No one can say Los Angeles Marshall didn’t earn the City Section Open Division flag football championship.
After upsetting top-seeded San Pedro within the semifinals, the fourth-seeded Barristers shut down second-seeded Eagle Rock’s high-powered offense to win 20-0 within the closing Saturday night time at Garfield High.
Jaylin Macias ran 4 yards for Marshall’s first landing within the first quarter, threw a landing go to Bea Codinera within the second quarter and ran 15 yards for the clinching landing halfway by way of the third.
“Once we got to the playoffs we worked really hard and took it super-duper serious because this is the last year for a lot us, including me,” stated Macias, who has been the Barristers’ quarterback for three years and likewise performs left wing on the college’s soccer crew, incomes All-City and Northern League MVP honors in each sports activities. “If I can, I try to pass it, but if I see green, I’ll run. I’ve dreamed of winning City since I was a freshman. We got second place in soccer [in Division I] last year, so that was the closest I’d come before this.”
L.A. Marshall quarterback Jaylin Macias celebrates a landing run with teammate Bailey Avilez (3) within the first quarter of the City Section Open Division flag football closing on Saturday night time.
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Eagles quarterback Nylah Moore entered the competition having handed for 3,324 yards and 51 touchdowns however was sacked 10 instances, together with three performs in a row on one sequence by an aggressive Marshall protection that gave her little time to throw.
Eagle Rock (20-2) edged Marshall 7-0 in league play Oct. 3, three weeks earlier than struggling its solely regular-season loss, 18-7 at Wilson.
The closing was postponed one week due to rain, and Barristers coach Shane Gerard took full benefit of the additional time to plan a recreation plan.
“We had a whole week to prepare and fine-tune the mistakes we made last time,” he stated. “We wanted to pressure the quarterback with two blitzers and make her throw it before she wanted to.”
Gerard believes his crew’s journey to a championship started lengthy earlier than the season started. “It started back in March when I entered us in top tournaments like JSerra and Hueneme. We played some of the best teams in the nation and that was on purpose,” he stated, “so that when we go back to City competition we can say whatever you throw at us, we’re ready.”
Eagle Rock quarterback Nylah Moore Is chased out of the pocket by L.A. Marshall’s Charlie Gibson within the City Section Open Division flag football championship recreation at Garfield High School on Nov. 22, 2025.
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Marshall (20-10) managed the ball for many of the first half, forcing the Eagles to go three-and-out thrice.
“As a quarterback you have to take what they give you — and Jaylin did that,” stated Gerard, whose gamers doused him with ice water after the awards ceremony. “When they pressured her she found her check-downs and made the plays she needed to make to sustain drives.”
Both groups misplaced to eventual champion Banning within the open Division final 12 months, Marshall within the quarterfinals and Eagle Rock within the semifinals.
DIVISION I
Carson receiver Kiara Chukwudi celebrates after scoring a landing within the second quarter of the City Division I women’ flag football closing towards El Camino Real on Saturday.
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Quarterback Soriya Maulupe tossed landing passes to Melody Romero, Island Savai Le’i and Kiara Chukwudi within the first half, and Carson’s protection did the remaining in a decisive 18-6 victory over El Camino Real.
The eighth-seeded Colts (11-12-2) compelled three punts and two turnovers on downs within the second half. Carson turned the third Marine League faculty to win a City title within the three years the part has sanctioned the game, becoming a member of Banning and Narbonne, who captured the Open and Division I titles final fall.
After Lenci Mohrman’s interception deep in El Camino Real territory with 1:09 remaining, the Eleventh-seeded Royals (10-7-1) prevented the shutout on a seven-yard scamper by quarterback Tayla Haim.
El Camino Real blanked Cleveland 26-0 for the Division II crown final 12 months.
DIVISION II
Daisy Muniz threw three landing passes and Sun Valley Magnet had 4 interceptions to carry off San Fernando 20-12.
Griselda Roca scored on a 45-yard reception on the Pioneers’ second play from scrimmage, picked off a go late within the first half and knocked the ball away from San Fernando receiver Cami Bermudez on the aim line on fourth right down to protect the Pioneers’ lead with 9:09 left.
Ashley Carias’ interception on the Pioneers’ 25 with 29 seconds left clinched the victory for top-seeded Sun Valley Magnet (16-2).
Bermudez caught two landing passes from Fatima Palafox — the primary from 20 yards out that tied it 6-6 within the first quarter and the second an 11-yarder late within the third quarter — for the third-seeded Tigers (11-11).
DIVISION III
Bellamarie Luster scores the profitable landing — her third of the sport — within the fourth quarter of Westchester’s 37-32 victory within the City Section Division III women’ flag football championship recreation on Saturday.
Sophomore Bellamarie Luster scored three touchdowns — together with the decisive rating on a 53-yard swing go with 8:42 left — as Westchester upset Hawkins, 37-32.
The groups mixed for 53 factors within the first half. A quarterback sneak by Kaylee Mitchell gave the Thirteenth-seeded Comets (10-4) a 31-18 lead early within the third quarter, however back-to-back scoring runs by quarterback Desire Bravo gave the second-seeded Hawks (17-9) a one-point lead heading to the fourth.