It was the moment when a new wind blew.
Autumn Shiga Tournament Semifinals. If you win this, you will get the right to participate in the Kinki tournament that will lead to the Senbatsu next spring. In such a tense scene, the Hikone Sogo High School players were laughing on the mound.
In the top of the 9th inning, two outs. A messenger was sent from the bench in the scene where the ace left-hander, Yosuke Noge (2nd year), who pitched from the 8th inning, walked the No. 2 Nomura of Omi Brothers High School against him with a walk. The players burst out laughing as soon as the coach’s words were conveyed.
“He asked me if he would let me have a delicious lunch today. hey”
The commander, director Yuya Miyazaki looked back on that scene with a relieved expression. A famous general known to those in the know, who trained the once unknown prefectural Kita Otsu High School and led it to the Koshien six times in the spring and summer. The dynamic and outspoken personality of those days is still alive today.
The baseball club was founded in 2008, and has no outstanding achievements.
Hikone Sogo, who decided to participate in the Kinki tournament for the first time in a tight match with no goals and no mistakes, defeated Seta Kogyo High School 7-1 in the following final match and stood at the top of Shiga Prefecture for the first time.
The school was originally a girls’ high school, but in 2006 it became a coeducational school and changed its name to its current name. It is the only comprehensive private school in the prefecture, and is divided into departments such as welfare, childcare, information, business, art, and design. High school you can get.
The baseball club was founded in 2008, but the highest score at the Shiga tournament was the third round, with no outstanding results. It is said that the ground near the school could only be used three times a week because it was shared with other sports clubs.
In April 2020, Director Miyazaki came to Hikone Sogo. Since there was a previous manager, he took command of the team as manager from August 2020, but when he heard rumors of his appointment, promising junior high school students gathered at Hikone Sogo not only from within the prefecture but also from neighboring prefectures. It is said that
When he was appointed as director, it was a period of school closures and club activities due to the declaration of a state of emergency, but still, for Miyazaki, being on the baseball scene with the players was more energy than anything else.
Looking back, Miyazaki’s life as a coach began with weeding on the knee-high field.
