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A female high school volleyball team in California attracted national attention on Friday when their players lost a team with a trans athlete on their list. Now, three women who saw their own volleyball races affected by a trans competitor have spoken in response.
Riverside Poly High School announced its lost female volleyball team for the Juraup Valley High School team, which lists with the well -known Trans Hernández adolescent. Riverside Poly did not quote a specific reason for the loss in his statement, but several parents and a member of the school board told Pak Gazette Digital that was due to the presence of the trans athlete.
The former high school volleyball player and current activist Payton McNabb suffered permanent brain damage after being beaten in the head by a male opponent in a 2022 game. McNabb praised the Poly Poly girls for refusing to take the court against the Valley of Jurupa.
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Payton McNabb, Center, together with the second lady Usha Vance, attends President Donald Trump’s speech at a joint session of Congress at the United States Capitol on March 4, 2025. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty images)
“I applaud these girls!
“What these girls did took a real courage, and it is devastating that they pay the price for decisions taken by adults.”
Two former women’s university volleyball players who lost games for a team with a Trans athlete last season also praised Riverside Poly players.
The female volleyball team of the San José State University saw seven of its games lost by opponents in the middle of a national controversy that involved the Trans Blaire Fleming athlete.
One of the teams to lose SJSU was the University of Wyoming, which sacrificed a game of October 5 as the controversy that involved Fleming grew. The former Wyoming player, Macey Boggs, told Pak Gazette Digital that he meets Riverside Poly players.
Former volleyball player from Wyoming Macey Boggs University (Courtesy of Macey Boggs)
“Value is needed to stand up. I am very proud of them to do the right thing. Women fought for us in the past and it is time for this generation to try and fight for women who come. It is refreshing to see this and very encouraging. I wish these women. And I will continue without capital for the truth with them,” Boggs said.
The former SJSU star, Brooke Slusser
Meanwhile, the University of Nevada, the female volleyball players of Reno had to fight their own school only for the right to lose against SJSU later that month. Nevada players approached the university administrators in private to express their desire to lose the game and join four other programs that refused to play SJSU. But Nevada did not honor that request and instead He issued a statement Insist that he would play the game.
Nevada finally lost the day before the game, due to not having enough players. However, the University previously said to Pak Gazette Digital that had discussions with players about possible “legal problems” that would arise if the game would not be played.
The captain of Nevada, Sia Liilii, took his players in his resistance to the face of SJSU last season, and assumed a key public role in the national debate about trans athletes in women’s sports who partially defined the electoral season of 2024. Liilii met with the legislators of the Republican party during the conflict with his school, and pronounced an emotional discourse in a press conference school the day that the game would be supposed to be played on October 26.
Now, Liilii says that “applaud” Riverside Poly players for their position.
The Senate candidate of the Republican Party, Sam Brown, on the left, poses with Sia Liilii de Nevada, center to the right, and former congressman Tulsi Gabbard. (Sam Brown campaign)
“I would like to applaud Riverside’s polyethylene volleyball team for defending themselves by sacrificing a loss for the future of female girls and sports. I would also like to congratulate their school administration for prioritizing the rights and safety of their student student athletes. Liilii told Pak Gazette Digital.
Months after the SJSU volleyball season ended, Hernández was the focus of a national fire storm in May during the athlete race to a Championship of Female Athletics of California. The postseason is in which Hernández competed were received with protests by athletes and their families, who often wore “Save Girls Sports” shirts.
Hernández’s career apparently attracted a response from President Donald Trump, who published a social message of truth the week prior to the state final that advises the State that does not allow a Trans athlete to compete. Trump did not refer to Hernández directly in the position.
In response to Trump’s warning, the California Interscollastic Federation (CIF) modified its policies in the days before the event to ensure that any female athlete that ended behind a trans athlete in the championship would be increased a place. This resulted in Hernández to share the first place on the podium of the medal in a triple jump, and the place of podium in the second place in a long jump in the state meeting.
However, in July, the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against California Department of Education (CDE) and CIF for their policies that have allowed biological men to compete in girls’ sports throughout the state even though Trump signed an executive order in February to prohibit it.
Jurupa Valley provided a statement to Pak Gazette Digital Friday, addressing the loss of Riverside Poly.
“They notified us that Riverside Poly High School canceled the volleyball game today scheduled today with jurupa Valley High School. They did not reveal the reason. We have no additional comments at this time,” the statement said.
The next Women’s Volleyball game of Jurupa Valley is scheduled for August 25 against Rim of the World High School.
