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Milford volleyball team feels loss of player detained by ICE

“Just like that, the whole day changed. Everyone’s mood changed,” said Gustavo da Silva, a junior who has known Gomes since elementary school. Some said they wanted to throw up. Others cried. Members of the Milford volleyball team walked up the driveway to meet with a TV news crew who had come to interview them […]

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“Just like that, the whole day changed. Everyone’s mood changed,” said Gustavo da Silva, a junior who has known Gomes since elementary school.

Some said they wanted to throw up. Others cried.

Members of the Milford volleyball team walked up the driveway to meet with a TV news crew who had come to interview them at their team captain’s house where they had gathered to make shirts in support of their teammate Marcelo Gomes da Silva in Milford.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

“I was very angry that I ended up ripping my shirt,” said Elias Leite, a sophomore who has also known Gomes since he arrived in the United States at age 6. The team’s coach took Leite outside and they cried together.

On Monday, the Milford teens walked out of school to urge officials to “free Marcelo.” Ahead of a Tuesday night playoff game against Taunton High School, the volleyball team gathered Monday evening to make T-shirts sharing their message about wanting Gomes to come home. They plan to wear them during their game warmup.

The home game starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday and a crowd of community members are expected to show their support for the team, and for Gomes.

Federal immigration agents detained Gomes on Saturday as the teen was headed to volleyball practice at the high school. He remains at a detention center in Burlington, his lawyer said Monday. ICE officials on Monday said Gomes was not their intended target. Instead, officers were looking for the teen’s father, said Patricia Hyde, field director of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston, on Monday at a news conference.

Hyde said Gomes was driving his father’s car and when agents didn’t find João Paulo Gomes Pereira, who they allege has driven recklessly in the community (something court records do not show), they detained Gomes instead.

Colin Greco, a senior and team captain, invited the players to his backyard to decorate white T-shirts with permanent markers and create their own designs. The teens sprawled the words “Free Marcelo” and “Free Marcie” across the white canvases they’ll sport tonight.

“Our goal is to share his story across the world,” Greco said. “He’s one of our brothers.”

The team is dedicating the game to Gomes and is hoping for a win.

Gomes is a player who has constant energy, Greco said.

“Lose a point, win a point, Marcelo is always on his toes. He’s always screaming, cheering, whether or not he’s on or off the court,” he said. “He’s the light of the team. Without him, it just kind of feels like a dark, empty room.”

The teens are trying to find justification for what happened to Gomes. On Tuesday afternoon, they watched a livestream of an ICE press conference.

“They were saying things that just weren’t related to Marcelo at all,” said Diego Santos, a junior who watched the livestream on his phone after he was done with school work.

Santos said he agrees people with serious criminal backgrounds should be arrested, but said that’s not the case for neither Gomes nor his father.

“He’s a good kid,” Santos said.

“Was his dad a murderer? Was his dad a drug dealer? Did he hurt people? No. No one hurt anybody. They’re good people. They have faith. They believe in God. They’re very religious people, and they always smile through everything,” he said.

Gustavo, the junior who has known Gomes since childhood, watched the livestream and didn’t like how officials talked about his friend.

“The guy referred to him as an alien,” he said. “He’s not an alien.”

For his teammates, Gomes is a good and loyal friend who is dedicated to athletics, church, and music.

“We’re missing such a core member of the crew,” said Jason Comisky, a senior. “He’s a really fun, upbeat guy. He’s always made my day.”


Marcela Rodrigues can be reached at marcela.rodrigues@globe.com.





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Hawai’i Places 79 Spring Student-Athletes On Academic All-Big West List

Story Links HONOLULU – A total of 79 University of Hawai’i student-athletes earned Academic All-Big West honors for the spring sports during the 2024 season. The sports included are baseball, beach volleyball, men’s golf, women’s golf, softball, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, women’s track and field, men’s volleyball, and women’s water polo.   The […]

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HONOLULU – A total of 79 University of Hawai’i student-athletes earned Academic All-Big West honors for the spring sports during the 2024 season. The sports included are baseball, beach volleyball, men’s golf, women’s golf, softball, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, women’s track and field, men’s volleyball, and women’s water polo.
 
The track and field team had the most honorees with 14 followed by softball (13), baseball (10) and water polo (10).
 
To be eligible for the All-Academic team, student athletes must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average, complete one full year at the member institution prior to the season and compete in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests (baseball pitchers are exempt of participation standards, track and field must either compete in 50 percent or conference championship).
 
The following is a list of the spring honorees from UH teams:
 

Kyle Dobyns – Sociology
Jordan Donahue – Human Development & Family Studies
Hunter Faildo – Finance
Elijah Ickes – Exploratory
Matthew Miura –  Sociology
Cory Ronan – Interdisciplinary Studies
Itsuki Takemoto –  Exploratory
Zacary Tenn – Economics
Dylan Waite – Economics
Ben Zeigler-Namoa – Economics
 

Sydney Amiatu – Political Science
Sarah Burton – Pre-Psychology
Sophie Buschmann – Health & Exercise Science
Alana Embry – Psychology
Julia Lawrenz – Journalism
Caprice Lorenzo – Finance
Jesse Mann – Mechanical Engineering
Sydney Miller – Fashion Design & Merchandising
Kristen Serrano –  Management
 

Anson Cabello – Exploratory Business
Josh Hayashida – Finance
Tyler Ogawa – Finance
Garrett Takeuchi – Finance
Dane Watanabe – Health & Exercise Science
James Whitworth – Finance
 

Varnika S. Achanta – Exploratory Business
Maline Kraus – Sociology
Wendy Song – Marketing
Emiko Sverduk – Pre-Psychology
Kellie Yamane – Accounting
 

Carys Murakami – Pre-Psychology
Jamie McGaughey – Exploratory
Amelia “Millie” Fidge – Health & Exercise Science
Maycen Gibbs – Health & Exercise Science
Larissa Goshi – Health & Exercise Science
Milan Ah Yat – Sociology
Ellyanna Cinzori – Marketing
Maya Ichimura – Chemistry
Cierra Yamamoto – Psychology
Liliana Thomas – Psychology
Izabella Martinez – History
Addison Kostrencich – Communication
Chloe Borges – Management
 

Diego Dalisay – Communication
Andy Hernandez – Electrical Engineering
Quinn Snyder – Economics
Sohta Urano – Finance
 

Hannah Galindo – Pre-Engineering
Nikola Homolkova – Educational Psychology
Joelle Lanz – Political Science & Comms.
Sheena Masuda – Senior Economics
Ana Vilcek – Psychology/Human Development & Family Studies
 

Grace Blanchette – Kinesiology & Rehab Science
Allison Bliss – Food Science & Human Nutrition
Ruby Brook – Biochemistry
Rose Forshaw – Earth Sciences
Greta Fraraccio – Finance
Helen Hoadley – Mechanical Engineering
Emilie Kirk Langschwager – Microbiology
Isabella Kneeshaw – Communication
Zola O’Donnell – Mathematics
Valo Sopoaga – Exploratory Health Sciences
Catherine Touchette – Junior Finance
Lilian Turban – Communication
Samaria Vital – Political Science
Tara Wyllie – Psychology
 

‘Eleu Choy – Civil Engineering
Kurt Nusterer – Finance
Kai Taylor – Sociology
 

Alia Burlock – Biology
Bernadette Doyle – Marketing Management
Tara Logan – Health & Exercise Science
Daisy Logtens – Health & Exercise Science
Raha Peiravani – Finance
Roni Perlman – Interdisciplinary Studies
Camille Radosavljevic – Finance
Esmee Roijen – Sociology & Political Science
Emilia Schorr – Biological Engineering
Jordan Wedderburn – Health & Exercise Science

 

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Founding CSUB track and field coach Charlie Craig is CSUB’s third inaugural Hall of Fame inductee

Charles “Charlie” Craig, who came to Cal State Bakersfield in 1971 and built the track and field program from scratch, developing a wealth of talented student-athletes in 31 seasons, was revealed on Wednesday night as the third member of the inaugural class of CSUB Athletics Hall of Fame in 2025. A former standout sprinter and […]

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Charles “Charlie” Craig, who came to Cal State Bakersfield in 1971 and built the track and field program from scratch, developing a wealth of talented student-athletes in 31 seasons, was revealed on Wednesday night as the third member of the inaugural class of CSUB Athletics Hall of Fame in 2025.

A former standout sprinter and jumper at Fresno State who competed in the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Trials finals in the triple jump, Craig’s coaching career started soon after as an assistant at Cal Berkeley.

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Upon his arrival at CSUB, he was first hired as the university’s educational opportunity program director. In 1972, Craig started CSUB’s track program from the ground up — 10 athletes were on his initial team. He went on to coach 195 NCAA Division II All-Americans, 18 NCAA Division II national champions and two Olympic qualifiers.

In 2002, Craig was named NCAA Division II Track and Field Coach of the Year. He retired in 2004.

Craig’s success was recognized as his coaching skills paved the way for working with U.S. National Track and Field program. He was the USA Track and Field assistant coach for the 1991 world championships and at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Acknowledging his contributions to the sport, Craig was elected to the United States Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2008.

Locally, Craig is a 1991 Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame inductee.

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Craig joins two previously announced inaugural hall of fame inductees, three-time NCAA Division II female swimmer of the year Loni (Burton) Vander Kooi (2003-05), and CSUB’s founding athletics director Rudy Carvajal, who served in his role for 38 years (1972-2010).

Each night this week, through Friday, CSUB’s newest inductees are being unveiled first on the 6 p.m. KBAK and 10 p.m. KBFX newscasts by Sports Director Greg Kerr.

A formal induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, Oct. 25 in CSUB’s Icardo Center for the entire five-member class. Tickets are available online. For more information, contact CSUB Associate Athletics Director for Development Sarah Tuohy at stuohy@csub.edu



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Illinois volleyball releases 2025 non-conference schedule

Hard to believe fall sports start next month. And on Wednesday, Illinois volleyball dropped its 2025 non-conference schedule. It features nine matches, including two at Huff Hall. It starts August. 29 against South Dakota State at Northern Iowa. Then there’s three road matches against Vanderbilt, Notre Dame and 2024 NCAA runner-up Louisville. Sept. 12-14 features […]

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Hard to believe fall sports start next month.

And on Wednesday, Illinois volleyball dropped its 2025 non-conference schedule.

It features nine matches, including two at Huff Hall.

It starts August. 29 against South Dakota State at Northern Iowa.

Then there’s three road matches against Vanderbilt, Notre Dame and 2024 NCAA runner-up Louisville.

Sept. 12-14 features three matches in Normal against Cincinnati, Miami and Illinois State.

Illinois then gets to return home to face Iowa State and Eastern Illinois. The grueling Big Ten schedule will then commence.

It’s Chris Tamas’ ninth season in Champaign. Crazy. Feels like Hambly was just here. Illinois is coming off a first round exit in the NCAA Tournament.



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Nevada AD Stephanie Rempe on new era of revenue sharing, future of Wolf Pack athletics

Nevada athletic director Stephanie Rempe will enter her fourth season leading Wolf Pack athletics this fall. Rempe recently sat down with Nevada Sports Net to talk about a variety of topics for our annual Wolf Pack Year In Review show. Among the topics were a recap of the 2024-25 athletic season, looking ahead to future […]

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Nevada athletic director Stephanie Rempe will enter her fourth season leading Wolf Pack athletics this fall. Rempe recently sat down with Nevada Sports Net to talk about a variety of topics for our annual Wolf Pack Year In Review show. Among the topics were a recap of the 2024-25 athletic season, looking ahead to future facility projects, how revenue sharing will impact Nevada, staying competitive within the Mountain West, the future of college athletics and the upcoming Governor’s Dinner with Hall of Fame coach Chris Ault as this the keynote speaker. You can watch the full interview below.

Stephanie Rempe interview

0:24: Thoughts on 2024-25 athletic season

0:38: How facility improvements impact future of Nevada athletics

2:57: Indoor Fieldhouse project

4:52: House vs. NCAA settlement and revenue sharing

8:12: Future of college athletics

9:05: Staying competitive in the Mountain West

9:46: 56th annual Governor’s Dinner

12:40: 2025 football season tickets

13:38: First season of Jeff Choate era

14:14: Facility projects on horizon in 2025-26

15:55: Nevada’s future in the new-look MW



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Nebraska volleyball sets line up for Big Ten Media Days

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have announced the scheduled attendees for the upcoming Big Ten Volleyball Media Days. Head coach Dani Busboom Kelly will be joined by senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick and junior outside hitter Harper Murray. Nebraska finished the 2024 season with a trip to the NCAA semi-finals and a share of the Big Ten […]

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers have announced the scheduled attendees for the upcoming Big Ten Volleyball Media Days. Head coach Dani Busboom Kelly will be joined by senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick and junior outside hitter Harper Murray.

Nebraska finished the 2024 season with a trip to the NCAA semi-finals and a share of the Big Ten Championship. The season ended with a 33-3 record and a 19-1 conference mark.

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The Huskers will open the 2025 volleyball season on Friday, Aug. 22, when Nebraska hosts Pittsburgh at the Pinnacle Bank Arena as part of the AVCA First Serve.

Big Ten Media Days will take place on July 28 and 29 in Chicago, IL.

Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.

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Howard Hits a Hole-in-One with Bison at the Beach – ATL Edition

Above photo: Howard University Director of Golf Sam Puryear (l) and actor Chris Tucker. Howard alumni and friends supported the golf team through Bison at the Beach events. Howard University brought the spirit of golfing excellence to Atlanta with the 2025 Bison at the Beach – ATL Edition, a three-day event that showcased the strength […]

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Above photo: Howard University Director of Golf Sam Puryear (l) and actor Chris Tucker.

Howard alumni and friends supported the golf team through Bison at the Beach events.

Howard University brought the spirit of golfing excellence to Atlanta with the 2025 Bison at the Beach – ATL Edition, a three-day event that showcased the strength of its championship golf program while galvanizing alumni and supporters to help drive the program forward. 

Held June 28-30, the weekend focused on the sensational growth of the program, which was established just five years ago with the generous support of four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry. In that time, the men’s team has won back-to-back Northeastern Conference championships while the women’s team has produced several successful players, including recent graduate Kendall Jackson (B.A. ‘25), the most decorated women’s player who will be going pro in August, and Paris Fieldings, a second-year player who earned a trip to the NCAA regional tournament last May.  

The event was also an acknowledgement of how Howard University’s program has advocated for increased access in a sport where Black representation has historically been limited.  

More than 100 Atlanta-area youth came out to Howard’s junior golf clinic.

The weekend started off with a junior golf clinic where upwards of 100 Atlanta-area youth came out to the Sugar Creek Golf Club to learn fundamentals from members of Howard University’s golf team and coaches. Prior to getting on the green, Howard University Director of Golf Sam Puryear spent time chatting with parents and children, giving them invaluable information about how to prepare for playing on the college level and beyond. 

The momentum carried over to the next day with a fast-paced evening at the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta, where guests gathered for dinner and an auction to benefit the program. The evening featured an opportunity for attendees to take several laps around the Porsche Center’s 1.6-mile track with a professional driver in one of the luxury brand’s cars. The dinner, emceed by sports journalist Stan Verrett (B.A. ‘87), featured a series of testimonials from current and former members of Howard’s men’s and women’s teams as well as a passionate address by Puryear. During his remarks, Puryear was especially grateful for the support of Porsche, which returned for a second consecutive year as a Bison at the Beach sponsor.  

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens speaks at the Bison on the Beach event at the Porshe Experience.

Ayesha Coker, vice president of marketing for Porsche Cars North America, Inc., said the decision to support Howard University golf was an easy one since the program, like Porsche, is driven by dreams. 

“We love golf at Porsche — and we’re proud to return as a sponsor of Howard University’s Bison at the Beach Golf Classic. This partnership celebrates excellence, access, and the student-athletes driving the future of the game,” Coker said. 

The weekend ended with a golf tournament at the prestigious East Lake Golf Club, an iconic course that has hosted some of the biggest names and events in the sport. There, Howard alumni, supporters, and friends, including Verrett and actor Chris Tucker, hit the links for a day full of fun and fellowship — all for a worthy cause. 

Howard alumni and supporters attend Bison on the Beach events.

These students aren’t just successful on the course and in the classroom. They’re making history and chartering a path for others in the process.”

“Bison at the Beach – ATL Edition” is a testament to the power of our community and all that is possible when we invest in our student-athletes. These students aren’t just successful on the course and in the classroom. They’re making history and chartering a path for others in the process,” said Puryear, who spent many years as director of youth golf at East Lake. “We’re not just building a team; we’re building a legacy.” 





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