Overview

• Okinawa Shogaku defeated Nichidai San 3-1 in the 107th National High School Baseball Championship final at Hanshin Koshien Stadium, securing the school’s first summer title.
• Starter Yuito Arakaki held Nichidai San to one run into the eighth inning before second-year closer Ryosuke Sumiyoshi finished the game without allowing a run.
• The champions erased an early deficit by leveling the game in the second inning and adding insurance runs in the sixth and eighth with timely hitting.
• Their tournament run featured tight, low-scoring wins, including 1-0 and 3-0 shutouts, an 11-inning tiebreak victory over Sendai Ikuei, a 2-1 quarterfinal, and a 5-4 semifinal comeback.
• Separately, Hiroshima’s Koryo High School announced coach Tetsuyuki Nakai’s resignation over a team violence incident, and the prefectural federation conditionally approved the program for autumn district qualifiers after reported corrective steps and player surveys.