Ugly Eagles reign! Clayton Valley wins first NCS title on stoppage-time screamer from Giovanni Martinez-Negrete

CONCORD — Clayton Valley Charter had been close so many times.

Then Giovanni Martinez-Negrete took matters into his own hands.

After Monte Vista tied the Ugly Eagles in first-half stoppage time at the NCS Open Division championship, a halftime stalemate was anticipated. But Monte Vista didn’t count on Martinez-Negrete sneaking behind the defense, seizing a perfect pass from Yousaf Mahmood and blasting the ball right past the keeper into the back of the net.

That goal held up as the game-winner...