It didn’t take long Saturday for the Dripping Springs Tigers to make the dream of playing December football a reality.

A 35-point first quarter outburst foreshadowed Dripping Springs’ lopsided 69-35 win over the Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio.

Dripping Springs (12-1) advances to play the Richmond Foster Falcons (13-0) in the Regional Final round of the Class 5A, Division I playoffs at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Reaching the four...