Buena Girls Win 3-A Soccer Title

The Buena High School girls’ soccer team upset second-seeded Esperanza, 2-0, Saturday in the Southern Section 3-A championship game at Gahr High in Cerritos.

Esperanza, which gave up seven goals and shut out 22 opponents this season, lost on second-half goals by Buena’s Trisha Kimble and Patsy Levias.

Kimble, who has scored 32 goals this season, lofted a high, spinning shot from 40 yards at the match’s 64:10 mark. Esperanza goalkeeper Tymerie Busser caught the shot, but the ball slipped through her gloves and into the net. Ten minutes later, Levias scored from two yards out after a shot by Kimble bounced off an Esperanza defender and into Levias’ reach.

In the other girls’ Divisional championship action, Agoura finished off a 25-0-3 season by defeating Temple City, 5-0, to win the 2-A championship.

In the boys’ 1-A championship game, Santa Paula beat Calabasas, 1-0. In the boys’ 2-A, Central defeated Laguna Beach, 3-2. In the boys’ 3-A, Diamond Bar defeated Dominguez 4-2.