St. Joseph High School upset previously undefeated Hilo, High, 2-1, Wednesday to earn the right to face Waiakea tomorrow for the Big Island Interscholastic Federation tournament title. Sam Kalua homered in the seventh to break a 1-1 tie. Tyson Usui and James Onaga combined on a four-hitter for St. Joseph's. Hilo's Wesley Martinez also gave up four hits. The winner will play Hilo High at 3 p.m. Wednesday for the overall title and the BIIF's first berth in the state tournament.
Home field is to be determined on a coin toss after the tournament finale.
Kaiser High, which has gone from not having a team to an unbeaten boys season in the OIA Eastern Division in four years, will go after the OIA team championship tomorrow. The divisional individual tournaments will be held May 13 at McKinley and Waipahu and the OIA individual championships May 20 at Aiea. All four divisional champions had 7-0 records. Kaiser put a team on the mat three years ago in response to requests from parents and athletes who were involved in outside clubs but had no high school season. Charter members of the team, now completing their third varsity year, are returning OIA champion Felix Chong, Mike Nishikawa, Gene Fukuzawa, Chase Morita, Fintan Murphy, Justin Odo, Leland Kudaishi, Jackson Yeh and Sage Imada.