Senior Gus Durst, center, is mobbed by teammates Kirk Pierce and Caleb Smith, right, after the final out of Houston's 10-3 Class 2 District 12 championship win against Mansfield.

MANSFIELD – His hat and uniform still dripping with water from the postgame celebration, Brent Hall stood with the district championship plaque tucked tightly under his arm. The title that had eluded the Houston baseball program for 15 years was back in the Tigers’ possession.

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