A bittersweet feeling lingered in the mind of Hays Rebel senior Ryann Torres Monday long after the Schertz Clemens Buffaloes brought her team’s 2019 campaign to a heartbreaking end.

On the one hand was a Rebel effort that pushed Clemens, ranked 4th in Class 6A and winners of 30-plus straight matches, to the brink of a possible upset. On the other was missing out on a final chance to win a postseason match as Hays fell to Clemens 25-23, 15-25, 20-25, 19-25 in their bi-district playoff at Ba...