Back when the Waseda Jitsugyo players were preparing for the semi-finals against Nihon University, the Spring Tokyo Tournament had already reignited its battles.
It's well-known that the high school baseball schedule is very packed: aside from the off-season period from December to March each year, there are various competitions almost every month.
Besides the most well-known tournaments, held from late March to early April at Koshien in the spring and the Summer Koshien every August, there are local autumn tournaments from September to October, and the National Sports Festival intended specifically for third-year students as the finale to their high school careers; the Meiji Shrine Tournament in November is the final large-scale event of the year.
