No one can say that Los Angeles Marshall didn't win the city's Open Division soccer championship.
After dispatching top-seeded San Pedro in the semifinals, the fourth-ranked Barristers stopped a powerful offense from second-ranked Eagle Rock for a 20-0 win on Saturday night at Garfield High.
Jaylin Macias ran four yards for Marshall's first touchdown in the first quarter, threw a pass to Bea Coldinera in the second quarter and ran 15 yards for the game-tying touchdown midway through the third.
“Once we got to the playoffs, we worked really hard and took it very seriously because this is the last year for a lot of us, myself included,” said Macias, who was a fullback for the Barristers for three years and also plays left tackle on the school's soccer team, earning All-City and Northern League MVP honors in both sports. “If I can, I'll try to pass, but if I see green, I'll run. I've dreamed of winning City since I was a freshman. We finished second in football. [in Division I] last year, so that’s the closest I’ve come to this before.”
Los Angeles Marshall defensive back Jaylin Macias celebrates a touchdown with teammate Bailey Aviles (3) in the first quarter of the City Section Open Division flag football final Saturday night.
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Eagles quarterback Nyla Moore entered the contest having passed for 3,324 yards and 51 touchdowns, but was sacked 10 times, including three straight plays in one series, by an aggressive Marshall defense that gave her no time to throw.
Eagle Rock (20-2) beat Marshall 7-0 in league play on Oct. 3, three weeks before suffering its only regular-season loss, 18-7 to Wilson.
The final was delayed a week due to rain and Barristers coach Shane Gerard took full advantage of the extra time to develop a game plan.
“We had a whole week to prepare and correct the mistakes we made last time,” he said. “We wanted to put pressure on the quarterback with two blitzers and force her to throw the ball before she wanted to.”
Gerard believes that his team's path to the championship began long before the start of the season. “It all started back in March when I put us in top tournaments like JSerra and Hueneme. We played some of the best teams in the country, and that was on purpose,” he said, “so that when we get back to city competition, we can say whatever you tell us, we're ready.”
Eagle Rock defender Nyla Moore is chased from the pocket by Los Angeles Marshall player Charlie Gibson in the city's Open Division soccer championship game at Garfield High School on Nov. 22, 2025.
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Marshall (20-10) controlled the ball for most of the first half, forcing the Eagles into three turnovers.
“As a defender, you have to take what you're given – and Jaylin did that,” said Gerard, whose players doused him with ice water after the medal ceremony. “When she was under pressure, she found her check-downs and made the plays she needed to keep the momentum going.”
Both teams lost to eventual champion Banning in last year's Open Division, Marshall in the quarterfinals and Eagle Rock in the semifinals.
DIVISION I
Carson wide receiver Kiara Chukwudi celebrates a touchdown during the second quarter of the city's Division I women's soccer tournament final against El Camino Real on Saturday.
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Defender Soria Maulupe picked off first-half passes to Melody Romero, Island Sawai Lei and Kiara Chukwudi, and Carson's defense did the rest in a decisive 18-6 win over El Camino Real.
The eighth-ranked Colts (11-12-2) had three punts and two turnovers on downs in the second half. Carson became the third Marine Corps League school to win a city title in the three years the section has sanctioned the sport, joining Banning and Narbonne, which captured Open and Division I titles last fall.
After Lenci Morman's interception deep in El Camino Real territory with 1:09 left, the 11th-seeded Royals (10-7-1) avoided a shutout on a seven-yard run by quarterback Tayla Haim.
Last year, El Camino Real routed Cleveland 26-0 to capture the second division crown.
DIVISION II
Sun Valley Magnet defender Daisy Muniz throws the ball just before her flag is yanked by San Fernando's Kayleigh Lowe during the City Division II championship soccer game on Saturday.
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Daisy Muniz threw three touchdowns and Sun Valley Magnet four interceptions held off San Fernando 20-12.
Griselda Roca scored on a 45-yard reception on the Pioneers' second play from scrimmage, picked off a pass late in the first half and knocked the ball off San Fernando receiver Kami Bermudez at the goal line on fourth down to preserve the Pioneers' lead with 9:09 left.
Ashley Carias' interception in the Pioneers' 25th minute with 29 seconds left sealed the victory for top-seeded Sun Valley Magnet (16-2).
Bermudez caught two touchdown passes from Fatima Palafox — the first from 20 yards out to tie the game at 6-6 in the first quarter and the second from 11 yards out late in the third quarter for the Tigers (11-11).
DIVISION III
Bellamary Luster throws the game-winning touchdown — his third of the game — in the fourth quarter of Westchester's 37-32 win in the city's Division III girls soccer championship game on Saturday.
Sophomore Bellamari Laster scored three touchdowns, including the game-tying score on a 53-yard pass with 8:42 left as Westchester upset Hawkins 37-32.
In the first half, the teams scored a total of 53 points. Quarterback Kaylee Mitchell's steal gave the 13th-seeded Comets (10-4) a 31-18 lead early in the third quarter, but back-to-back scoring runs by quarterback Desiree Bravo gave the second-seeded Hawks (17-9) a one-point lead heading into the fourth.
