Farrington coach Eric Tokunaga gave his team a history lesson before the Governors went on to make some of their own.

Prior to taking the field at Les Murakami Stadium, Tokunaga wanted to give his team a sense of what it was playing for.

“We just wanted to play a good game today. I was telling the guys about the history of Farrington baseball from way back when,” he said. “The history of the program is deep.”

The Governors added to that with a 6-4 win against Radford in Saturday’s OIA Division II championship game, good for the school’s first OIA baseball title.

Farrington (10-3) set the tone with three runs in the top of the first. Chasen Castilliano led off the game with a triple, followed by singles from Kody Pilor and Trey Kaawa. The Governors were also aided by a throwing error from Radford third baseman Matt Lukins, his first of three in the game.

“We wanted to be aggressive. Chasen had a bad day yesterday at the plate, but he was ready today, so that was good,” Tokunaga said. “He got us going and we kept it going, that was the important thing. They scored runs, we came right back. We kept coming after them and that was good for us.”

Radford (11-2) trotted out Jack Dillon to start the game. The Governors were certainly familiar with the Rams’ ace after getting no-hit by him last season.

“He’s a competitor. We know all about Jack. He’s a great pitcher, but to me, he’s a competitor, and that’s what makes him so tough,” Tokunaga said. “That’s why we knew we had to compete against him today. We just didn’t want to give in.”

The Governors tacked on runs in the third, fifth and sixth innings against Dillon, who took the loss in a complete game. Dillon struck out four, walked one and allowed eight hits in 114 pitches, with three of his six runs being earned.

Kaawa got the start for Farrington and kept the Rams at bay for 4 1/3 innings, earning the win by scattering six hits with three walks with one strikeout.

With the bases loaded and the Governors clinging to a 5-3 lead, Tokunaga turned to Treven Isobe to close out the game. Isaac Grant grounded out for Radford but drove in Richard Akana, cutting the lead to 5-4.

Isobe shut the Rams down for the rest of the game to earn the save, allowing just one hit and one walk in 2 2/3 innings. Isobe stifled Radford with his lack of velocity, relying almost exclusively on breaking balls.

“Honestly, I was just trying to pitch and get them to hit to my defense and get outs. I couldn’t try my hardest at the time because I have back problems right now, my back is sore,” Isobe said. “I knew that I had to fight through the pain and throw the ball, and get my defense to work on getting the outs.”

Pleased with the team’s first OIA title but not satisfied, the Governors have bigger goals in mind with the Division II state tournament set to begin on May 9.

“We gotta keep moving forward, just take it one game at a time and keep practicing hard, working at it and stay focused on the big picture,” Tokunaga said.