Despite a late rally, the Hays Rebel baseball team Friday couldn’t pull off a major upset of the state ranked Lake Travis Cavaliers.

Instead, Lake Travis (14-0) prevailed 11-6 in game one of the three-game district opening series. The Cavs then clinched the series on March 10 when they defeated Hays 5-4 in Game 2 of the three-game set.

Entering the March 9 contest, the Rebels had won four of their last five games.

They got off on the right foot when Hays’ Aidan Martinez laced a singl...