"We win!!!"

In the supporting stands, the White Mountain supporters had tears in their eyes, and they hugged each other and cried with excitement.

Mie Prefectural Hakusan High School, once the lowest among 4000 schools, advanced to the Xia League finals today!

In the 60 years since the school was founded in 1959, Hakusan High School entered the summer Koshien finals for the first time after a period of sixty years.

How difficult it is for a rural team to reach the Xia Liga finals!

The townspeople were moved to tears.

Watching the players singing the school song, the townspeople were filled with emotion. When the players came to bid farewell, they offered encouragement with tears in their eyes.

“Everyone is awesome!”

“The longest and best summer ever!”

"come on!!"

"Win Japan first in the final!!!"

Amidst the warm applause, the White Mountain players bowed to thank the support, and then returned to the dugout to pack their things.

"Senior Songye, thank you!" Zhang Zhe said to Songye Lixin sincerely.

Songye Lixin smiled casually.

"I have been wearing the No. 1 back cover for a few months before. I still have this awareness. Thank you for your understanding."

In fact, Songye Lixin wanted to say thank you to Zhang Zhe. It was precisely because of Zhang Zhe's persistence that he won the first and probably last Koshien game of his high school career.

Zhang Zhe accompanied Songye Lixin to perform exercises and helped him put on a cold compress.

Matsuba Rishin, who won the game, won the best player award. The staff came and took him to the interview area.

Originally, Zhang Zhe was enjoying himself this time, but the staff called Zhang Zhe away together.

"Should I go too?"

"Of course, Zhang Zhe, you are both the captain and the pitcher's partner, how can I do without you?"

As the traffic controller of Baishan High School, Zhang Zhe cannot avoid being interviewed by the media even if his performance is mediocre. Moreover, the media are very interested in Zhang Zhe's reaction to his zero score in this game.

Statistics after the game showed that Zhang Zhe had 4 at-bats, 2 kills and 2 outs, with 0 hits and 0 RBIs.

After the no-hitter in the semifinals, his overall batting record for the conference was 24 hits, 17 hits, a batting average of 0.708, 7 home runs, and 29 RBIs.

In the eyes of reporters, Zhang Zhe is a competition-type player, and the stronger his opponent, the better his performance.

Zhang Zhe had hit 10 consecutive games in Koshien before, but today's semifinals only broke the streak.

Reporters wanted to know how he felt about his hitting streak being interrupted by Luzhengshe.

"The opponent walked you in the first two games. What do you think now?"

Zhang Zhe said frankly: "The opponent's walk strategy is their tactic. I don't have any opinion. The only pity is that I didn't play well in the last two seats. My current idea is to go back to training immediately. I will definitely put the winning flag in the final the day after tomorrow."

Bring back Mie!”

Zhang Zhe, who has always been tolerant to others, does not worry about the opponent's walking strategy. What is bothering him is that he did not lay the baton well.

After winning today's semi-finals, he set his sights on the finals the day after tomorrow.

Xia Tian has reached the final step. No matter who the opponent is, he must defeat him and bring the winning flag back to Mie and back to Hakusan Town.

After the game.

The results of the first game of the 101st Xia Liga semi-finals spread quickly through media channels.

"Hagar's Quick Report—The Decisive Battle at White Mountain Enters!"

"The cry of the famous family, Luzhengshe was defeated and missed the finals!"

"Hakusan's third-year-old has a very active pine leaf on his right arm, carrying the double ace No. 10, and the decisive battle is about to begin!"

"A 0-hit fourth-down catcher's double kill leads to a key play in the decisive victory!"

"A comeback from a 3-point deficit - Baishan resumes its official career 4-3!"...

Suddenly, there was a "Hakusan whirlwind" in the Japanese high school baseball world. People were discussing Hakusan High School's journey to the finals, and talked about how another public school reached the Xia League finals after last year's Kinzu Nong High School.

The craze continues to ferment.

Supporters of the White Mountain High School Baseball Club from all over the country sent their congratulations in different ways.

The Mie Prefecture Takano Company official website updates the [Hot New] announcement as soon as possible - "Congratulations on entering the decisive battle of Hakusan High School!"

The last time a Mie Prefecture team reached the Xia League finals was in 2014. Five years later, Mie Prefecture reached the finals again, which can be said to be a major event for high school baseball in the prefecture.

The county citizens who once raised funds for Hakusan High School are honored.

In Hakusan Town, the remaining townspeople took up handicraft work. They made various posters, handwritten, printed, painted, and painted.

In just one day, posters and text banners "Congratulations to Baishan High School for entering the decisive battle" were plastered all over the streets and alleys, and congratulatory signs were placed in front of almost all shop windows.

"We are in the finals!" Laughter circulated in the town.

Hakusan Middle School, Misugi Middle School, Kuju Agriculture and Forestry High School and other schools that sent out their music clubs to join in the support have issued notices, calling on students during the holidays to go to Koshien to support the Hakusan High School Baseball Club.

Supporters outside the county are also enthusiastic.

Some people recorded short videos and sent them to send congratulations; some people left comments and likes on the news related to Baishan High School on the Internet; and some people prepared a quick trip to go to Koshien to watch the game in person.

finals.

The Hakusan High School Headquarters, Baseball Club, and Alumni Association have received a lot of emails. Corporate groups have inquired about whether they need material donations, fans from out of town have inquired about buying support items, and past alumni have discussed fundraising matters.

Since tomorrow is a rest day, the media have enough reasons to ask for interviews today. Naturally, a school like Baishan, which has benefited from publicity, cannot refuse.

The White Mountain players are busy dealing with interviews from multiple media outlets.

There are so many things that can be discovered by the Hakusan High School Baseball Club in the preliminary finals of school history.

How did they jump from a weak team on the verge of being eliminated to a candidate for the championship? How did they defeat the powerful Lu Zhengshe? What is the secret of their rapid improvement in strength?...

Many so-called mysteries are waiting to be revealed by the media to the majority of high school baseball fans.

Suddenly, it seemed that everyone was busy, and of course Zhang Zhe was no exception.

Originally, he wanted to practice on his own right after he came back, but the media came too many and too fast, and he really couldn't shirk it.

After dealing with it for a while, Zhang Zhe asked: "Would you like to take some pictures of me playing?"

"Of course!" The reporters felt that since they had asked serious questions several times, it would be nice to change the scene, so they all moved to the training ground.

Zhang Zhe found a few first-year students and asked them to take turns standing behind the pitcher's mound and feeding him the ball.

The sound of "bang" and "ta" was heard, and the earth-colored baseball flew high into the distance.

Wearing a thin undershirt, Zhang Zhe's muscle lines were exposed, and reporters were all amazed by his outstanding explosive power.

There happened to be a reporter who was carrying an instrument to measure the initial velocity of the ball.

Looking at the frequent numbers of "150+" and "160+", the reporter sighed: "Which pitcher at the high school level can suppress such a swing? I'm afraid only Okugawa can do it in this tournament, right?"

"By the way, is the result of the second game out?"
Chapter completed!