Chris, who helped the team win the championship and achieved the first victory, accepted the congratulations of his teammates and the applause of the audience with tears on his face, while the defeated Tanaka did not cry, but said goodbye to his youth and summer with a shallow smile.

Tanaka's mindset had changed in the first half of the ninth inning, and he was no longer approaching the game with the pale, ugly expression he had before, so that he could hit a home run in the last minute and extend the game to the eleventh inning.

After a brief period of celebration, the Seido players suppressed their excitement and began to line up on both sides of the home plate.

"Thank you for the advice!"

Aodo and Komatomaki players, who were lined up on both sides of the home plate, took off their hats and saluted under the guidance of the referees.

"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"

After the air raid siren, which symbolized the end of the match, the two players came together and began to shake hands one by one.

After the handshake, Komaomachi Komaki began to leave the field and lined up outside the rest area on the first base side, watching as the Qingdao players who remained at home plate began to sing the school song in unison.

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After singing the school song and taking off their hats and bowing, the Qingdao players left home plate and ran to the stands where their support team and supporters were standing to express their gratitude.

After that, Yagami Yagami returned to the rest area to stretch and pass the ball, becoming the most eye-catching presence in the entire stadium.

Seito's ace pitcher Yagami Yagami is the second high school student to lead the team to win the Koshien Championship as a sophomore since last year's Shodai Tanaka, and has been regarded by major media as a promising teenage star.

In yesterday's match, Tanaka threw 165 goals, and Yagami Yagami as an opponent threw 176 goals. As for today's game, Yagami Yagami (who was hit eight by hits) after 11 innings still threw more than 140 balls, and under such circumstances, Yagami was still able to throw fast balls of more than 145km/h, which attracted the attention of the audience and won the admiration of the audience.

As a latecomer to Yagami Yagami, Shodai Tanaka continued to equalize various records (Last summer, he set a record for throwing a fast ball with a speed of 150 km/h. He has a record that is basically impossible to match and break by latecomers, that is, he has played in the summer league for three consecutive years and left a record of 0 defeats.

Therefore, when Yagami finished passing and receiving the ball with his teammates and entered the rest area to sort out the items he had brought over, the media present turned their cameras to the indifferent Shodai Tanaka.

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After the competition, because the award ceremony and closing ceremony will be held, reporters will routinely interview the supervisors of the winning teams, captains and aces during the time the staff prepares the venue.

"Yes, along the way, our opponents are very strong, especially Komaomai High School; But my players worked very hard and got a really good result and I'm very proud of them! ”

“…… Of course, they still have a lot to change and improve, and they will continue to polish the team when they go back and hopefully come back here next spring. ”

Superintendent Kataoka smiled and gave an interview to reporters.

After him, Dongqingguo was unusual, answering reporters' questions with concise speeches.

"Thank you...... It's a pleasure to win the game. ”

“…… Our goal has always been to win Koshien and achieve national domination that our predecessors never achieved. ”

"The opponent is very strong, so you have to give your best when you play......"

"The team's goal in the future is to win the summer and spring! Of course, whether it can become the fifth school in history to achieve spring and summer hegemony can only be left to the students to work hard. ”

In an interview with reporters as an ace after the captain Dong Kiyokoku, Yagami Ye thanked his teammates for helping him, and also expressed his gratitude to his mother Takako Yagami who came to support him.

“…… Thank you so much. ”

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After the interview, the runners of Aodo and Komaomai Otomaki lined up outside their respective rest areas, and then headed towards the pitcher's hill led by a Hyogo Prefecture high school girl who came to help.

After the players from both sides lined up in a row at the pitcher's mound, the closing ceremony of the tournament began.

The first to speak was the chairman of the adjudication committee of the conference, and after he finished his speech and left, it was the award of the winning flag.

Captain Dong Qingguo stepped forward after leaving the team, stretched out his hands to take the crimson victory flag representing national supremacy from the staff of the committee, bowed back and nodded in gratitude before turning to leave.

Yagami Yagami, who had performed well in this tournament and was the ace of the team, left the team and went to the previous flag awarding office, stretched out his hands to receive the winning shield from the staff, then bowed back, turned around and returned to the team with the winning shield under the gaze of everyone.

As the captain, Atsushi Honma stepped forward, trotted to the flag, bowed, stretched out his hands to receive the quasi-winning shield from the staff, took a step back, and nodded in gratitude before turning back to the group.

After that, the winning medal and the quasi-winning medal were awarded, and the staff led two female high school girls who came to help to the Seido crowd and put on orange ribbon medals for them, starting with Dongqingguo in the first place, and then Yagami in the second place.

After putting on the winning medal for the Qingdao runners, the committee staff began to put on the dark purple ribbon medals for Komaomai Otomaki who were about to win.

After all of the above, the audience who had not yet left gave the players a round of applause, which represented the end of the award ceremony.

The president of the Asahi Shimbun then gave a speech of thanks, and after he gave his thank-you speech, the flag and the national flag began to be lowered, and the 88th National High School Wild Ball Tournament came to an end.

After the closing meeting, there was a commemorative group photo of the two teams and an interview with reporters after the game.

Holding the winning flag and winning shield, the Seido players, together with Superintendent Kataoka, Minister Ota, and recorder Matsudaira Ruichichi, took a group photo commemorating Koshien's victory with the scoreboard at the back of the court before returning to the rest area on the third base, picking up the items they had brought with them and preparing to leave.

Outside the rest area on the side of the first base, Komaomai Otomaki is collecting Koshien soil, and only three of them are exceptions, namely Shodai Tanaka, second-year students Shota Kikuchi and Naoki Tsushima.

"Thank you so much!!"

After the Qingdao players lined up outside the lounge area took off their hats and bowed in the direction of the court, they grabbed their backpacks and bags and trotted towards the exit lane on the first base.

"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"

After the Qingdao players finished exiting, the air raid sirens suddenly sounded over the court, symbolizing the end of everything, and Koma Otomaki players, who were also lined up outside the rest area, could only enter the exit passage one after another amid the extremely harsh air defense sirens.

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After returning to their school bus, everyone in Qingdao will touch the winning flag and winning shield placed next to the seat of Dongqingguo.

Most people have silly smiles on their faces, whether they're chatting with teammates or busy using their phones to reply to family and friends' texts.

At this moment, the phrase that comes to their minds the most is the one that echoes repeatedly: "We won!" ”