A 14-7 win propels So Cal over the Houston Energy.

San Diego better know now. They finally have a pro team in town with a crown.

The So Cal Scorpions generated some Saturday night fever in 48 degree gelidity, and drained the Houston Energy 14-7 in the WPFL Championship Game. They scored with the pass; they scored with the run. They hit like Ray Lewis; they blocked like Orlando Pace. They danced like Tellem and 50 Cent (Soulja Boy!).

Their biggest linewoman even recorded an interception.

"Nobody got a picture of me though!" jokes defensive tackle Michelle Starks.

WPFL MVP Desiree Weimann demonstrated why she is to her league what Lisa Leslie is to the WNBA. Weimann carried the ball 32 times for 169 yards, and scored So Cal's first touchdown.

"It doesn't get any better than this!" claims a misty-eyed Weimann. "This is something even beyond...anything...any championship, any MVP award, from now, or even when I was in high school. This is the top!"

Weimann and teammates proved the road to victory was long. In September, a disheartening 28-6 loss at home to the Empire State Roar left Weimann with aching ribs, and So Cal with a 2-2 record. From there, only perfection would bring them postseason. They got it though, finishing 6-2. To follow were a nailbiting playoff win at L.A. and an AFC Championship laugher in Rochester (42-6 against the Roar), and the Scorpions found themselves home for the holidays with a shot at the title.

The rest is history.

"A championship game is a game like no other," says So Cal quarterback Melissa Gallegos, who threw for 102 yards on just 5 completions while also running for gains. "There's 11 of us on the field, and I know that my other 10 are gonna have my back, and I'll have their backs."

Weimann's touchdown tied things up at 7-7 in the first quarter after Houston running back Raisin McIntosh scored on a 6-yard run. That capped a nine-play, 62-yard opening drive for the Energy. Early in the second quarter, Gallegos found wide receiver Brittany Cotton for a 20-yard touchdown, which proved to be the game winner as defense dictated much of that second period and all of the scoreless second half.

"They call me 'third and long,'" says Cotton with a smile. She also caught a 22-yarder from Gallegos in the first quarter. "I just love getting completions, because the rest of the team does so much."

So Cal’s defense proved Cotton right in saving the game midway through the fourth quarter. Two plays after the Starks pick, the Energy intercepted the ball right back. Houston eventually found themselves with 1st-and-goal inside So Cal's 10, down by 7.

The Scorpions forced a 4-and-out and sealed the deal in the final minutes.

"Everyone on the women's team is so much like a family," adds Cotton.

A family with a trophy. The 2007 Scorpions now join the 1980 Oakland Raiders as the first team in its respective league to go from wild card entry to world champion. For 2008, So Cal has a title to defend and 7-game winning streak to extend.

Some might also say they've got deep emotion to build on.

"The high I feel off of this can't compare to anything," claims Scorpion team owner Ann Bagala. "This is definitely for the players, and that's why I've stuck by them all these years."

"It's almost surreal," admits Scorpion defensive end Crystal Stokes. "We worked really really hard. The team meshed together...those that have been around for a long time with those that have just come in."

Until the Scorpions sting again, stay classy San Diego!