YORBA LINDA, Calif. — A California postseason track meet on Saturday opened with a “Save Girls’ Sports” rally outside the gates and ended in familiar fashion, as one athlete again separated from the field in the jumping events, highlighting growing concerns over competitive fairness in girls’ sports.

Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Division 3 preliminaries in Yorba Linda drew attention before competition began, with demonstrators protesting California’s policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports.

Inside, the focus turned to the jumping events, where biological male AB Hernandez, a senior from Jurupa Valley, competed against women and finished first across all three competitions with dominant performances.

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Hernandez, a trans multi-sport athlete (previously involved in girls’ volleyball), won the Long Jump Division 3 Prelim and Triple Jump Division 3 Prelim by wide margins and tied for first in the High Jump Division 3 Prelim with Reese Hogan, an athlete with past ties to Hernandez.

The long jump result separated the field. Hernandez posted 20 feet, 4 1/4 inches. The next closest finishers reached 19 feet, 1 1/2 inches and 18 feet, 7 inches.

More than a foot separated first from second.

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The triple jump underscored the disparity. Hernandez recorded 42 feet, 4 inches. The runners-up finished at 39 feet, 7 1/2 inches and 37 feet, 8 inches.

The growing attention around the issue was evident in the stands at Yorba Linda High School, which hosted the prelims.

One grandparent in attendance, there to support Moorpark High School, pointed to how familiar the situation has become.

“It happened last year and I thought it’d be done, but it’s California,” the grandparent said with a shrug.

Another parent, a father from Yucca Valley, voiced a general agreement with the concerns around trans athletes.

“I think they should have their own division. I just don’t like bullying one kid,” he said.

The high jump brought past competitor Reese Hogan back into the fold.

Hernandez and Hogan both cleared 5 feet, 2 inches, finishing tied for first.

Hogan previously drew attention after stepping onto the first-place podium spot following an event Hernandez had won, a move championed by pro women’s sports advocates as a statement about who should hold that position.

On Saturday, the two athletes met again at the top of the standings, and the result was a tie.

Outside the venue, the earlier rally led by former NCAA athlete Sophia Lorey focused on fairness and competitive balance in girls’ sports.

In an individual sport, removed from any team dynamic, the results board made the fairness debate hard to ignore.

Hernandez’s marks told the story: a long jump of 20 feet, 4 1/4 inches, a triple jump of 42 feet, 4 inches, and a high jump tie at 5 feet, 2 inches.

Hernandez competed under rules California has allowed for more than a decade. Those rules remain at the center of a growing conflict between state officials and federal leaders over Title IX and women’s sports. That battle has now moved into the courts, with the Department of Justice suing California over its transgender athlete policies.

In response, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office distanced the governor from the lawsuit, emphasizing he was not personally named while defending the state’s existing law.

Saturday’s prelims in Yorba Linda added more data to the growing push to keep biological males out of girls’ events.

The protest set the tone early, and by day’s end the argument had moved off the sidewalk and onto the results board, where the outcome carried real consequences.

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An Alabama woman was sentenced to life in prison Friday after authorities said she hired a hitman to kill her child’s father in a custody dispute.

Jaclyn Skuce, 43, of Madison, was convicted of capital murder after hiring a man to kill the child’s father in order to prevent him from gaining custody or further visitation, the Morgan County District Attorney’s Office said.

The Hartselle Police Department was dispatched on July 24, 2020, to a residence for a welfare check after Anthony Larry Sheppard failed to appear in court for a scheduled custody hearing. His attorney had asked officers to check on him, investigators said.

Upon arrival, police discovered Sheppard’s storm door shattered and the main door ajar.

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Officers later found Sheppard dead with multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators determined that Skuce hired Logan Delp to kill Sheppard in order to prevent him from gaining custody or further visitation with his child.

Prosecutors said Skuce used social media to hire the hitman, who lived in Hartselle, according to the Hartselle Enquirer. She allegedly offered to pay $30,000.

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“There are never any winners in a case like this,” Chief Assistant District Attorney Garrick Vickery said following the verdict. “This jury was incredibly thorough and took their time to make sure they made the right decision, both for Mr. Sheppard and for the defendant.”

Vickery added, “We are glad that they convicted her for the choice she made to take Mr. Sheppard away from his family.”

Skuce was found guilty of three counts of capital murder: murder for hire, murder of a witness, and murder committed by shooting into an occupied dwelling.

Four other defendants have been charged with capital murder in connection with Sheppard’s death.

Delp was convicted of capital murder in October 2025, the DA’s office said. Another defendant has pleaded guilty, and two others are awaiting trial.

Skuce will be imprisoned without the possibility of parole in the Alabama Department of Corrections.

I always thought that in sports, there were two kinds of celebrations. There are the ones you think about ahead of time, and there are the more spur-of-the-moment ones.

But, a minor league pitcher has taught me that there’s another kind of celebration: the kind that is spur of the moment, but you probably should’ve thought about it ahead of time.

Especially when there are kids in the crowd… or people who just don’t want to see some guy hump turf.

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The Iowa Cubs — no prizes for guessing who they’re the Triple-A affiliate of — hosted the Cleveland Guardians-afiflated Columbus Clippers on Thursday, and during the game, things got, uh… interesting.

Cubs infielder Owen Miller was at the plate facing Columbus righty Pedro Avila.

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Miller took a swing at a 1-2 pitch and sent a low, soft line drive just to Avila’s left, with the pitcher making an impressive grab.

It was a nice play and the third out of the inning, so how to celebrate?

Well, Avila had an idea…

Jeez. Throw on a little Barry White and get that turf a cigarette after that.

I mean, you always want to have a guy on your team who loves the sport, but maybe not quite like that.

Quietly, the best part was that the announcer said Avila was “entertaining the children in attendance with some gyrations.”

Because that’s what kids are big on. Gyrations.

But even the Columbus Clippers’ social media was at a loss for words after that one.

You probably saw that in that post on X, the Iowa Cubs asked “y’all good?” after that celly.

Well, they’re not even sure if they are.

It was a wild moment, and I’m pretty sure it’s not one that Avila’s Columbus Clippers teammates will let him live down anytime soon.