{"id":169747,"date":"2025-03-25T13:49:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T04:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169747&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-25T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T04:49:53","slug":"nishi-nippon-junior-college-high-school-advances-to-quarterfinals-spring-koshien","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/nishi-nippon-junior-college-high-school-advances-to-quarterfinals-spring-koshien\/","title":{"rendered":"Nishi-Nippon Junior College High School Advances to Quarterfinals at Spring Koshien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fukuoka&#8217;s Nishi-Nippon <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Junior College<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> High School High School defeated Yamanashi Gakuin 11\u20135 in the second round of the national Spring Koshien tournament. A three-run inside-the-park homer by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yuki <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasuda in the first inning set the tone, followed by a two-run homer from Jin Sato in the fourth. Pitcher<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rui <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nakano threw a complete game despite allowing five runs, using breaking pitches effectively over 157 pitches. The team will face Yokohama High School, the reigning Meiji Jingu champions, in the quarterfinals on March 26. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250324\/5010027518.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_nishitan-senbatsu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C803&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nishi-Nippon Junior College High School Advances to Quarterfinals at Spring Koshien\" width=\"1400\" height=\"803\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_nishitan-senbatsu_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_nishitan-senbatsu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_nishitan-senbatsu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C587&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_nishitan-senbatsu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C441&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka&#8217;s Nishi-Nippon Junior College High School High School defeated Yamanashi Gakuin 11\u20135 in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":169758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169747","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}