MILILANI — In an O'ahu Interscholastic Association baseball playoff game of inches, Mililani squeaked past Castle, 1-0, yesterday to advance to today's quarterfinal round.

Mililani, the OIA Red Conference West Division's No. 4 seed, improved to 7-6 in league play and will travel to East No. 1 Kailua (9-3) at 3:30 p.m. The winner will receive an automatic state tournament berth.

The Trojans scored yesterday's only run in the bottom of the third inning, after Jordan Queja singled to right field with one out, stole second and advanced to third on the errant throw before scoring on Joey Aquino's single to right.

The East No. 5 seed Knights (5-8) threatened in the sixth, but a runner was thrown out at third after trying to advance on a two-out, ball-four pitch in the dirt.

"I blocked it and I saw the guy going, so I just threw it," said Mililani catcher Jacob Matsukawa.

Castle coach Jason Berinobis said the situation could have been ideal, with No. 3 batter Bryson Luke, who was 2-for-2, coming to bat.

"That was big, because the runner on base was one of our fastest guys," Berinobis said. "All we needed to do was put the ball in play."

The Knights threatened again in the seventh, when Luke led off with a single to left and advanced to second on a wild pitch. But reliever Travis Inouye — who came in for starter Preston Pacolba when the inning began — got a flyout to right, a grounder to third and a strikeout to end the game.

On the groundout to third, the throw went off the bag and first baseman Chad Bolibol made a sweeping tag on the batter's helmet. Pacolba, who allowed five hits in six innings, also got help from two double plays plus a relay throw from left field to nab a runner trying to stretch a single to a double.

"The little things we worked on every day built up, and the kids bought into what we were doing," said first-year Trojans coach Mark Hirayama. "It's nice to see all that hard work pay off in a win like this."

CASTLE (5-8) 000 000 0 — 0 5 3

MILILANI (7-6) 001 000 X — 1 7 0

Keola Jarrett and Bryson Luke; Preston Pacolba, Travis Inouye (7) and Jacob Matsukawa. W — Pacolba. L — Jarrett.

Leading hitters — Castle: Luke 3-3. Mililani: Joey Aquino 1-3, RBI.

Reach Wes Nakama at wnakama@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-2456. Read his blog on high school sports at www.preptalk.honadvblogs.com.

KALANI 5, KAPOLEI 4:

Kiel Odo singled home Wataru Noguchi with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the East No. 4 seed Falcons over the West No. 5 Hurricanes at Kahala Field.

Kalani will play at West champ Pearl City (12-0) today at 3:30 p.m.

KAPOLEI (4-9) 200 020 0—4 8 2

KALANI (8-5) 102 010 1—5 5 1

Carlos Rodriguez, Michael Filio (6) and Brandon Damas. Dylan Von Wiegandt, Devin Lee (6) and Kiel Odo. W — Lee. L — Filio.

Leading hitters — Kapolei: Cody Kamei 2-3; Damas 2-4, 3 RBIs; Jarin Kadooka double. Kalani: Jake Massey 2-4, 3 runs; Wataru Noguchi 2-2, double, 2 runs; Odo 2 RBIs.

Reported by Shannon Hirai.

KAISER 12, LEILEHUA 0:

Zachary Wong went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and combined with Austin Ortega on a five-inning one-hitter, and Landon Nakai and Bryce Marcouiller each drove in two runs to power the East No. 3 seed Cougars at home past the West No. 6 Mules.

Kaiser will play at West runner-up Campbell (8-4) today at 3:30 p.m.

LEILEHUA (3-10) 000 00— 0 1 2

KAISER (10-3) 417 0X—12 11 0

Desmond Ontai, Lawrence Paas (2), Kenan Sadanaga (3) and Bono Higa. Zachary Wong, Austin Ortega (4) and Bryce Marcouiller. W — Wong. L — Ontai.

Leading hitters — Leilehua: Bronson Smithe 1-1. Kaiser: Cal Tashiro 2-2, 2 runs; Jaymes Kawashima 2-3, 2 runs; Wong 3-3, double, 2 RBIs; Landon Nakai 2-2, triple, 2 RBIs; Marcouiller 1-2, double, 2 RBIs, 2 runs.

Reported by Kaiser Athletics.

ROOSEVELT 7, 'AIEA 1:

Sean Matsumoto and Zach Hamasaki each went 2-for-4 and scored two runs to lead the East No. 6 seed Rough Riders over West No. 3 seed Na Ali'i at 'Aiea Recreation Center.

Roosevelt will play at East No. 2 seed Moanalua (9-3) today at 3:30 p.m.

ROOSEVELT (4-9) 411 010 0—7 7 4

'AIEA (7-6) 000 100 0—1 5 6

Billy Kamau and Tyler Paranada. Shane Okubo, Kamalu Kamoku (3) and Jay Nakamua. W — Kamau. L — Okubo.

Leading hitters — Roosevelt: Sean Matsumoto 2-4, double, 2 runs; Zach Hamasaki 2-4, double, 2 runs. 'Aiea: Cedric Kojima 2-4; Brennan Alejo double; Kainoa AhSing-Ka'ahanui 2-2, double.

Reported by Ryan Kato.

OIA RED WEST SOFTBALL

MILILANI 10, PEARL CITY 0:

Kylee Rodriguez and Kishti Kamaka combined on a three-hitter, and Kristi Oshiro went 4-for-4 to lead the Trojans over the Chargers.

MILILANI (9-2) 420 22—10 14 0

PEARL CITY (0-11) 000 00— 0 3 2

Kylee Rodriguez, Kishti Kamaka (5) and Rebecca Lee. Courtney Ahlo and Maya Nakata. W — Rodriguez. L — Ahlo.

Leading hitters — Mililani: Kristi Oshiro 4-4, 3 runs; Lee 2-3; Jaimee Aiwohi 3-3; Celina Garces 2-3.

Reported by Keoke Behic.

LEILEHUA 14, WAIPAHU 3:

Kaylen Ynigues went 3-for-3 and Leonora Vilasania had two hits and three RBIs to lead the Mules.

WAIPAHU (3-7) 010 02— 3 7 4

LEILEHUA (4-8) 460 4X—14 12 2

Kelcey Viliamu and Angi Sakamoto. Alex Smith and Brittany Lani. W — Smith. L — Viliamu.

Leading hitters — Waipahu: Sakamoto 2-3; Alyssa Torres triple. Leilehua: Kaylen Ynigues 3-3, 3 runs; Krystin Kubo 2-3, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Smith triple; Leonora Vilasania 2-2, triple, 3 RBIs.

Reported by Berdina Kubo.