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Jonny King
Catcher / Pitcher
Took the ball in relief in the Regional final and threw three scoreless innings to hold the comeback together. Got the win that sent the Barbers to Shelby.
Four Lakeridge High School alumni are in Shelby, North Carolina this week playing for the Post 158 Barbers — the team representing the entire Northwest Region at the American Legion World Series.
Eight teams are left in the country. One of them is full of guys who grew up on Overlook Drive. This page exists so nobody can say they didn't know.
These aren't role players. In the Northwest Regional championship game — the win that punched the ticket to Shelby — three of the four were directly in the box score of an 8–7 comeback.
Took the ball in relief in the Regional final and threw three scoreless innings to hold the comeback together. Got the win that sent the Barbers to Shelby.
Drove in two runs in the Regional championship game as the Barbers erased a 7–2 deficit.
Went 4-for-4 with two runs scored in the Regional final. A perfect day at the plate with a World Series berth on the line.
Laid down the walk-off squeeze bunt that drove in the winning run to take the state tournament. The kind of at-bat that doesn't show up in a highlight reel and wins you a championship anyway.
Nobody handed this team anything. They lost their regional opener 2–0 and then won five straight elimination games to survive.
Went undefeated through the Oregon AAA State Tournament, closing it out with a 4–2 win over Medford in nine innings. The program's third state title in four years.
Dropped the opener to Lewis Clark 2–0, then refused to lose again: a walk-off squeeze bunt to beat Medford 4–3, 7–5 over Lewis Clark, 3–2 over Hawaii's Team Central in the semifinal, and an 8–7 championship comeback from down 7–2. Ryan Hemsley was named Regional MVP.
Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium. Eight regional champions from across the country. The Barbers carry the flag for the entire Northwest.
Every pool play game streams on ESPN+. The semifinals and championship are on ESPNU. Times below are Pacific.
Live scores and box scores post at alws.us throughout the week. The team posts recaps and player-of-the-game graphics at @barbers.baseball.
Four kids from one high school are playing on a national stage this week. That deserves a gym full of people watching, a banner, a post, something. Here's a message ready to go — copy it, edit it, send it.