Time flies, at the end of December, Japanese high school students officially welcome the winter vacation.
When most students were immersed in the joy of vacation, the winter selection competition and winter cup also officially kicked off.
The winter selection competition is a national competition in which schools participate. In terms of honor, it is not very different from the ih in the summer. However, the intensity of the competition has dropped compared to ih. .
Because after IH, most high school senior players will quit the club and concentrate on preparing for the exam. Therefore, in terms of competition level, the winter competition is not as good as ih, but the cruelty of competition is also higher than ih.
In the entire Kanagawa Prefecture, there is only one team that is qualified to participate in the national competition. Before players can go national, the first thing they have to do is stand out from the county competition.
The venue for Kanagawa Prefecture's prefectural trials is still the Prefectural Gymnasium.
As one of the top four teams of IH, Xiangbei, which has reached the top eight in the country, had byes in the first few rounds of the selection and did not need to participate in the competition.
Therefore, a few days before the start of the winter trials, except for taking the players to the opening ceremony on the first day, Coach Anxi did not take the players to the stadium to watch the game in the following days. Instead, he asked the players to watch the game in his own arena. Practice ball during the game and stay in competitive shape.
It was not until five days later, when the first few rounds of games were played and the 8-to-4 game began, that Coach Anxi rushed to the venue with his players.
The county competition in the winter selection competition is still divided into four major groups for competition. The teams that have achieved the top four results in ih are scattered among the four major groups as seed players, such as Lingnan, which is in group a. Xiangbei High School is in Group B. Before the 8-to-4 match, the four seeded teams cannot meet each other.
In Shohoku High School's first 8-to-4 game, they met the old county-level strong team, Miuradai High School. Of course, this strong team is also compared to other teams. In fact, in front of Shohoku High School, Miuradai High School It's somewhat unsatisfactory.
The result of the game did not surprise the audience. Even if Shohoku High School lacks Jinguji Martial Arts, it is still not a team that Miuradai High School can compete with.
At the end of the game, Xiangbei defeated its opponent with an overwhelming advantage of 103:67 and advanced to the top four.
The results of several other competition groups were also within the range of everyone's expectations. Lingnan High School in Group A, Hainan in Group C, but in Group D, Xiangyang High School actually stood up a bit this winter, beating the top four of IH and Wuhan. Li Middle School fell to the ground and won the last top four spot.
However, unlike ih's semi-final round-robin competition, the winter competition is still a knockout system. The four teams in the semi-finals draw lots to determine their opponents. The winner will advance to the finals.
Xiangbei High School had good luck in the draw, and met the weakest among the top four teams, Xiangyang High School.
Nowadays, I, Xiangyang High School, am no longer worthy of being called a powerful person. Ever since the two rookies Fujima Kenji and Hanagata Toru left for Lingnan, Xiangyang's strength has been greatly reduced. The spring has not yet started, and Xiangyang High School will be weak without fresh blood. He can maintain his "strong" dignity when facing a team like Buri.
But facing Xiangbei High School, one of the top eight teams in the country, it was almost impossible.
In the match against Xiangyang, Shohoku High School played very easily. Today's Xiangyang team uses a long-man system, but in terms of height, Shohoku High School actually doesn't need too much from the opponent. Mitsui Hisahi's height is now equal to Being nearly 190cm, Chiba Oishi and Takenori Akagi are both over 190cm, and Akagi is even 195cm.
Although the back line is slightly shorter, the three of them are enough to support Shohoku High School's inside line.
But what Shohoku High School is best at is running and gunning tactics. Xiangyang's long-man system simply cannot keep up with Shohoku's offensive rhythm. Under the leadership of Miyagi Ryota, Mitsui Hisashi, and Kimugure Kimonobu, Shohoku will completely take advantage of speed. Play it out.
At the same time, relying on Hisa Mitsui's sudden and unstoppable singles, Shohoku firmly held the initiative throughout the game and suppressed Xiangyang.
It was only then that the audience in Kanagawa Prefecture finally came back to their senses. It turned out that Hisashi Mitsui of Shohoku High School had always been the same Mitsui Hisashi. After Jinguji Martial Arts disappeared, the Mitsui Hisashi who played and held the ball became The focus of the entire game.
In the end, Xiangbei defeated Xiangyang 97:77 and entered the final. With 46 points in a single game, Hisashi Mitsui successfully attracted the attention of many college scouts and coaches who came to watch the game.
The competition in Kanagawa is quite attractive. After all, IH's national hegemon, Lingnan High School, is in Kanagawa Prefecture.
This year's national team youth training, Ryonan High School's Sendō Akira and Shinomiya Tanoh both shined in the youth training, and have attracted the attention of many college coaches and scouts.
Today, many people actually came to see these two players from Lingnan High School. At the same time, they also wanted to take a look at another player from the "Kanagawa Twins". But what is unexpected is that Jinguji Martial Arts did not see it, but found a player like Hisashi Mitsui, which can be regarded as an unexpected surprise.
And it was after today's game that Hisashi Mitsui really attracted the attention of college basketball coaches and scouts.
Not long after the game between Xiangbei High School and Xiangyang came to an end, the game between Lingnan High School and Hainan followed.
Facing Hainan, Coach Taoka had no intention of holding back at all, and directly sent the offensive duo of Shinomiya Tano and Sendō, and also sent Hanagata, Uozumi and Fujima Kenji to escort the two.
Lingnan adopted a two-point play style. Under the firepower of Lingnan High School, Hainan gradually couldn't support it and began to show defeat.
Thirteen minutes into the first half, Hainan completely collapsed, and the score difference between the two teams quickly widened.
By halftime, the point difference between the two teams had reached 16 points.
At the beginning of the second half, Shinomiya Tano was on full fire and quickly opened the point difference to 20 points. The next 20 minutes of the game were torturous for Hainan.
In the end, Lingnan High School defeated Hainan 113:68. This huge gap made Coach Tian Gang smile.
Coach Gao Tou, who lost the game, had a gloomy face that could drip with water. While he was annoyed about the team's lack of strength, he was also annoyed that this bastard Taoka didn't save face at all, and kept Shinomiya Tanoh and Sendō on the court even though victory had been established.
Moreover, these two gangsters have no martial ethics at all. Their Hainan team members obviously have no ability to resist, but these two guys still look like they are "working hard" and score points like crazy.
This disparity made the former overlord of Kanagawa look shameless. At the same time, it also makes Coach Gao Tou become more and more determined to strengthen the team in the coming year.
"It's not enough to just invite strong freshmen! We in Hainan also need to add strong senior players!"
"Bastard Tian Gang, I will make you pay the price!"
Coach Gao Tou angrily broke the folding fan in his hand. He didn’t know why he brought a folding fan in the middle of winter...
After leaving the court, Coach Gao Tou seemed to have thought of something. Instead of staying to watch the next game with the players, he gave A Mu a few words and hurriedly left the gym.
I took the train directly to Aichi Prefecture.
Some time ago, Coach Gaotou heard from a friend that there was a junior high school student in Aichi Prefecture who had great potential. Although he had not been playing for a long time, his physical talent was really good. Originally, Coach Gao Tou still had his own arrogance, thinking about Hainan, where would they lack potential freshmen in the coming year?
But today's game gave him a huge blow. Coach Gao Tou was already angry. He threw away all his arrogance and reserve and picked up the hoe to recruit people. He couldn't wait to form his ideal team. Hainan High School, complete revenge!
The next day, Shohoku High School faced the national hegemon, Lingnan High School, at the county gymnasium.
Before the game, no one in the audience saw Shohoku High School, which was missing Jinguji Martial Arts. But after the game officially started, the direction was just as the audience expected. Shinomiya Tano and Sendō cooperated with each other, and they were basically the same on the court. unstoppable.
These two people are already in great trouble if they meet one another. Faced with the two joining forces, Xiangbei has no power to change hands.
Coach Tagoka is also quite aware of the attributes of Shohoku High School's team. As soon as he came up, he sent Shinomiya to guard Mitsui Hisashi. At the same time, Sendō was asked to fill in at any time to assist in defense. When appropriate, he could let go of Konobu Kigure.
Lingnan High School's defensive strategy was quite successful. Shinomiya's excellent single defense ability greatly affected Mitsui Hisahi's outside shooting percentage. At the same time, Mitsui Hisashi could not rely on his own ability to break through Shinomiya, even with the help of his teammates. The pick-and-roll screen completed the breakthrough, and Xiandao would also make up for it immediately.
Shohoku's strongest firepower was suppressed by Lingnan High School. On the contrary, Kimugure Kimibunobu would get open shots from time to time and scored a few goals to keep Shohoku from losing steam.
In this game, Coach Anzai did not consider the inside attack. Relying on the power of Takenori Akagi and Oishi Chiba, it was simply impossible to gain an advantage in the joint effort of Uozumi and Hanagata.
As the game progressed, Shohoku High School also showed its decline. Faced with the double-teaming of Shinomiya Tanoh and Sendō, Mitsui Hisaya was not often able to complete the ball from between the two.
The basketball operation is blocked, and the result is naturally self-evident.
At the end of the first half, Shohoku High School fell behind by 16 points. At the beginning of the second half, Mitsui Hisashi had an outburst, but was quickly suppressed.
In the end, Lingnan High School defeated Shohoku with a score of 103:74 and won the only national ticket in Kanagawa Prefecture.
...
The day Lingnan High School advanced to the national competition happened to be Christmas.
Jinguji Martial Arts, far across the ocean, is participating in a "Christmas Battle" organized by Oak Hill Academy with the team. Their opponents are outstanding graduates from Oak Hill, some who have played in the NBA and some who are currently in the NCAA.
Although it was a performance competition, the students from Oak Hill College played very seriously. As for the seniors at Oak Hill Academy, seeing that the juniors were playing seriously, they unconsciously adjusted their mentality and began to deal with these young juniors properly.
The result, of course, was no suspense. The seniors won the game with 97:81. Although there were some disappointments, the seniors spoke very highly of the juniors.
Especially the yellow guy in the team, who played 31 minutes and scored 33 points. His outside shooting was accurate and his strength was amazing. It was hard to imagine that such a kid was actually a yellow guy, and he was only a freshman in high school.
After the exhibition match, the winter vacation began in the United States, and Wu Dao had no intention of going back, so he applied to stay in school. There was nothing else to do during the holidays. Apart from being invited to play at teammates’ homes, they just stayed in the school gym to play.
Some students who have nothing to do during the holidays will also go to the gym during martial arts training. The coach has no objection to this. Martial Arts is also happy to have someone to accompany them, although playing wildball may not have much effect on improving strength. , but Wu Dao is still happy to play with these students. Compared with boring training by himself, playing three-on-three occasionally can be adjusted.
After the holidays, Oak Hill Academy began intensive competitions and training.
Martial Arts also competed with the team within half a year, and many colleges and universities in Indiana and Kentucky have left his presence in the competition.
It's just a pity that the little blacksmith he has always been thinking about has no chance to fight against him.
As Jinguji Budo competitions increased, his scoring average stabilized at around 34 points per game. At the same time, he also officially entered the top 100 high school students in the United States, ranked 27th.
...
Japan’s winter trials officially concluded in January.
Lingnan High School completed two consecutive IH and Winter Cup championships with a strong attitude. Shinomiya Tano won the MVP of the competition for the second time. In his first year of high school, he had already received favors from countless domestic universities and sent out invitations early. But at this time, Shinomiya Tano also set his sights on returning to the outside world.
After consulting with Coach Taoka, we decided to go to the United States through Coach Taoka’s recommendation after finishing our senior year of high school.
Since knowing Shinomiya's thoughts and plans, Coach Taoka and Shinomiya's family have worked hard. Not only did they invite professional trainers and nutritionists to Shinomiya, but they also hired Du Grammar University's line of school leaders. Promised to give Shinomiya a chance to try out in the future.
Although it is just a trial training opportunity, for Shinomiya Tanano, this is enough!
After the winter season ended, all teams began to accumulate their own strength and prepare for the summer ih.
...
April in Kanagawa is both pink and blue.
Cherry blossoms and the sea are the most beautiful scenery of the season.
The gentle breeze blew away the petals on the tree, and the light pink petals fell with the wind, surrounded by bright red hair...
"Hahahahaha!"
"Xiangbei! This genius is here!"
On the path in front of the Xianghoku High School campus, Sakuragi Hanamichi put his hands in his pockets and laughed wildly.
The long-awaited admission has finally arrived! Of course, Sakuragi Hanamichi is not looking forward to enrolling in school because of playing basketball, but...
When I arrived at the Sakuragi Hanamichi at the gate of the Shohoku campus, I looked around. Sure enough, it was at the gate of the school! When he saw the figure he had longed for, he immediately looked happy and shouted:
"Haruko~~~~~"
Sakuragi's voice instantly attracted the attention of many students around him.
Just as Sakuragi happily ran towards Haruko, a tall figure suddenly walked out of the school gate, stopped in front of Haruko, and glared at Sakuragi.
"Ah ~ Gorilla!" Sakuragi couldn't brake in time and bumped into Akagi's arms. At this time, Haruko poked her head out from behind Akagi and asked with concern: "Sakura, are you okay?"
"Hahaha……"
"fine."
Sakuragi smiled awkwardly, and just as he was about to say hello and chat with Haruko, Akagi grabbed him by the collar.
"You're here just in time, let's go and fill out the application for joining the ministry first."
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