There was a bittersweet feeling shared by the Dripping Springs Tigers as they walked off the Northside Sports Gym floor in San Antonio Saturday.

Players and coaches realized the significance of becoming only the second team in school history to reach the regional final playoff round.

Five minutes and eleven seconds had run off the clock in the final period when Dripping Springs’ senior Nicky Breen made this two-point shot over Corpus Christi’s Will Chayer, but by then the Eagles had a...