Jed Lacey has seen a region title slip away from his team on more than one occasion during his seven-year tenure as Dawson County boys soccer coach. So, with the Tigers holding a 1-0 lead against East Hall at halftime on Tuesday, Lacey kept repeating the same message to his players: “Forty minutes from a region championship.” The last steps toward that trophy took longer and turned out to be more difficult than what the coach hoped, but the Tigers eventually found their way there.