L.A. Marshall defeats Eagle Rock for flag football title

No one can say Los Angeles Marshall did not earn the City Section Open Division flag football championship.

- BY STEVE GALLUZZO

ALEXA Guerrero holds the championship plaque as she and her L.A. Marshall teammates celebrate their City Section Open Division title.

(STEVE GALLUZZO For The Times)

After upsetting top-seeded San Pedro in the semifinals, the fourth-seeded Barristers shut down second-seeded Eagle Rock’s high-powered offense to win 20-0 in the final Saturday night at Garfield High.

Jaylin Macias ran four yards for Marshall's first touchdown in the first quarter, threw a touchdown pass to Bea Coldinera in the second quarter and ran 15 yards for the clinching touchdown midway through 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,” said Macias, who has been the Barristers’ quarterback for three years and also plays left wing on the school’s soccer team, earning All-City and Northern League MVP honors in both sports. “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.”

Eagles quarterback Nylah Moore entered the contest having passed for 3,324 yards and 51 touchdowns but was sacked 10 times, including three plays in a row on one series by an aggressive Marshall defense that gave her little time to throw.