JOURDANTON – Identifying the ills that ended Dripping Springs’ dreams of a state tournament berth Friday was easy for Tiger head coach Wade Womack and his players to list. 

Five total home runs belted by an opportunistic and hungry Corpus Christi Flour Bluff Hornets squad ended the state-ranked Tigers’ season in a stunning 13-3 run-rule regional semifinal loss in six short frames.

Perhaps the more difficult task for Tiger players, coaches and fans was trying to make sense of it ...