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."

Kamehameha will now face the winner of tomorrow's MIL tournament on Tuesday to determine the league's second and final berth to the state tournament.

The state tournament is scheduled for May 9-12 at Les Murakami Stadium.

Between that time, St. Anthony will prepare for the turf of Les Murakami Stadium by fielding ground balls on the school's basketball court. Dudoit also plans on getting back to fundamentals, working on pick off and fun plays and refocusing on goals.