The casual fan might look at the final score of Friday’s playoff baseball game in Mumford and think that the Knights didn’t put up much of a fight in Game 2 of their area playoff series against Lake Creek. Already up 1-0 in the series, the Lions won Game 2, 6-0, to sweep the series. No doubt about it—Lake Creek (23-9) is a tough out. In two playoff rounds, the Lions have outscored their opponents, 23-2. A year ago, the Lions made the 5A state quarterfinals, and they look very much like they could match or surpass that result this year. But don’t let the final score fool you. The Knights (24-10-1) fought toe to toe against the heavyweights from Montgomery. The fight began on the mound where junior Sam Stevens pitched five scoreless innings after getting the Game 2 start. Combine those five goose eggs with the six he put up in the bi-district series-clinching Game 2 win over Georgetown East View a week ago and that’s a dozen innings for Stevens in which he allowed only one run. “He ...