minutes after Max pinned his opponent in the final of the Division II 215-pound division.

“My family. The contributions they’ve made for me to be where I’m at today. My brother being my sparring partner every day, living with him,” Max said. “Just all those people have helped me be who I am and achieve the things that I have.”

And as far as keeping the family legacy alive, Max has just one message for his younger brother.

“Go get it done man. You’ve got what it takes,” Max said. “You’re one of the best kids in Ohio so I know you’ll do what you have to do if you just keep working.”