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Actress Selena Gomez makes a surprise appearance at a high school volleyball match

Hollywood star responded to an invitation by the Telluride (Colorado) squad on social media

Gary Adornato

Actress Selena Gomez signed autographs and greeted fans when she attended a high school volleyball match at Telluride High (Colorado) on Friday.
Actress Selena Gomez signed autographs and greeted fans when she attended a high school volleyball match at Telluride High (Colorado) on Friday. / Selena Gomez Instagram

It was one of those invitations you make, but never expect to be accepted.

Knowing actress and singer Selena Gomez was expected to be in their town to attend the Telluride Film Festival over the weekend, members of the Telluride High (Colorado) girls volleyball team posted pictures of signs pleading with Gomez to appear at one of their games, on either Friday evening or Saturday afternoon, and sing the national anthem.

Gomez saw the posts and arrived at Friday's match unannounced to the shock of the Telluride players.

"I saw the sign, and I had to come," she said to the stunned members of the team.

Later Gomez posted photos from the visit on her Instagram page, as well as photos of the players signs. "They asked!! Couldn't help it, it's my first time in Telluride," she wrote.

Unfortunately for the Miners, Gomez's visit was the highlight of the evening as they lost to North Fork, 3-1, to fall to 0-3 on the season.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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