Prefecture Tournament (1)

Coach Hanada watched his players complete the drills he had set out with an enthusiasm that was infectious. He was a little suspicious at first, however he simply chalked it up to them being excited about the upcoming prefecture tournament.

They had played 6 games over the past 2 months, trying out different line-ups around the same core players. To his surprise, everyone had improved greatly up to now, with the standouts being Shiro and Yusuke.

Hiroki also seemed to have gone up a notch in the last 2 days, bringing him a sense of joy.

His gaze moved over to Ken who had seemingly taken over the drills, yelling out at players if they were slacking and encouraging everyone as they worked up a sweat. It was surreal, almost as if he had ascended to the Captains position organically.

Even Akira who was supposed to be his rival seemed to greatly respect him, doing his utmost to excel in training.