All-BIIF cheer teams released

The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) did something different this year following fall cheer season.

The organization opted to recognize standout cheer athletes from the 2024 season, as the BIIF has typically gone without an All-Cheer team in years past.

The BIIF told the paper that it selected athletes who “exemplified a high level of skill and competency for the sport, were in good academic standing throughout the duration of the sport season and possessed and demonstrated a positive, mature, nurturing attitude towards coaches, teammates, officials, opponents and fans.”

The full list of selections can be found below:

All girls

• Base/back: Kelsi Clarke, Kealakehe

• Flyer: Rihanna Joaquin, Kealakehe

• Base: Sara Gillespie, Kealakehe

• Base: Kylah Fukumitsu, Kealakehe

• Base/back: Rhianna Chase, Waiakea

• Flyer/base: Elena Fiesta, KSH

• Base/back: Camryn Cuba, KSH

Honorable mentions:

• Flyer: Kayleigh Kaawa-Nolan, Kealakehe

• Base: Bianca Brooks, Kealakehe

• Base: Alaeyna Vallente, Waiakea

• Flyer/base: Rhacelyn Respicio, KSH

• Base: Tae-lynn Kawamoto, Honoka‘a

• Base: Mikeilah Aguilar, Honoka‘a

Co-Ed

• Flyer: Carly Shane Wakayama, Hilo

• Utility: Isaiah Thome, Hilo

• Utility: Aaliyah Aguinaldo, Hilo

• Utility: Jaylee Manuel, Hilo

• Flyer: Xaiya Baran Primacio, Konawaena

• Base: Penny Burgess, Konawaena

•Base/tumbler: Jasmynn Taetuna-Fautanu, Konawaena

• Base: Haylee Kanamu, Kea‘au

• Nathan Saldino, Kea‘au

Honorable mentions:

• Utility: Keirianna Dunn-Agonias, Hilo

• Base: Tehlia-Lyn Miguel-Anderson, Hilo

• Base: Lexi Sasaki-Lindsey, Konawaena

• Base/tumbler: Tobias McCandles, Konawaena

• Base: Tehina Akiona-Simeona, Kea‘au