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A level that flew a banner that work "No Boys successful Girls' Sports!" implicit the California way and tract authorities title prelims astatine Veterans Memorial Stadium successful Clovis connected Friday acceptable the net ablaze.
The display, which was organized by the women's outreach groups, Women are Real and the Independent Council for Women's Sports (ICONS), drew beardown reactions amid nationalist contention implicit trans jock AB Hernandez competing successful the girls' competition.
Banner that reads "No Boys successful Girls' Sports" was flown implicit the California way title connected Friday. (Courtesy of Josh Fuller)
Many supporters of the question to support women's and girls' sports praised the stunt connected societal media, including erstwhile NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines.
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Hernandez went connected to assertion archetypal spot successful agelong jump, triple leap and precocious jump, beating retired each the pistillate competitors, and volition present vie for the authorities rubric successful the finals connected Saturday.
However, owed to caller CIF regularisation changes, the girls who would usually decorativeness 1 spot retired of advancing to Saturday's finals volition suffice since Hernandez took a spot.
Transgender jock AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley wins the girls' agelong leap astatine 19-3 1/2 (5.88m) during the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet astatine Moorpark High School connected May 24, 2025, successful Moorpark, California. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
The CIF instituted these rule changes successful the days starring up to the lawsuit amid wide backlash, threats of national backing cuts by President Donald Trump and a Department of Justice probe against the state.
Friday's events besides featured 1 arrest, arsenic constabulary confirmed to Fox News Digital that a pro-LGBTQ protester was apprehended aft breaking the car windows of different attendee.
"This day astatine 3:55PM, a disturbance betwixt 2 adults occurred astatine the intersection of Nees/Minnewawa. One big connected the sidewalk and 1 successful a conveyance astatine the intersection became progressive successful a disturbance that turned physical. During the disturbance, 1 of them utilized capsicum spray against the other. EMS was called and 1 of the adults was arrested," a connection read.
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AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley competes successful the girls precocious leap during the CIF Southern Section Division 3 Track and Field preliminaries astatine Nathan Shapell Memorial Stadium astatine Yorba Linda High School connected May 10, 2025 successful Yorba Linda, California. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
The idiosyncratic has been arrested for battle with a limb and obstructing police, according to Sergeant Chris Hutchison.
"We don't person country for unit oregon spot harm oregon thing similar that," Hutchison.
Activists connected some sides volition instrumentality to Veteran's Memorial Stadium connected Saturday for the last round, arsenic Hernandez looks to decorativeness disconnected a ascendant and arguable postseason tally nether a heated nationalist spotlight.
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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He antecedently worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered the Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.
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