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 Bales Gym.
Through it all, Torres and her fellow seniors have come to recognize their successes, no matter the disappointments. After all, they have now become one of the first Hays volleyball classes in several years to reach the postseason in all four years.
