The Sejong City Youth Baseball Team (coach Jae-hyuk Jang) won the 9th Sunchang-gun Cup National Youth Baseball Tournament, the first competition in 2024, and became the strongest youth baseball team by beating the Gyeonggi Ilsan Giants Youth Baseball Team (coach Byeong-yong Lee) 11-3.
This tournament, hosted by the Korea Youth Baseball Federation (Chairman Lee Sang-geun), was held for 6 days from February 23rd to 28th at 10 baseball stadiums, including Paldeok Baseball Stadium in Sunchang-gun, the mecca of youth baseball, with a total of 3,000 players, including players from 135 teams and parents, participating. A heated battle ensued.
This competition was held in the form of a final tournament through a preliminary group stage, with a total of 8 divisions including Sprout League (U-9), Dream League (U-11), Youth League (U-13), and Junior League (U-16). There was a fierce battle for the championship cup. Jeollabuk-do, Sunchang-gun, Sunchang-gun Sports Council, Afreeca TV, and Wepan (Gold Bat), a baseball equipment company, sponsored the event.
The finals were broadcast live on Afreeca TV by popular caster So Dae-su and commentator Ahn Kyung-hyun, a former professional baseball legend, and received a great response.
The Sejong City Youth Baseball Team, which won the Blue Dragon Youth League (U-13), the strongest league, won the Andong Hahoe Tal Cup National Youth Baseball Championship last year and defeated strong elementary school teams in the U-12 National Youth Baseball Competition, the largest competition for elementary school baseball teams in the country, held in Uljin. He showed off his skills by defeating and taking second place.
From the first attack in the bottom of the first inning, the Sejong City youth baseball team took the lead by scoring 2 runs with Kim Do-kyung's single to left, Gyu-seung Lim's double to left-center, and Yu-chan Lee's double to left. They scored in every inning until the 5th inning, showing a powerful offense of 13 hits in total. They defeated the Ilsan Giants Youth Baseball Team 11-3, making up for 1 point in the 5th inning and 2 points in the 6th.
Lee Yu-chan (Sejong City Youth Baseball Team), who led the team to the championship with 6K no hits and no runs in 3 innings in the final of this competition and a great performance in the entire game, received the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) of the competition, and Kim Min-jun (Gyeonggi Ilsan Giants Youth Baseball Team) and Kim Yun-hak (Sejong City Youth Baseball Team) Won the Outstanding Player Award.
Lee Yu-chan (Sejong City Youth Baseball Team), who received the honor of being the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament, said, “I am happy to win the Youth Blue Dragon League ahead of entering middle school, and I am even more happy to receive the Most Valuable Player Award. The player I want to emulate is Roki Sasaki, and I am impressed by the fact that he throws the ball fast, has good ball control, and is good at baseball. I am very grateful to the manager and coach for teaching me baseball so well. I will always keep your teachings in mind and work hard. “As for my future plans, based on what I have learned so far, I will study and practice harder to become a good player,” he said.
Coach Jang Jae-hyuk, who received the tournament manager award, said, “First of all, I would like to thank Sunchang-gun and the Korea Youth Baseball Federation for hosting the tournament. I am grateful to the parents who worked hard during the long journey, the coaches who worked hard, and the players who worked hard and passionately in the game. He said, “I will continue to be a leader who always works hard to help children grow up with good basic skills.”
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