"When the ball was thrown in her direction with the championship on the line, Avery Olson was ready. There was no time on the clock when the JSerra junior defender ran step for step with Orange Lutheran receiver Josie Anderson, who dove but could not reach it in the end zone - an exciting finish to the Southern Section Division 1 girls' flag football final Saturday night at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange."
"The top-seeded Lions capped off a perfect season by forcing two incompletions from the two-yard line in the last six seconds - a goal-line stand that summarized everything the team has been about since the start of the season: defense first - to prevail 25-20 over their Trinity League rivals, who captured the inaugural Division 1 championship last fall."
"We were anticipating a jump ball to Happy [Dubois] or someone who could can go up and get it but they came up with a whip route, something shorter and I wasn't expecting that. I saw her hips turning and said to myself 'I gotta get my hands on it.' We knew it would be a dogfight. O Lu is a great team!"
JSerra completed a perfect season by defeating Orange Lutheran 25-20 in the Southern Section Division 1 girls' flag football final at Fred Kelly Stadium. The Lions forced two incompletions from the two-yard line in the last six seconds, executing a decisive goal-line stand grounded in team defense. Freshman quarterback Kate Meier scrambled six yards for a go-ahead touchdown with exactly one minute remaining. JSerra's pass rush pressured Orange Lutheran quarterback Makena Cook on the final sequence, and junior defender Avery Olson closely covered the receiver to break up the potential game-winning throw.
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