The Andover Swimming and Water Polo Club (ASWPC) girls competed in the Hampshire Ladies League in Winchester and secured two commanding victories.

The team, aged between 14 and 16, began the weekend with a 16-2 win against The Channel Islands, showcasing their dynamic offensive play and strong defence.

They followed this with a 21-2 victory against Southampton University, demonstrating consistent scoring and solid teamwork.

Their success is even more impressive given their age and the experience of their opponents.

Coach Scott Buchan’s dedication and the players’ fitness and swimming strength have been key to their achievements.

The club recognised the girls’ efforts, stating: “Huge congratulations to the team: Ellie (captain), Abi, Jess, Meg, Kitty, Molly, Aimee, Lucy, and Alice – your club and community are proud.”

The team had already achieved a win and a narrow loss before the weekend’s matches.

They are now looking forward to their remaining fixtures, which will decide their final position in the league.

The club is hopeful of their potential success, given their impressive performance so far.

Despite a Milford High School student not being the intended target of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents over the weekend, federal officials on Monday defended the decision to arrest the teenager.

“He’s 18 years old. He’s unlawfully in this country, and we had to go to Milford to look for someone else, and we came across him, and he was arrested,” said acting ICE Boston Office Director Patricia Hyde at a June 2 press conference at the John J. Moakley Courthouse in Boston.

Hyde was joined by Todd Lyons, acting director of ICE, along with U.S. Attorney Leah Foley and ICE Boston spokesperson James Covington, where the officials announced nearly 1,500 people were detained by ICE in Massachusetts over the course of May.

Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, 18, was picking up some of his volleyball teammates on Saturday morning when four vehicles driven by ICE representatives surrounded his car. Agents jumped out and detained Gomes, his girlfriend told NBC Boston.

That “someone else” who Hyde mentioned the ICE agents were actually looking for was Gomes Da Silva’s father, said Lyons.

ICE had “intelligence” on Gomes Da Silva’s father “from a local law enforcement agency,” Lyons said, and ICE agents stopped the car Marcelo Gomes Da Silva was driving to volleyball practice that morning because it was his father’s.

The Milford Police Department had no part in assisting the detainment of Gomes Da Silva and did not make notifications to the agency about the location of his father’s car, Police Chief Robert Tusino said.

Lyons told reporters on Monday, “We were looking for his father — obviously, he’s the father of the year, because he brought his son up here illegally as well.”

Reporters challenged Lyons on the decision to arrest a high school student and asked what danger the teenager — who was about to play in the graduation ceremony band the next day — was to his community.

Lyons deflected by asking reporters questions back.

“I‘ll put it back on you: What about an 18-year-old who was stopped for a traffic violation by Mass. State Police? … would you be asking that same question to the Mass. State Police for not arresting him?” he asked.

“I didn’t say he was dangerous. I said he’s in this country illegally, and we’re not going to walk away from anybody,” Lyons said.

Gomes Da Silva’s attorney filed a writ of habeas corpus petition within the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts on Sunday, and a judge has ordered the teenager to remain in the state.

However, Gomes Da Silva is being held in Burlington, Vermont, even with the judge’s 72-hour order and his attorney’s request for his immediate release, according to reports from WCVB. His attorney told the outlet the teenager came to the U.S. on a student visa from Brazil with his family in 2012 and has since lived in Milford.

When asked about Gomes Da Silva’s rights to due process, Lyons promised the teenager “will go in front of an immigration judge” and “have the opportunity to post bond.”

“The whole due process thing — ICE doesn’t just scoop people off the street and remove them. Everyone gets due process, and that is what the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the immigration courts are for,” Lyons said.

ICE blames sanctuary cities

Officials also blamed sanctuary cities — communities that decline to cooperate with federal immigration authorities — for ICE’s presence throughout the state.

“Sanctuary policies put us in a position to go out into communities and look for people,” Hyde said. “When jurisdictions don’t cooperate with ICE and we don’t arrest people, in custodial arrests, then we must go out into the community. And when we go out into the community and we find others who are unlawfully here, we are going to arrest them.”

Lyons shared the same sentiment. “… if sanctuary cities would change their policies and turn these violent criminal aliens over to us, into our custody instead of releasing them into the public, we would not have to go out to the communities and do this.”

Community, officials push back

As the press conference unfolded Monday, Gomes Da Silva’s classmates led a walkout at Milford High School, reports from Channel 7 showed.

This followed a massive protest on Sunday at the Town Hall, where hundreds of people — including students in caps and gowns from graduation — marched to demand Gomes Da Silva’s immediate freedom.

Gov. Maura Healey is also demanding answers after Gomes’ arrest.

“I’m disturbed and outraged by reports that a Milford High School student was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice yesterday,” Healey said in a statement Sunday morning. “Yet again, local officials and law enforcement have been left in the dark with no heads up and no answers to their questions.”

The governor is pressuring ICE to provide information about why the student was arrested, where he is now and “how his due process is being protected.”

Milford High’s boys volleyball coach Andrew Mainini said he assumed some of his players had overslept when they didn’t show up to practice on Saturday, according to the Boston Globe. A half-hour later, Mainini said a student texted him saying their group had been stopped by immigration agents and that one of them had been detained.

The high school student wasn’t detained on school grounds, Milford Public Schools Superintendent Kevin McIntyre said. A number of Milford parents have also been arrested by federal immigration officers in recent weeks, McIntyre said.

“The Milford Public Schools play no part in immigration enforcement and support all of our students and families, including those who are immigrants to the United States. They are members of the community, students in our classrooms, athletes that compete representing Milford, musicians, artists, friends, and neighbors,” McIntyre’s statement read.

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MIAMI SWEEPS REESE AND JACOBY TROPHIES!

For just the fourth time in school history, the Miami University Athletics Department finished atop both the Reese and Jacoby All-Sport standings. This is the 26th time Miami has captured the Reese Trophy (top MAC men’s athletic program), and it’s the seventh Jacoby Trophy (top MAC women’s athletic program). Miami last won both trophies in the same year in 2019. In all, Miami captured a school-record 10 championships from football, baseball (x2), men’s swimming (Missouri Valley Conference), field hockey (x2), softball (x2) and tennis. Miami’s synchronized skating team added a collegiate national championship for the 23rd time in program history as well.

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SCALLY ADVANCES TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ella Scally finished 10th in the long jump at last week’s NCAA East First Round to qualify for the Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. Allie Melchiorre (47th place, javelin), Ella Rigel (25th place, hammer), Adam Smith (34th place, discus) and Abby Suszek (40th place, 400m) also competed for the RedHawks in Jacksonville, Fla. Scally advances to represent the RedHawks at the national championships on Thursday, June 12 at 8:40 p.m. ET.

WOMEN’S JACKSONVILLE RECAP | MEN’S JACKSONVILLE RECAP

NCAA MEET CENTRAL

KICK TIMES ANNOUNCED FOR SIX FOOTBALL GAMES

The Mid-American Conference office announced six kick times for the 2025 Miami football season. The RedHawks open by visiting Wisconsin (9 p.m. ET on Aug. 28, Big Ten Network) and Rutgers (3:30 p.m. on Sept. 6, Peacock). Home games at Yager Stadium include Sept. 27 vs. Lindenwood (3:30 p.m. on ESPN+) and Nov. 12 vs. Toledo (7 p.m.). MACtion trips to Ohio (Nov. 4) and Buffalo (Nov. 19) will both kick off at 7 p.m. The rest of the 2025 kick times will be announced at a later date.

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BANN, DENYSIEWICZ-SLOWEK EARN MAC MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE; CONDIT INDUCTED INTO MAC HALL OF FAME

Zach Bann (swimming and diving) and Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek (tennis) were recognized last week with the MAC Medal of Excellence. The Medal of Excellence is presented annually to one male and one female student-athlete from the graduating class of each of the 12 Conference member institutions. Former volleyball head coach Carolyn Condit also was inducted into the MAC Hall of Fame last week as part of a five-member class.

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ADDITIONAL NEWS AND UPDATES

Miami Baseball concluded its season with losses to Tennessee and Wake Forest in the Knoxville Regional of the NCAA Tournament last week; Miami finishes the year at 35-23 after advancing to the NCAA regionals for the first time in 20 years.

Five Miami Softball student-athletes earned Academic All-MAC recognition: Mckenna Campbell, Shelby Kunkel, Chloe Parks, Madie Patton and Erin Pinter.

Miami Golf announced its complete 2025-26 schedule. The RedHawks will host three team events next year, including the Moraine Intercollegiate, the Sweetens Cove Intercollegiate and the Muirfield Shootout.

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VOLLEYBALL 2025 SEASON TICKETS

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UPCOMING EVENTS

June 12 – Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.), 8:40 p.m. ET

Home games noted in bold

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

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GF: Miami Golf Announces Schedule For 2025-26

SB: Five RedHawks Earn Academic All-MAC

Federal immigration officials are defending the arrest of a high school student who was detained on his way to volleyball practice.

Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Boston field office, said the 18-year-old was taken into custody Saturday because he is in the country illegally.

“We were looking for his father,” Lyons said at a news conference Monday. “Obviously, he isn’t father of the year. He brought his son up here illegally as well.”

Lyons said officers initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle the teen was driving and determined he was in the U.S. unlawfully. He emphasized that ICE agents have the authority to detain individuals who are in the country illegally.

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“I didn’t say he was dangerous. I said he’s in this country illegally, and we’re not going to walk away from anybody,” Lyons told reporters.

He added that his agency has taken in nearly 1,500 immigrants into custody in Massachusetts in May.

The teen will appear before an immigration judge and will have the opportunity to post bond, Lyons said. The teen’s father has not turned himself in, he added.

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Friends told NBC News that the student was born in Brazil and has attended school in the district since the age of 6.

The arrest has sparked backlash in the community, with protests erupting and local officials demanding answers.

“I’m disturbed and outraged by reports that a Milford High School student was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice,” Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said in a statement. “Local officials and law enforcement have been left in the dark with no heads-up and no answers to their questions.”