LAKE TRAVIS – A handful of blank stares showed on the faces of the Dripping Springs Tiger boys soccer team as time expired on their 2018 campaign Friday.

On the one hand was a program that spent every ounce of energy they could muster in a heart-wrenching 5-2 loss to a familiar district foe in the Marble Falls Mustangs. The match was the third installment of a hard-fought series between the clubs.

On the other hand was a group whose emotions were still raw following a benches-clearing brawl ...