Ted Cruz calls out Californians accused of jeering girls protesting volleyball game involving trans athlete

The Valencia High School girls volleyball team defeated Jurupa Valley High School in straight sets in the first round of the California state playoffs Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Provided to Fox News Digital)

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reshared a photo on X of two California residents who appeared to give malicious gestures to teenage girls protesting to "Save Girls' Sports" at a high school volleyball game Wednesday night. 

Cruz condemned the two women in a post Friday. 

"If you do this to little girls, your heart has turned entirely dark," Cruz wrote. 

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Jurupa Valley players Hadeel Hazameh (left) and Alyssa McPherson, who filed a lawsuit against the Jurupa Unified School District to protest transgender player AB Hernandez, watch during a CIF Southern Section Division 5 girls volleyball playoff match against Valencia Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Placentia, Calif. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)

The original photo was taken by California Family Council Outreach Director Sophia Lorey at a state playoff game that included a biological male trans athlete competing. 

The trans athlete's team, Jurupa Valley High School, lost in straight sets to Valencia High School. JVHS was bracketed into the match after finishing as co-champion of its league after at least 10 matches were forfeited this season amid a national controversy involving the trans athlete. 

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Fans of Jurupa Valley pose during a CIF Southern Section Division 5 girls volleyball playoff match against Valencia Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Placentia, Calif.  (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)

Two of Jurupa Valley's senior players, Hadeel Hazameh and Alyssa McPherson, were in the stands