The Virginia High School League has announced the 2025 Class 4 all-state competition cheer team and Salem is well represented. Salem’s Cami Witt was named to the first team while three Spartans made second team all-state, Anaya Brown, Londyn Alex and Emma Lichtenstein.
Broad Run senior Hannah Dufour is the Class 4 Player of the Year, and Broad Run head coach Megan Bichy is the Class 4 Coach of the Year. The competition cheer player and coach of the year come from the state championship team in each classification.
Dufour and Bichy guided Broad Run to a fifth state cheer championship for the program. In this year’s 2025 finals at VCU, judges awarded Broad Run 264.75 points. Grafton followed with 259.25 points, then Jefferson Forest with 248.75, and Salem High was fourth in the state with 246.75 points.
The top ten athletes from each first-team all-region squad qualify for all-state consideration. Of these ten, the top five—determined by ranking—make the all-state first team, while the next five are placed on the second team. The highest-rated cheerleader among the state championship team is named Player of the Year (POY), and the coach of that team is named Coach of the Year (COY).
