HONOLULU — The Oahu Interscholastic Association brought the drama to Les Murakami Stadium.

Campbell and Leilehua advanced to Friday’s OIA Division I baseball championship with thrilling semifinal victories over Mililani and Kailua on Thursday night. The Sabers (12-2) and Mules (9-5) are scheduled to play at 7 p.m. at the Les following the OIA Division II championship between Waipahu and Kahuku at 4 p.m.

First, Campbell defeated Mililani 6-5 on Dayton Lorenzo’s walk-off single to right in the eighth inning after the Trojans rallied from four runs down to take a one-run lead in the top of the sixth.

The Sabers, the OIA West’s top seed, tied it at 5-5 in the bottom of the sixth on Cason Eliptico-Quinata’s single to right, scoring Shaun-Lee Saito, who led off the inning with the walk.

Hunter Lindsey, who led off the eighth with a single, was 3-for-4. Lorenzo was 2-for-4 in the leadoff spot and Ridge Choy drove in three runs.

Kalaeloaloa Kalua picked up the win with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Dalton Iwamoto took the loss for Mililani (9-6).

In the nightcap, Leilehua found a way to top the drama of the first semifinal with a 1-0 pitcher’s duel win over the OIA East’s top team Kailua (10-4).

That came courtesy of the arm of left fielder Keola Hanoa, who threw out pinch runner Romeo Ortiz with an incredible pinpoint throw on Jayden Hunt’s would-be sacrifice fly. Catcher Zane Winter caught it and tagged Ortiz for the game-ending double play.

The only run of the game came in the top of the second, when Bryce Anzai reached on an error to launch a two-out rally. Pono Arindain singled to third and Anzai advanced to second. Anzai then scored when Hanoa reached on a fielder’s choice, followed by a throwing error by Surfriders shortstop Sage Tokoro, his second of the inning.

It capped a tremendous duel between Leilehua's Bryden Takayama and Kailua's Hunt. Takayama tossed a five-hitter with five strikeouts and two walks, while Hunt was the hard-luck loser on a three-hitter with five strikeouts to one walk.

Campbell is going for its first OIA title since 2015, when it three-peated, and its sixth overall. Leilehua hasn’t won an OIA baseball title since 1962, when it won for the second time in three years under Joe Matsukawa. Those are its only league titles to date.

Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the player at first base in the photo.

Brian McInnis covers the state's sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii. He can be reached at brian.mcinnis@charter.com.