Baseball: Riseisha wins Japan's national high school championship

Riseisha High School claimed its maiden title at Japan's National High School Baseball Championship on Thursday, coming from behind in an action-filled final against Seiryo, 5-3.Competing in its first finals, the hard-hitting Riseisha lineup broke a 3-3, eighth-inning tie to lead the Osaka Prefecture school to victory at Koshien Stadium in the historic tournament.Seiryo High School from Ishikawa Prefecture was also gunning for its maiden championship after finishing runner-up in 1995. The team rallied in the bottom of the seventh to tie it.Riseisha captain Minon Noguchi singled in the go-ah…READ FULL ARTICLE