King’s Knights Baseball

1A Emerald Sound Conference
2026 1A STATE CHAMPIONS

[John Bjella @JohnBjella]

Some defensive film here from my high school season

.941 FPCT on 101 TC

@PB_Uncommitted @PNW_Uncommitted @kingshsbaseball

[Brady Reiss @BradyReiss7319]

State quarterfinals sitting 84-85 topping 86 with curveball sitting 69-71 making kings knights baseball history @kingshsbaseball @ncsa @CoachCamNCSA @PrepBaseballWA @PB_Uncommitted @prepbaseball @wiaawa

[Nate Echelbarger @NateEch08]

Junior season stats @kingshsbaseball
🏆State Champions
2027 #Uncommitted LHH/C
2.0 pop

94 AB
33 HITS
19 RBI
.351 AVG
.413 OBP
1.000 FPCT

.417 AVG,5HITS, 4RBI in State Tourney
@hhastings19
@T_WICK5
@CoachGrimes16
@MCallia21
@DiegoA1313
@Coach_Roy2
@PNW_Uncommitted

[Brady Reiss @BradyReiss7319]

WIAA athlete of the week
@wiaawa @PrepBaseballWA @prepbaseball @CoachCamNCSA @NCSA_Baseball

[Prep Baseball Washington @PrepBaseballWA]

🏆 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐖𝐈𝐀𝐀 𝟏𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 🏆

𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆’𝐒 𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒

King’s finishes with an 18-8 overall record

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𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐏𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃

#11 seeded King's Knights win 5-1 today in the semi-finals at they are headed to the 1A State Championship game on Saturday night

[King’s Knights Baseball @kingshsbaseball]

FINAL:
King’s: 5- Overlake: 1

Sam Ruhlman (‘27): (W), 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 K
Koa Higashino (‘29): 1-2, RBI, BB, HBP, 3 SB
@LukeHelton86271 (‘26): 1-3

Knights advance to the State Championship game on Saturday at 7 PM @ Joe Martin Stadium!!!

[Nate Echelbarger @NateEch08]

Opening games of the state tournament
stats

2 Games, 2 wins
Went 5-8 2 RBIs, SAC, BB
to help clinch @kingshsbaseball first time in school history to compete in the FINAL FOUR
@hhastings19
@T_WICK5
@CoachGrimes16
@MCallia21
@DiegoA1313

[King’s Knights Baseball @kingshsbaseball]

FINAL:
King’s: 12- Lynden Christian: 2

@BradyReiss7319 (‘27): W, 7.0 IP, 5 K, 1 ER—— 1-3, RBI, BB
@NateEch08 (‘27): 3-4, 2 RBI
@Jakobfowler14 (‘26): 3-3, 2 RBI, 2B, BB
@KnightRoot0729 (‘26): 2-3, RBI

KNIGHTS ARE HEADED TO THE STATE SEMIFINAL‼️‼️‼️

[King’s Knights Baseball @kingshsbaseball]

FINAL:
King’s: 8- Lakeside: 2

Sam Ruhlman (‘27): (W) 6.2 IP, 3 H, 6 K, 2 ER
Koa Higashino (‘29): 2-3, BB, 2 RBI, 2B, SB
@NateEch08 (‘27): 2-4, BB
@KnightRoot0729 (‘26): 3-4, RBI

Knights advance to the state quarterfinals with a big win over Lakeside! We will play again at 4PM

[King’s Knights Baseball @kingshsbaseball]

FINAL:
King’s: 8- Blaine: 0

Sam Ruhlman(‘27): (W) 7.0 IP, 0 R, 4K, 1 H
@NateEch08 (‘27): 3-4
@Jakobfowler14 (‘26): 2-3, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 SB, BB
@BradyReiss7319 (‘27): 1-4, 2B, RBI

Knights are State Bound for the second year in a row!

[King’s Knights Baseball @kingshsbaseball]

Congrats to all the all conference guys from our squad!

[Nate Echelbarger @NateEch08]

End of the regular season, a few clips

@PNW_Uncommitted LHH C 2027
2.0 pop time
.353 AVG
Looking to clinch a spot in state this upcoming weekend in District 1/2 1A tournament
@kingshsbaseball
@SADZ8
@CamGillespieBSB
@EdmondsBaseball
@Coach_Roy2
@T_WICK5
@Courterfield

[Brady Reiss @BradyReiss7319]

13 inning game to keep going in districts 6 innings pitched 0 runs allowed and 3-6 at the plate with a walk 2b and 2 singles one single scoring 2 to send us to extras @CoachCamNCSA @NCSA_Baseball @PB_Uncommitted @prepbaseball @PrepBaseballWA @BaseballNW @kingshsbaseball

[Brady Reiss @BradyReiss7319]

2-4 HR and a Double with 2 bb @kingshsbaseball @ncsa @CoachCamNCSA @prepbaseball @PB_Uncommitted @PrepBaseballWA

[King’s Knights Baseball @kingshsbaseball]

FINAL:
King’s: 19- Seattle Christian: 11

@Jakobfowler14 (‘26): 2-5, 2 RBI, HR, 2B
@BradyReiss7319 (‘27): 2-4, 2 RBI, HR, 2B
Titan Root(‘28): 3-4, 4 RBI, HR, 2B, 3B
@JohnBjella (‘27): 3-4
@NateEch08 (‘27): 1-4, 4 RBI, 2 BB

Knights win a slugfest today! Next up: District Playoffs

[King’s Knights Baseball @kingshsbaseball]

Gameday VS UPrep
📍Shorecrest High School
⏰ 7:00 PM

[Prep Baseball Washington @PrepBaseballWA]

Final

Overlake - 0
King’s - 2

‘26 Jakob Fowler (King’s/George Fox) comes in for the 7th and shuts the door with a 1-2-3 inning | @Jakobfowler14

Pitching was the story for the Knights today as ‘27 Sam Ruhlman went 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K

[Prep Baseball Washington @PrepBaseballWA]

Big AB for King’s from #uncommitted ‘27 C Nate Echelbarger (King’s)

This RBI 2B extends the lead to 2-0 in bottom 5

@NateEch08

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After 3 full, King’s has a 1-0 lead after this RBI single from ‘27 INF Nate Bjella (King’s)

Scores the runner from 3rd after the Knights capitalized on a freebie

Headed to the 4th