In order to encourage high school baseball players affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, the baseball club of Sendai Ikuei High School in Miyagi Prefecture invited baseball clubs from Suzu City and Wajima City in Ishikawa Prefecture to deepen exchanges.

The Sendai Ikuei baseball team invited a

total of 31 baseball club members from


Iida High School in Suzu City and Wajima High School in Wajima City

, and they arrived at the Sendai Ikuei baseball field in Tagajo City just after 1:30 pm on the 27th. .

This exchange began when Wataru Sue, the manager of Sendai Ikuei, was invited to Ishikawa Prefecture to receive support during the Great East Japan Earthquake 13 years ago, along with members of the baseball team from the affiliated junior high school he was coaching at the time, so he would like to return the favor. I planned it.

The club members from the three schools seemed nervous at first, but after playing games to welcome them, they gradually warmed up to each other and began interacting with each other by smiling, talking, and clapping.







After this, Coach Sue handed out red and gold T-shirts with the names and school emblems of the three schools on them and the image of Wajima lacquerware, and the club members practiced wearing matching T-shirts.

The club members seemed to be having fun playing baseball, calling out things like "nice play" and "OK, OK" to each other's plays while receiving knocks.

Baseball team members from Iida High School and Wajima High School will stay at the homes of Sendai Ikuei baseball team members and others until the 29th, and deepen their friendships through practice games and joint practices.

Players: ``I want to enjoy baseball''

Wajima High School player Naoshige Nakagawa said, ``Due to the disaster, it was difficult to secure a place to practice, so I'm grateful to be able to play baseball to the fullest today, and the players from Sendai Ikuei are so friendly to me, so I'm very grateful.'' It's fun. I want to enjoy baseball to the fullest these three days."



In addition, Iida High School captain Keita Yamada said, ``I didn't really realize it until I came to Sendai, but as I interacted with people and practiced, I finally started to realize it. , I want to learn about his attitude toward baseball before going back."



Sendai Ikuei High School captain Tsubasa Yuasa said, ``I'm glad everyone was able to play with smiles on their faces.I felt like I was able to be of some help through high school baseball.I want everyone to keep their smiles on their faces for as long as possible.'' , I want to have fun and practice while interacting with various people over the next three days.''