88th National High School Championship

The 88th National High School Championship held from August 6-21 2006, was won by Waseda Jitsugyo High School of West Tokyo over 2-time defending champions Komadai Tomakomai of South Hokkaido.

Field Summary

Prefecture	Team	Appearance		Prefecture	Team	Appearance
North Hokkaido	Shirakaba Gakuen	1st		Fukui	Fukui Shougyou	17th
South Hokkaido	Komadai Tomakomai	6th		Shiga	Hachiman Shougyou	6th
Aomori	Aomori Yamada	7th		Kyoto	Fukuchiyama Seibi	2nd
Iwate	Senshu Kitami	5th		Osaka	Osaka Touin	4th
Akita	Honjyou Koukou	3rd		Hyogo	Touyou Himeji	4th
Yamagata	Nihon Yamagata	14th		Nara	Tenri Koukou	23rd
Miyagi	Sendai Ikuei	14th		Wakayama	Chiben Wakayama	14th
Fukushima	Kounan Koukou	1st		Okayama	Kanzei Koukou	7th
Ibaraki	Jyoushou Gakuin	10th		Hiroshima	Jyosuikan	7th
Tochigi	Bunsei University of Art Koukou	9th		Tottori	Kurayoshi Kita	6th
Gunma	Kiryi Daiichi	8th		Shimane	Kaisei Koukou	4th
Saitama	Urawa Gakuin	8th		Yamaguchi	Nanyou Koukou	2nd
Chiba	Chiba Keizai Koukou	2nd		Kagawa	Kagawa Nishi	2nd
West Tokyo	Waseda Jitsugyo	27th		Tokushima	Tokushima Shougyou	21st
East Tokyo	Teikyou Koukou	9th		Ehime	Imabari Nishi	9th
Kanagawa	Yokohama Koukou	12th		Kochi	Kochi Shougyou	22nd
Niigata	Nihon Bunri	12th		Fukuoka	Fukuoka Koudai Jyoutou	2nd
Nagano	Matsushiro Koukou	1st		Saga	Saga Shougyou	14th
Yamanashi	Koufu Kougyou	8th		Nagasaki	Seihou Koukou	2nd
Shizuoka	Shizuoka Shougyou	9th		Kumamoto	Kumamoto Kougyou	18th
Aichi	Aikoudai Meiden	8th		Oita	Tsurusaki Kougyou	3rd
Gifu	Gifu Shougyou	26th		Miyazaki	Nobeoka Gakuen	5th
Mie	Mie Koukou	9th		Kagoshima	Kagoshima (Rokko)	1st
Toyama	Fukuoka Koukou	1st		Okinawa	Yaeyama Shoukou	1st
Ishikawa	Kanazawa Koukou	11th

Tournament Summary

Date	Round	Game #	Away	Score	Home	Notes
August 6	1st	1	Shirakaba Gakuen (North Hokkaido)	7 - 10	Kochi Shougyou (Kochi)
	1st	2	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	13 - 1	Tsurusaki Kougyou (Oita)
	1st	3	Yokohama Koukou (Kanagawa)	6 - 11	Osaka Touin (Osaka)
August 7	1st	4	Seihou Koukou (Nagasaki)	22 - 3	Kounan Koukou (Fukushima)
	1st	5	Fukuoka Koukou (Toyama)	1 - 8	Fukui Shougyou (Fukui)
	1st	6	Sendai Ikuei (Miyagi)	5 - 1	Tokushima Shougyou (Tokushima)
	1st	7	Nihon Yamagata (Yamagata)	6 - 2	Kaisei Koukou (Shimane)
August 8	1st	8	Kanzei Koukou (Okayama)	10 - 11x	Bunsei University of Art Koukou (Tochigi)	Kanzei ace Das Romash cannot hold another lead in the Summer Koshien, this time giving up 8 runs in the final two innings to give Bunri the win.
	1st	9	Jyoushou Gakuin (Ibaraki)	8 - 11	Imabari Nishi (Ehime)
	1st	10	Kurayoshi Kita (Tottori)	6 - 7x (11)	Matsushiro Koukou (Nagano)
	1st	11	Yaeyama Shoukou (Okinawa)	9 - 6 (10)	Chiba Keizai Koukou (Chiba)
August 9	1st	12	Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)	4 - 1	Gifu Shougyou (Gifu)
	1st	13	Kanazawa Koukou (Kanazawa)	9 - 3	Urawa Gakuin (Saitama)
	1st	14	Shizuoka Shougyou (Shizuoka)	8 - 2	Hachiman Shougyou (Shiga)
	1st	15	Fukuchiyama Seibi (Kyoto)	6 - 4	Aikodai Meiden (Aichi)
August 10	1st	16	Mie Koukou (Mie)	4 - 6	Kumamoto Kougyou (Kumamoto)
	1st	17	Tenri Koukou (Nara)	7 - 5	Honjyou Koukou (Akita)
	2nd	18	Nanyou Koukou (Yamaguchi)	3 - 5	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)
August 11	2nd	19	Aomori Yamada (Aomori)	7 - 0	Nobeoka Gakuen (Miyazaki)
	2nd	20	Saga Shougyou (Saga)	5 - 6	Kiryi Daiichi (Gunma)
	2nd	21	Koufu Kougyou (Yamanashi)	2 - 4	Touyou Himeji (Hyogo)
	2nd	22	Senshu Kitami (Iwate)	0 - 4	Fukuoka Koudai Jyoutou (Fukuoka)
August 12	2nd	23	Teikyou Koukou (East Tokyo)	10 - 2	Jyosuikan (Hiroshima)
	2nd	24	Kagawa Nishi (Kagawa)	2 - 1	Nihon Bunri (Niigata)
	2nd	25	Kagoshima (Rokko) (Kagoshima)	3 - 2	Kochi Shougyou (Kochi)
	2nd	26	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	11 - 2	Osaka Touin (Ousaka)
August 13	2nd	27	Seihou Koukou (Nagasaki)	6 - 7	Fukui Shougyou (Fukui)
	2nd	28	Nihon Yamagata (Yamagata)	6 - 3	Sendai Ikuei (Miyagi)
	2nd	29	Imabari Nishi (Ehime)	12 - 3	Bunsei University of Art Koukou (Tochigi)
	2nd	30	Matsushiro Koukou (Nagano)	3 - 5	Yaeyama Shouko (Okinawa)	A rain delay in the 2nd proved fortuitous for Yaeyama as they jump on the cold Matsuhiro squad for 5 runs after the break and never looked back.
August 14	2nd	31	Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)	5 - 2	Kanazawa Koukou (Kanazawa)
	2nd	32	Shizuoka Shougyou (Shizuoka)	0 - 4	Fukuchiyama Seibi (Kyoto)
	2nd	33	Kumamoto Kougyou (Kumamoto)	5 - 3	Tenri Koukou (Nara)	A failed squeeze bunt in the 8th with runners on 2nd and 3rd leads to the downfall of Tenri as Kumamoto takes advantage of the momentum to score 2 in the 9th.
August 15	3rd	34	Aomori Yamada (Aomori)	9 - 10x	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)	The 2-time defending champions looked dead to rights against Aomori Yamada down 7-1 in the bottom of the 4th. But they score 8 runs in the last 4 innings to show everyone what got them here.
	3rd	35	Kiryi Daiichi (Gunma)	2 - 5	Touyou Himeji (Hyogo)
	3rd	36	Teikyou Koukou (East Tokyo)	5 - 4	Fukuoka Koudai Jyoutou (Fukuoka)
	3rd	37	Kagoshima (Rokko) (Kagoshima)	9 - 3	Kagawa Nishi (Kagawa)
August 16	3rd	38	Fukui Shougyou (Fukui)	1 - 7	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)
	3rd	39	Imabari Nishi (Ehime)	9 - 10x (13)	Nihon Yamagata (Yamagata)	Imabari Nishi breaks through with two in the top of the 13th, only to see their ace pitcher give up 3 to end it.
	3rd	40	Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)	8 - 3	Yaeyama Shoko (Okinawa)
	3rd	41	Fukuchiyama Seibi (Kyoto)	6 - 3	Kumamoto Kougyou (Kumamoto)
August 17	Best 8	42	Touyou Himeji (Hyogo)	4 - 5	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)
	Best 8	43	Teikyou Koukou (East Tokyo)	12 - 13x	Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)	Teikyo explodes for 8 runs capped off with a pinch-hit 3-run home run in the top of the 9th inning. But said pinch hitter was for their final pitcher. And with no other real pitchers remaining, they could only watch helplessly as the winning run walked in.
August 18	Best 8	44	Nihon Yamagata (Yamagata)	2 - 5	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	A real pitchers battle between Saitou Yuuki (Waseda Jitsugyo) and SS Aoki Yuu (Nihon Yamagata). But Aoki just could not keep up with Saitou, giving up 4 in the 8th. Afterwards, it was obvious from his crying that he felt he was to blame for giving up the game.
	Best 8	45	Kagoshima (Rokko) (Kagoshima)	3 - 2 (10)	Fukuchiyama Seibi (Kyoto)	Imayoshi Kouichi (Kagoshima (Rokko)) and his patented yell at the plate once again comes in as a pinch hitter in the 7th to rally the troops down 2-1. He successfully gets on base and Rokko scores the tying run on their way to winning in 10.
August 19	Semis	46	Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)	4 - 7	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)	Komadai would have no more of the rallying from behind, jumping out with 4 runs in the first highlighted by a triple by cleanup hitter CF Honma Atsushi.
	Semis	47	Kagoshima (Rokko) (Kagoshima)	0 - 5	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	Saitou Yuuki was in complete control of the game striking out 13 en route to his complete game 3-hit shutout. Even Imayoshi Kouichi and his yell would not be enough as he strikes out on a high fastball, much to the chagrin of Saitou.
August 20	Final	48	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)	1 - 1 (15)	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	The pitchers duel that everyone wanted had arrived, and both delivered on a grand scale. Komadai's only run came in the 8th with a home run by SS Miki Yuuya. Waseda would counter in the bottom of the inning with a double by 1B Higaki Akira. A wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Saitou Yuuki would plate the run.
August 21	Final	49	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)	3 - 4	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	Komadai would gamble by starting reliever Kikuchi Shouta against Saitou Yuuki. 5 batters, 2 outs and 1 run later, the gamble failed and Komadai would be looking up for the rest of the game. Down 4-1 in the 9th, 1B Nakazawa Takuya would hit a 2-run homerun to close the gap to 1. But Saito Yuuki would close the door, fittingly against his rival on the mound Tanaka Masahiro. After a long battle at the plate, Tanaka would strike out on Saito's slider to end the amazing battle.