there's a mention in the manga of "a practice match with Hinoyama" (a local team) before we go to Tokyo...we don't see the actual match, do we?
I did not even remember that it was mentioned! No, I don't think we see it.
ETA: I haven't found Hinoyama (or even the mention of them), but we do briefly see a practice match with Ouginishi in chapter 75. (Final score of the second set is 25-16, Karasuno.)
I remember nothing about Shinzen and Ubugawa.
I don't think we see any matches with them (or meet any of the characters, really). In the tankoubon, the author introduces characters between chapters (quick profile things), but I don't think there were any players from Shinzen or Ubugawa even there.
For the Jouzenji match, I would add that that's the only time we get to see Narita play, since he apparently had been practicing spikes with Suga. Also, that means the only Karasuno player we've never seen in action is Kinoshita.
Also, I don't know if the scanlators made a note of this, but Mad Dog = Kyouken (狂犬). It's a pun on his name, see.
Re: opponents (because I have a memory like a sieve)
there's a mention in the manga of "a practice match with Hinoyama" (a local team) before we go to Tokyo...we don't see the actual match, do we?
I did not even remember that it was mentioned! No, I don't think we see it.
ETA: I haven't found Hinoyama (or even the mention of them), but we do briefly see a practice match with Ouginishi in chapter 75. (Final score of the second set is 25-16, Karasuno.)
I remember nothing about Shinzen and Ubugawa.
I don't think we see any matches with them (or meet any of the characters, really). In the tankoubon, the author introduces characters between chapters (quick profile things), but I don't think there were any players from Shinzen or Ubugawa even there.
For the Jouzenji match, I would add that that's the only time we get to see Narita play, since he apparently had been practicing spikes with Suga. Also, that means the only Karasuno player we've never seen in action is Kinoshita.
Also, I don't know if the scanlators made a note of this, but Mad Dog = Kyouken (狂犬). It's a pun on his name, see.