Bears Will Represent Japan
The Japanese national championship tournament concluded in early July as Adachi Gauken Junior High School Wild Bears from Adachi-ku, Tokyo, qualified for New Orleans. They will compete at the FFWC for the first time.
How the Bears qualified…
First round of Local Competition (Kanto area) on June 3, 17
First Round:
70-0 vs. Tokyo Denki Junior High School Wolverines
Second Round:
48-7 vs. Waseda Club Junior Bears
Semi Final:
51-0 vs. Waseda Jitsugyo Junior High School
Final:
14-13 vs Fujitsu Junior Frontiers (defending Japanese champion who won 3rd place in the FFWC 2006)
National Championship on July 7-8
First Round:
83-12 vs. Kokura Junior High School Big Mac (from Okinawa)
Semi Final:
33-31 vs. Ritsumeikan Uji Junior High School Little Panthers (from Kyoto)
Final: Championship game
31-27 vs. Muscle Nagaito (from Fukuoka)
Roster
Coach:
Yo Hashimoto
Players:
Yuki Hirose *Team captain and MVP player of the tournament
Aoi Fuchiwaki
Koki Yoshizawa
Syogo Waki
Yoshikazu Ishikawa
Yasuro Katsuta