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EXCLUSIVE: California high school seniors Hadeel Hazameh and Alyssa McPherson are suing their school district over alleged Title IX violations within their girls’ volleyball team. The two teens stepped away from the team in September in protest of a trans player.

They still wanted to go and watch their team play its first state playoff game of the season last Wednesday. But Hazameh and McPherson alleged that their coach wouldn’t let them sit with their teammates on the bench for that game.

After sitting with their teammates for senior night earlier this month, the two teens alleged that Jurupa Valley High School volleyball coach Liana Manu told them that next time they want to sit with the team, they had to let her know first.

“So this time w

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