Two more games have been removed from a California girls’ high school volleyball team’s schedule after other schools decided to forfeit this week, adding fuel to an ongoing controversy over a transgender girl on the squad.

Maribel Munoz, whose daughter is on Jurupa Valley High School’s girls volleyball team, confirmed the news after she was informed by team coach Liana Manu that the two games had been cancelled. Games against Rim of the World High School (August 25) and Orange Vista High School (August 29) were forfeited, she told Fox News Digital.

Jurupa Valley Unified School District (JUSD) released a statement Tuesday in response to the forfeits, in which it made clear that it was not behind the decisions. “We understand and acknowledge the disappointment of our Jurupa Valley High School athletes who are ready and prepared to play. Decisions to cancel matches were made by teams in other districts,” it read.

Jurupa Valley Unified School District (JUSD) released a statement Tuesday in response to the forfeits, in which it made clear that it was not behind the decisions. The girl’s mother added that Hernandez was not even aware that the forfeits were connected to her presence on the team.

Hernandez has drawn national attention in the past, as well. In the spring, she won two state titles at the CIF California State Track and Field Championships for girls in the long jump and triple jump.

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Hernandez’s mother, Nereyda Hernandez, said in a statement that she empathized with people who may be uncomfortable with her daughter’s identity but noted the importance of learning and growing. “I understand the discomfort some may feel, because I was once there, too. The difference is, I chose to learn, to grow, and to open my heart,” she said.

The mother of AB Hernandez, a senior on the Jurupa Valley High School volleyball team, released a statement on Tuesday.

“AB is slight in frame. But what makes her different has nothing to do with her size, has nothing to do with her strength. She’s different because she’s a better player than most,” she added. “This is a child, and I can assure you that she sees your daughters as peers, as teammates, as friends, not through a lens of anything inappropriate.”

The girl’s mother added that Hernandez was not even aware that the forfeits were connected to her presence on the team.

Hernandez has drawn national attention in the past, as well. In the spring, she won two state titles at the CIF California State Track and Field Championships for girls in the long jump and triple jump.

In response, other female track and field athletes and their parents protested at the events, some wearing “Save Girls’ Sports” shirts. Before the event, former President Donald Trump shared a message on Truth Social calling on the state not to allow a trans girl to compete in the competition, though he did not name Hernandez.

In July, the U.S. Department of Justice also filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) over its policy of allowing transgender girls to play on girls’ sports teams. This came despite an executive order Trump signed in February that sought to bar it.

Hernandez, who will be a senior this coming year, is one athlete whose season was supposed to be about sports. Instead, it is about forfeits.

Jurupa Valley parent Munoz, whose daughter has played with Hernandez for the past three years, told Fox News Digital she was frustrated by the choices that had been made.

“It makes me feel sad, it makes me feel angry, frustrated, just so many emotions,” she said.