2007 National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament
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The 2007 National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament, was the seventy-ninth edition of the tournament. It was held from March 23 to April 3 and won by Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa Chuu of Shizuoka Prefecture.
[edit] Participating Teams
[edit] Tournament Summary
| Date | Round | Game # | Away | Score | Home | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 23 | 1st | 1 | Sano Nihon Koukou (Tochigi) | 7 - 0 | Oomuta Koukou (Fukuoka) | |
| 1st | 2 | Nihon Bunri Koukou (Niigata) | 0 - 7 | Osaka Touin Koukou (Osaka) | ||
| 1st | 3 | Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa Koukou (Shizuoka) | 2 - 1 | Sendai Ikuei Gakuen (Miyagi) | ||
| March 24 | 1st | 4 | Tsuru Koukou (Yamanashi) | 2 - 3 | Imabari Nishi Koukou (Ehime) | Tsuru Koukou looks to move on as a 21st century team, only to see it slip away in the bottom of the 8th. |
| 1st | 5 | Wakayama Shougyou (Wakayama) | 4 - 6 | Kumamoto Kougyou (Kumamoto) | ||
| 1st | 6 | Chukyou Koukou (Gifu) | PPD | Chiba Keizai Koukou (Chiba) | ||
| March 25 | 1st | 6 | Chukyou Koukou (Gifu) | 4 - 5 | Chiba Keizai Koukou (Chiba) | |
| 1st | 7 | Muroto Koukou (Kochi) | 2 - 1 | Houtoku Gakuen (Hyogo) | ||
| 1st | 8 | Nihon Daigaku - Fujisawa Koukou (Kanagawa) | 3 - 4x | Ube Shougyou (Yamaguchi) | After P Furuya-kun ties the game in the 8th with a HR, SS Hayashi-kun takes the first pitch in the bottom of the 9th around the left field foul pole for the sayonara home run. | |
| 1st | 9 | Teikyou Koukou (Tokyo) | 9 - 1 | Ogi Koukou (Saga) | Ogi Koukou never had a chance to get into the game as Teikyou came out scoring 6 and taking advantage of a nervous pitcher. Teikyou's Ooda-kun would strike out 20 on the day. | |
| March 26 | 1st | 10 | Ichikawa Koukou (Hyogo) | 4 - 2 | Seikou Gakuin (Fukushima) | |
| 1st | 11 | Kouryou Gakuen (Hiroshima) | 2 - 1 (12) | Narita Koukou (Chiba) | This was a game of missed opportunities on both sides until Uemoto-kun dribbled a ball up the 3rd base line scoring the go-ahead run from 3rd in the 12th inning. | |
| 1st | 12 | Hokuyou Koukou (Osaka) | 1 - 0 | Kagoshima Kougyou (Kagoshima) | ||
| March 27 | 1st | 13 | Asahigawa Minami Koukou (Hokkaido) | 0 - 1 | Souzou Gakuen Daigaku Fuzoku Koukou (Nagano) | |
| 1st | 14 | Kochi Shougyou (Kochi) | 2 - 4 | Kanzei Koukou (Okayama) | ||
| 1st | 15 | Miyakonojyou Izumigaoka Koukou (Miyazaki) | 2 - 0 | Kiryi Daiichi Koukou (Kumamoto) | Miyakonojyou plays the Cinderella, albeit with a scare in the 9th and moves on on the 2-hitter by Suwa-kun. | |
| March 28 | 1st | 16 | Oogaki Nihon Daigaku Koukou (Gifu) | 7 - 4 | Kita Ootsu Koukou (Shiga) | |
| 2nd | 17 | Osaka Touin Koukou (Osaka) | 11 - 8 | Sano Nihon Koukou (Tochigi) | Nakata Sho would take a break from pitching to focus on offense, and proceeded to hit HR's in back-to-back at-bats, the first of which was estimated at close to 150 m (492 feet)!! | |
| 2nd | 18 | Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa Koukou (Shizuoka) | 10 - 0 | Imabari Nishi Koukou (Ehime) | ||
| March 29 | 2nd | 19 | Kumamoto Kougyou (Kumamoto) | 6 - 3 (12) | Chiba Keizai Koukou (Chiba) | |
| 2nd | 20 | Muroto Koukou (Kochi) | 4 - 1 | Ube Shougyou (Yamaguchi) | ||
| 2nd | 21 | Teikyou Koukou (Tokyo) | 12 - 4 | Ichikawa Koukou (Hyogo) | ||
| March 30 | 2nd | 22 | Hokuyou Koukou (Osaka) | 3 - 5 | Kouryou Gakuen (Hiroshima) | |
| 2nd | 23 | Kanzei Koukou (Okayama) | 12 - 0 | Souzou Gakuen Daigaku Fuzoku Koukou (Nagano) | ||
| 2nd | 24 | Miyakonojyou Izumigaoka Koukou (Miyazaki) | 1 - 4 | Oogaki Nihon Daigaku Koukou (Gifu) | ||
| March 31 | Best 8 | 25 | Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa Koukou (Shizuoka) | 2 - 1 | Osaka Touin Koukou (Osaka) | Tokoha Gakuen had other plans than going home as they rally late against Tanaka Sho with runs in the 8th and 9th to upset favored Osaka Touin. |
| Best 8 | 26 | Muroto Koukou (Kochi) | 3 - 5 | Kumamoto Kougyou (Kumamoto) | Muroto tries to rally in the 9th, but P Morisawa-kun's struggles in the 3rd were too much to overcome. | |
| April 1 | Best 8 | 27 | Teikyou Koukou (Tokyo) | 7 - 1 | Kouryou Gakuen (Hiroshima) | Powerhouse Teikyou rolls on yet again, pegging Kouryou Gakuen to an insurmountable 0-6 deficit in the first inning. |
| Best 8 | 28 | Oogaki Nihon Daigaku Koukou (Gifu) | 9 - 1 | Kanzei Koukou (Okayama) | Kanzei's run falls short yet again as debutants Oogaki Nihon move on to the Best 4 with ease. | |
| April 2 | Best 4 | 29 | Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa Koukou (Shizuoka) | 6 - 4 | Kumamoto Kougyou (Kumamoto) | Tokoha proves that beating Osaka Touin was no fluke as they rally in the 9th, with the possible help of a untimely pitching change to beat a strong Kumamoto team. |
| Best 4 | 30 | Teikyou Koukou (Tokyo) | 4 - 5 | Oogaki Nihon Daigaku Koukou (Gifu) | Oogaki Nihon turns the tables on Teikyou surviving the initial barrage and taking advantage of the uncertain pitching situation that developed during the tournament. | |
| April 3 | Final | 31 | Oogaki Nihon Daigaku Koukou (Gifu) | 5 - 6 | Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa Koukou (Shizuoka) | In a replay of the semifinal game of the Tokai regional tournament, Oogaki would get out to the early lead but Tokoha would not be denied. They show the true hears of a champion as they rally once again with 1 run in the 7th and 2 in the 8th to beat Oogaki once again and win the Koushien Tournament. |
