HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS : Newport Harbor, Centennial Scoreless in 1-A Match

After 100 minutes of scoreless soccer, including two overtime periods, Newport Harbor and Corona Centennial settled for a 0-0 tie in the Southern Section Division 1-A championship at Gahr High.

Both teams were declared co-champions. Neither school had reached the soccer final before.

“This is OK with me,” Newport Harbor Coach Alan Layne said. “It’s much better to be a co-champion than to have either side win on stupid penalty kicks. Penalty kicks don’t give the correct result of a game.”

In the 3-A title game at Gahr, Bell Gardens defeated El Dorado, 3-2. In 4-A, Diamond Bar defeated Fontana, 1-0, in overtime.

GIRLS

Torrance 2, South Torrance 1--November Wallace scored the winning goal in the final moments of the second overtime to lift the Tartars to the 3-A title at Gahr High.

Torrance finished the season 27-1-1. South Torrance fell to 15-9-2.

In other title games, Etiwanda defeated Diamond Bar, 3-1, in 2-A, and Pasadena Poly edged Brentwood, 3-2 in overtime, in 1-A.