MAUD, Texas—So far, so good.

That’s perhaps the best way to describe Maud’s season of great expectations to this point. At 5-0 and ranked second in the state heading into Friday’s District 17-A opener with Hawkins, the Cardinals have lived up to the hype generated by last year’s trip to the Division II (small school) state semifinals.

Third-year head coach Josh Finney likes the way his team has weathered the anticipation during nonconference play.

“It’s hard to live up to all the expectations, but at the same time it’s provided a bar to raise our level of pl...

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