Radford, Moanalua claim state cheerleading crowns

Radford barely edged two-time medium division champion Kamehameha-Maui for their 11th HHSAA Cheerleading title in school history Saturday afternoon. Kirsten Balasbas | Special to SL

Radford won the medium division and Moanalua captured the large division at the Zippy's/Hawaii High School Athletic Association Cheerleading State Championships at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena Saturday afternoon.

The Rams barely edged two-time medium division champion Kamehameha-Maui by a fourth of a point, 336.5 to 336.25, to claim their 11th state title in school history. They won six straight medium division crowns from 2005 to 2010 before winning the last four large division titles.

Rounding out the top five in the medium division were Waiakea (317.5 points), Kamehameha (312.5) and Iolani (306.5).

Na Menehune totaled 343.75 points to win the large division over runner-up Mililani (335), Kaiser (330) and Pearl City (306.25). It was their fourth state championship overall and first in the large division since 2002. They won back-to-back medium divisions in 2003 and 2004.