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One of California’s secondary schools who lost his volleyball match to another with a trans athlete on his list provided an explanation for his decision not to play.
The volleyball team for the girls of Jurupa Valley High School has been mired in controversy this season because Ab Hernandez, a Trans athlete, playing for his team.
Orange Vista High School, who was to face Jurupa Valley on August 29, provided PK Press Club Digital a declaration on confiscation.
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The demonstrators “ saving the sports of girls ” and the trans athlete ab hernandez (Getty Images)
“After thoughtful discussions that our students-athletes had with coaches, it was decided to cancel our next volleyball match for girls against the Jurupa Valley High School. This decision was taken in conjunction with the sports directors of Orange Vista and Jurupa Valley,” said the press release.
“Our priority is always the well-being of our students. We are proud of our athletes for having advanced their thoughts and to support each other to make a team decision.”
Maribel Munoz, the mother of a Jurupa Valley player, provided digital copies of PK Press Club from the messages sent by the team’s coach, Liana Manu, to the parents of players, informing them that the next team games against Rim of the World High School on August 25 and Orange Vista.
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Jurupa Valley also discussed the packages in a previous statement at PK Press Club Digital.
“We understand and recognize the disappointment of our athletes from the Jurupa Valley High School who are ready and ready to play. Decisions to cancel matches have been taken by teams in other districts,” the statement said.
“As a public school district in California, the juD is forced to follow the law, which protects students from discrimination based on gender identity and requires that students be authorized to participate in sports teams who comply with their gender identity (California Education Code 221.5 (F)). This is in accordance with the directives provided by the California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Director of Public Instruction of the State of California Tony Thurmond.
The winners of first place Ab Hernandez, on the left, and Jillene Wetteland share a light moment before the medal ceremony for the height jump to the track and field championships of the California high school in Clovis, California, on Saturday May 31, 2025. (Ap photo / Jae C. Hong)
“We are proud of our JVHS Jaguars and their desire to play any team and represent their school and our district with pride. We are currently working to find additional matches to give them this opportunity.”
The national spotlights of the Jurupa Valley women’s volleyball team started when the Riverside Poly High School announced that it had lost their confrontation on August 15. Several parents of Riverside Poly Players, as well as a member of the school board, told PK Press Club Digital that confiscation was in response to Hernandez on the list of Jurupa Valley.
Hernandez’s mother, Nereyda Hernandez, addressed the situation in an exclusive statement to PK Press Club Digital.
“I understand the discomfort that some can feel, because I was also there. The difference is that I chose to learn, grow and open my heart,” she said.
“Believe me, I know that some people really do not understand what it means to be transgender. I always learn as well, alongside my child. This is why I choose not to respond with anger or lack of respect. Instead, I choose empathy, because learning takes time and compassion makes all the difference.”
Ab Hernandez, a transgender student at Jurupa Valley high school, poses for photos with her medals at the California high school and secondary school championships in Clovis, California, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Ap photo / Jae C. Hong)
Nereyda Hernandez added that what distinguishes her “baby” is “not her size or strength, but her competence and the way she plays the game”.
“It is a child, and I can assure you that she considers your daughters as peers, as a teammates, as a quantity, not through one goal of anything inappropriate. I know that it is perhaps difficult to understand, but she is only another girl who wants to play,” continued Nereyda Hernandez.
“Finally, I leave you with this: my child is so innocent, she did not even realize that the confiscated games were because of her.”
In July, the United States Ministry of Justice brought a legal action against California Department of Education (CDE) and California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) for its policies which allowed biological men to compete in the sports of girls through the State, who went against the executive order of President Donald Trump to prohibit it.
Hernandez is senior in Jurupa Valley, which makes it the last volleyball season of the Lycée for the athlete.
Transgender athlete Ab Hernandez de Jurupa Valley leaves the track at the CIF athletics championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium on May 30, 2025, in Clovis, California. (Images Kirby Lee / Getty)
Munoz, who says that his daughter has played alongside Hernandez in the women’s volleyball team for three years, is the first parent of one of the teammates of the Trans athlete to denounce the school for his management of the situation.
“It makes me sad, it makes me angry, frustrated, so many emotions,” Munoz told PK Press Club Digital.
