CIF-SS FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/p>\n
Gahr (18-6) vs. San Clemente (13-9)<\/p>\n
Where, when: Huntington Beach High, Saturday, 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Analysis: The Gahr girls flag football team is on the cusp of history going into its game against San Clemente in the CIF-SS Division 2 final. The Gladiators defeated their first four opponents in the playoffs by at least two touchdowns after finishing fourth in the Gateway League. In the playoffs they defeated Serra 24-12 in the first round, Upland 22-0 in the second round, La Habra 26-12 in the quarterfinals, and Segerstrom 30-0 in the semifinals. This will be Gahr\u2019s first appearance in the flag football finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just stayed humble between everything and just stayed with the process and just kept grinding,\u201d Gahr first-year coach Marnello Berry said. \u201cWe play a tough league schedule, and our tough league schedule was what was able to get us prepared for playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Junior quarterback Maliah Gomez has thrown for 7,856 yards, 67 touchdowns and 26 interceptions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very proud of my team,\u201d Gomez said. \u201cJust the trust as a QB being able to trust all my receivers, knowing that I could throw the ball up there and they\u2019re out there to get it, really helps. I\u2019m just very grateful for all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senior receiver Camarra Brown-Stanton has 147 catches for 2,035 yards and 21 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been good,\u201d Brown-Stanton said, \u201cbut those receiving yards, I can\u2019t do it without my quarterback. So it\u2019s a good connection that we have, and it\u2019s a lot of team support that I have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senior running back Devynn Gourdine has 1,627 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. Gourdine also has 110 catches for 1,564 yards and 13 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m also really proud of everybody,\u201d Gourdine said. \u201cI\u2019m grateful that I get to play on such an amazing team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Junior receiver Mylia Garcia has 120 catches for 1,755 yards and 17 touchdowns and a team-high 35 interceptions on defense.<\/p>\n
\u201cI play soccer and I\u2019m a goalie, so you have to interpret where the ball is going or try to know so that helps a lot,\u201d Garcia said when asked about her ball-hawking ability.<\/p>\n
San Clemente, which finished second in the Sea View League, beat Foothill 20-0 in the first round, Sonora 27-12 in the second round, Villa Park 13-12 in the quarterfinals, and defeated Chaminade 45-14 in the semifinals. The Tritons were Division 3 runner-ups in 2024.<\/p>\n
Gahr is looking to finish its historic season with a victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would mean the world to me,\u201d Berry explained. \u201cJust to bring a championship to the City of Cerritos and to Gahr High School, but mainly to my girls and what they\u2019ve meant to the program from the first day I walked on campus. They just bought into what I was telling them and what the other coaches were mentioning to them. They bought into the program and I think that\u2019s what played a part into us being in the Division 2 championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gahr\u2019s playoff dominance and high-scoring offense should lead it to a win in the Division 2 final.<\/p>\n
Winner: Gahr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CIF-SS FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Gahr (18-6) vs. San Clemente (13-9) Where, when: Huntington Beach High, Saturday, 8:30 a.m.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,21173,5479,5480,2044,131,133,132,137,127],"class_list":["post-521296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-cerritos","tag-high-school-all-sports","tag-high-school-flag-football","tag-high-school-sports","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}