MANCHESTER — Petro Masumboku ended the Division I in a unique way.

The Manchester Central senior bent a nearly untouchable corner kick serve in the second overtime, giving top-seeded and unbeaten Manchester Central a 2-1 Division I championship victory over second-seeded Londonderry before a crowd of 1,212 at Larkin Field on the Southern New Hampshire University campus Wednesday evening.

“I didn't have any idea it would go in. I wanted to serve it across the net to my fellow teammates. But it worked toward the net, went in and gave us a happy moment,” said Masumboku, who missed most of the season with a concussion.

The ball seemed to tuck under the crossbar in a hurry, giving Londonderry keeper Craig Foley little opportunity to prevent the golden goal. The goal ended an exciting game in the 104th minute of nearly non-stop action.

“In my 12 years coaching at Central I've never ever seen us score on a corner kick serve. It's a freaky thing, but that's soccer,” said Central coach Chris LaBerge after watching his team claim its second championship in three straight trips to the title game.

“They caught us off guard a little bit on the corner,” said Londonderry coach Jeff Colbert after watching his club finish the year with a 16-2-1 record and advance to its first title game since 2007. “I know our kids are disappointed, but they should keep their heads high. They showed they can play with the best team in the state tonight.”

The Lancers took the lead midway through the first half when Kenny Desmarais headed a score just inside the right post. The junior midfielder got under a long pass from Brian Greene and nudged the shot to the weak side of Central keeper Colin Farrington.

“They could have put us away early,” said LaBerge. “They certainly had the upper hand in the first half. We were slow, having trouble getting our legs after the (semifinal) overtime win with Concord.”

Central's best scoring bid in the first half was a three-shot flurry in the 28th minute. The Lancers held strong. In the span of a few seconds, Lucas D'Urso cleared a ball off the goalmouth, keeper Craig Foley saved a shot and Dylan Holland blocked a third bid.

The defensive heroics foiled the offensive ingenuity of Ramiro Osorio, Romuald Katanga and Andrew Chaput.

During a Central corner kick early in the second half, Osorio aimed a left-footed shot at an open net corner, but Matt Cooper stepped over and blocked the blast with his chest.

Farrington held the deficit to one goal by coming out to make a daring save on Alex Hall's breakaway bid in the 51st minute.

Osorio tied the game with 22:24 remaining on a penalty kick after Samuel Binogono was fouled attempting a pass in the box. It was his 38th goal of the season.

“It was some kind of game. We were tired and down but not going to lose,” said Osorio. “We came back five times to win games this season. We wanted to get back to this game in a big way.”

The Little Green was the first large school division team to reach the championship game since Exeter won three straight from 2001-2003. Central claimed its first boys' soccer title in 2009 and finished runner-up to Pinkerton of Derry last season.

Though graduating five starters, Central returned a competent core determined to return to the championship game in unbeaten form. They succeeded, opening the season with 14 straight wins — including seven shutouts — before playing to a 1-1 tie at Londonderry and entering the title game on a five-game win streak.

Seconds after Osorio's PK score, the Lancers just missed a chance to reclaim the lead on a free-kick chance, but Greene's header went just wide.

Greene and Rob Hart had looks in front of the net with 8:00 left but Farrington saved one and Keegan LaBerge cleared the other. Andre Simmond's 30 yard free kick was just with 6 minutes left.

In the final minutes of regulation Foley's fingertips inched Osorio's free kick chance just over the crossbar.