St. Anthony qualified for the state baseball tournament with a 3-1 win over Kamehameha Maui on Thursday night at Maehara Stadium in Wailuku in the second game of the Maui Interscholastic League championship series.

The Trojans, who beat the Warriors 2-1 in the opener of the best-of-three series on Wednesday, are headed to the state tournament for the first time since 1991.

St. Anthony (10-3), the MIL East Division champion with two juniors and no seniors on its roster, last won the league title in 1978.

"It feels good," said St. Anthony coach Shane Dudoit, whose team lost to Kamehameha 6-0 last week in a regular-season game.

"Kamehameha is a tough team. They are awesome and we kind of made little bit adjustments to our game plan and the ball bounced in our favor the last two nights."

The Trojans led 2-0 after the bottom of the first inning when Matthew McCraney drove in a run and later scored on an error.

Isiah Kaneakua drove in a run for the Warriors (9-5), the MIL West Division champion, in the top of the second.

Freshman Arrone Santos scored in the fifth on a double steal to extend St. Anthony's lead to 3-1.

Buta Wilhelm-Ioane pitched 6 1/3 innings to earn the win, striking out seven and walking seven.

Santos picked up the save, retiring the final two batters with two runners on base in the seventh.

"(Santos) likes to be in that role," Dudoit said. "He told me once he doesn't like to start. He likes to come in and close it. Given the opportunity, he did a good job."

ILH PLAYOFFS

MID-PACIFIC 11, ST. LOUIS 6

Austin Sloan struck out six and walked two in relief and the Owls (11-5) rallied from a 6-3 deficit with a six-run fourth inning yesterday to eliminate the Crusaders (4-12) from the playoffs.

MID-PACIFIC (11-5) 300 620 0—11 9 3

SAINT LOUIS (4-12) 024 000 0— 6 7 1

Matthew McDaniel, Austin Sloan (3) and Aaron Fujiki. Jayson Fukumoto, Kyle Gonzaga (3), Jordan Akau (6), Kamakana Usui (6) and Keoni Haina. W — Sloan. L — Gonzaga.

Leading hitters — Saint Louis: Russell Doi RBI; Wade Tamaru 2-5, RBI; Aaron Fujiki double, RBI; Derek Tan 2 runs; Easton Torigoe 2-4, double, 3 RBIs; Robert Dittrick 2-3, RBI, 2 runs; Todd Nagamine RBI. Mid-Pacific: Gonzaga 2-4, triple, RBI; Cole Shidaki RBI, 2 runs; Moses Samia double, RBI; Haina RBI.

Reported by Gail Juan

'IOLANI 3, PUNAHOU 1

Kela Marciel and Breland Almadova scored on a throwing error in the top of the fourth inning and the Raiders (12-3) handed the Buffanblu (13-1) their first loss in a game played Thursday at Mid-Pacific.

'IOLANI (12-3) 000 200 1—3 4 1

PUNAHOU (13-1) 010 000 0—1 4 2

John Okada, Jarrett Arakawa (5) and Grant Iwamoto. Reece Kiriu, Paul Snieder (5), Jeremy Fujimoto (7) and Zach Kometani. W — Okada. L — Kiriu. S — Iwamoto.

Leading hitters — 'Iolani: Case Miyahira 2-4, RBI. Punahou: Jeeter Ishida solo homer.

Reported by Katie Chock

OIA RED EAST

MCKINLEY 6, KALANI 2

Roger Kraemer gave up a run with seven strikeouts in six innings, and drove in two runs, and Jonathan Ho, Kaimana Balanon and also had two RBIs, leading the visiting Tigers (5-6) over the Falcons (7-4) in the OIA Red East game.

MCKINLEY (5-6) 020 031 0—6 8 2

KALANI (7-4) 000 010 1—2 5 2

Roger Kraemer, Mike Estes (7) and Kelsen Ganeku. Shamus Kumashiro, Dillon Matsuda (5), Tyler Matsuda (7) and Jason Lee, Bryce Tomatani (2), Lee (5). W — Kraemer. L — Kumashiro. S — Estes.

Leading hitters — McKinley: Jonathan Ho 3-4, 2 RBIs; Kaimana Balanon 2-3, 2 RBIs; Kraemer 2 RBIs. Kalani: Jordan Sumida triple.

Reported by Lester Higa

OIA TOURNAMENT

(ALL GAMES AT 4 P.M. UNLESS NOTED)

WEDNESDAY

FIRST ROUND

East No. 6 Moanalua (6-4) at West No. 3 Pearl City (7-3)

East No. 5 Castle (6-3-1) at West No. 4 Kapolei (7-3)

West No. 5 Wai'anae (7-3) at East No. 4 Kaiser (7-3)

West No. 6 Leilehua (7-3) vs. East No. 3 Kalani (7-3) at Central O'ahu Regional Park, 6:30 p.m. (Live on OC-16)

THURSDAY

CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS

Pearl City-Moanalua winner vs. East No. 2 Roosevelt (7-2-1) at Stevenson Middle School

Leilehua-Kalani winner at West No. 2 Mililani (8-2)

Kapolei-Castle winner at East No. 1 Kailua (9-1)

Kaiser-Wai'anae winner vs. West No. 1 'Aiea (9-1) at CORP, 6:30 p.m. (Live on OC-16)

CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS

at higher seed, 4 p.m.

FRIDAY

SEMIFINALS (NO TV)

CORP field No. 4, 4 p.m.

CORP field No. 1, 4 p.m.

NEXT SATURDAY

CHAMPIONSHIP

TV—CORP, 6:30 p.m.

THIRD PLACE

Field No. 1, 2 p.m. at CORP field 1

FIFTH PLACE

Field No. 1, 11 a.m. at CORP field 1

Note: OIA sends top 5 teams to HHSAA State Tournament