Dripping in sweat with smudged eye black across his face, Braden Baker looked like he had been through a battle.
Facing off against the No. 3-ranked team in the state for a few hours will naturally have that effect.
But, alas, as the Cypress Ranch quarterback stood underneath the lights of Cy-Fair FCU Stadium on Friday, he did so victoriously. The senior signal-caller had just willed the Mustangs to a win that would show the entire state they mean business this year…