Aiming to participate in Koshien in the summer, multiple members of the baseball club of Seiryo High School in Kanazawa, who participated in the National High School Baseball Ishikawa Tournament, were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
High school declined to participate in the Ishikawa tournament quarterfinals scheduled for the 22nd.
According to Ishikawa Prefecture and others, it was confirmed that several members of the baseball club were infected with the new coronavirus at Seiryo High School in Kanazawa.
The baseball club of Seiryo High School was participating in the National High School Baseball Ishikawa Tournament for the summer Koshien, and was scheduled to play against Yugakkan High School in the quarterfinals on the 22nd. On the other hand, there was an offer to decline participation.
Yugakkan High School will be a bye.
Seiryo High School's baseball club is one of the most powerful high school baseball schools in Japan, having participated in summer national high school baseball 20 times so far.
It is also known as the alma mater of Hideki Matsui, who played an active part in the Yankees of the major leagues, and in the adult tournament, he has won the second runner-up with the current pitcher Yasunobu Okugawa of professional baseball Yakult.