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Leila Hooper-Phifer scored a game-high 14 points to lead the Molokai High School girls basketball team to a 51-8 victory over Seabury Hall in a Maui Interscholastic League Division II tournament semifinal Thursday night at the Erdman Athletic Center in Olinda.
Kaia Yamashita added 10 points for the second-seeded Farmers (6-2), who clinched a state tournament spot with the win. Molokai will be making its first appearance at states since 2016.
The Spartans (3-6), who saw their string of five straight MIL titles come to an end, were led by Nanea Haake and Tiare Akina-Ancog with three points each.
The Farmers will face top-seeded Lanai in tonight's tournament final at Seabury.
In the first semifinal Thursday, the regular-season champion Pine Lasses (9-0) downed fifth-seeded Haleakala Waldorf 64-23.
Haley Ostrander posted 16 points and Veniza Jackson scored all 14 of her points in Lanai's 35-point first quarter. Alexa Pascual added 10 points for Lanai, which tonight will be going for the first MIL basketball title in school history in either boys or girls.
Talei Laury-Schaefer scored 10 points for the Hawks (0-8).
• MOLOKAI 51, SEABURY HALL 8
SEABURY HALL (3-6)
Nanea Haake 3, Ali Smith 0, Liv Wilson 2, Lily Schneider-Rasmussen 0, Marley Kokubun 0, Elleanna Moore 0, Ruby Kofron 0, Tiare Akina-Ancog 3.
MOLOKAI (6-2)
Jaysln Rillon 0, Kailana McGuire-Guerrero 9, Joanne Bumatay 1, Kaia Yamashita 10, Khloe Bicoy 9, Kaui Wright-Jordan 0, Leila Hooper-Phifer 14, Pi'i Victorino 2, Natalia Pastrana 6.
Seabury Hall 5 0 0 3-- 8
Molokai 14 14 16 7--51
• LANAI 64, HALEAKALA WALDORF 23
HALEAKALA WALDORF (0-8)
Linnea Friedman 2, Raje Blumuhl 0, Talei Laury-Schaefer 10, Eliana Yudis 5, Stella Hahn 0, Sadie Whitehead 6, Ediza Morris 0.
LANAI (9-0)
Veniza Jackson 14, Leisha Figuerres 5, Kamrynn Kanno 0, Alexa Pascual 10, Mia Majkus 4, Keala Montgomery 6, Haley Ostrander 16, Shelby Ostrander 0, Souina Seiuli 9, Trinity Simon 0, Myah Doolin 0, Katelyn Bello 0.
Haleakala Waldorf 0 8 10 5--23
Lanai 35 4 15 10--64