Overview

• Okinawa Shogaku overturned an early deficit, tying the game in the second before 宜野座恵夢 delivered a go-ahead single in the sixth and an insurance double in the eighth for a 3–1 victory.
• Starter 新垣有絃 held Nichidai Third to one run into the eighth, and 2nd-year lefty 末吉良丞 entered with two outs to record a scoreless save.
• The school secured its first summer championship after prior spring titles in 1999 and 2008, marking Okinawa’s first summer triumph since 2010 and Okinawa Shogaku’s first appearance in a summer final.
• Coach 比嘉公也 credited the win to the roaring support from Okinawa fans, as Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki celebrated in the stands and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike cheered Nichidai Third.
• Separately, Hiroshima’s Koryo High announced coach 中井哲之’s resignation over an internal violence case, and the prefectural federation conditionally cleared the team for autumn qualifiers with a new staff led by coach 松本健吾 and strict reporting requirements.