After the game-ending buzzer, every single Hokuriku High School player raised his arms high in the air, and other teammates trotted onto the floor with huge smiles and tears on their faces.
Not surprisingly, the school had waited for this moment long enough.
The Hokuriku boys basketball team earned its first title at the All-Japan High School Basketball Tournament with a 68-60 victory over Fukuoka Daiichi High School in Wednesday afternoon's final.
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