Kaua'i's David Jordan Buster busted out his filthy stuff yesterday against St. Anthony and it allowed the Garden Isle to experience the sweet smell of victory for the first time in the 50th year of the state baseball tournament.

Jordan Buster, a senior left-hander, pitched a three-hitter with eight strikeouts as Kaua'i beat St. Anthony, 1-0, in the final of the inaugural Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Baseball Division II State Championships at Les Murakami Stadium.

"For our island, it's a great thing," said Kaua'i coach Hank Ibia. "We showed we can play baseball on Kaua'i. For our school, we're the first in Division II. Maybe we can start this fire for all sports and get it going."

Jordan Buster outdueled St. Anthony right-hander Michael Jahns, who allowed a run in the top of the first on Schyler Arakaki's RBI single.

Jordan Buster threw 64 of his 87 pitches for strikes.

"Fastball mainly and my change-up also," he said when asked which pitches were working for him. "My curveball wasn't really breaking, but we pulled through in the end."

Kaua'i, the Kaua'i Interscholastic Federation champion and No. 1 seed, improved to 14-1.

David Buster was one of seven four-year varsity members for the Red Raiders.

"It means a lot," he said. "We worked hard the past four years and stuff."

St. Anthony, the Maui Interscholastic League champion and No. 2 seed, dropped to 13-2.

The Red Raiders scored when Trent Allianic singled to left with two outs, advanced to second on a walk to Rysan Sakamoto and scored on Arakaki's single to right.

"It was a 1-2 count and the coach said sit on the fastball and adjust to curve," said Arakaki, a senior, who is the stepson of coach Ibia. "Out of his hand, I could tell it was a curve, so I just went the opposite way and drove in the run. I was pretty happy about that."

Ibia recalled Arakaki's first varsity game four years ago against Kapa'a when he had an RBI single in his first at-bat and a two-run single in his second.

"From then on, I knew he could handle the pressure," Ibia said. "He hit the ball well today with men on base. Schyler had that in him, so it's great."

In three tournament games, Kaua'i outscored its opponents 19-0. The Red Raiders pitching staff allowed only seven hits and four walks in 20 innings.

"I told my coaches, it's one thing winning the whole thing," Ibia said. "The second thing is nobody scored on us. My pitchers, coach (Alan) Balocan is in charge of the pitchers. He works with them in the 'pen. Overall, the conditioning they had all through the year, they deserved what they did."

Jordan Buster allowed a triple to Aronne Santos in the third, a single to Patrick "Buta" Wilhelm in the fourth and a single to Ryan Rodriguez in the seventh. The only walk he allowed was to Santos to lead off the bottom of the first.

"Kaua'i is a very good team," said St. Anthony coach Shane Dudoit. "The pitcher they had on the mound, very tough. They are very well-coached."

Jordan Buster allowed base runners to reach third in the first and third innings.

"His fastball was pretty sneaky," said Jahns, who hit third for the Spartans. "His curveball was working and he was hitting spots all day."

Jordan Buster threw 29 pitches over three inning in Thursday's quarterfinal victory over Kohala.

Jahns pitched an eight-hitter with one walk and three strikeouts. He stranded nine runners and held the Red Raiders to 1 of 9 with runners in scoring position.

"He fell behind quite a bit, but was able to get out of jams, kept the ball down low and let the defense make the plays," Dudoit said.

Jahns, who will play for Northwestern next season, threw 64 of his 93 pitches for strikes.

"At times we hit the ball hard," Ibia said. "Good pitching stops good hitting, and he did a helluva job also."

After giving up the run in the first, Jahns thought he'd get some offensive support, but it never came.

"I didn't think it was going to bother me that much, but it ended up haunting me in the last inning when we were still down 1-0," he said.

Jahns threw four innings in Thursday's victory over Maryknoll.

St. Anthony was trying to become the first MIL team to win a state baseball championship since Moloka'i in 2000, the second of back-to-back titles.

"We try to raise young men through our jobs as coaches," Dudoit said. "Winning and losing happen. The obstacles in life will happen. They need to learn how to get through it."