Our Lady Star of the Sea has the best primary school footy team in the state.
After coming runners-up in the School Sport Victoria Australian Football State Finals last year, the boys went one better to breeze through the competition, culminating in a 51 to 14 grand final thumping of Beaumaris at Port Melbourne.
The Ocean Grove primary school made it through to the state finals and finished unbeaten on top of Pool B, which contained schools from Mildura, Maffra and Burwood.
The final against Beaumaris, which went undefeated in Pool A, was a one-sided affair.
Coach and teacher Sam Scott said the boys had to win 17 straight games to be crowned state champs. There were 480 teams in the State Championships.
“It’s a pretty tough comp, the Geelong comp was probably the hardest,” he said.
“They just kept winning.”
Mr Scott said the thing that impressed him most was the humble way the boys carried themselves through the entire tournament.
“We’re tremendously proud, the whole school is,” he said.
“The best thing about the boys was that they were so humble, they rotated themselves off to give other teams a chance. They always congratulated their opposition.
“Sometimes Year 5 and 6 kids, they can get a bit ahead of themselves sometimes, but not this group. They are a remarkable group of boys.”
Many of the boys play together at Ocean Grove Cobras, which helped them gel as a team.
“It was like they were playing club footy like they’d been training together for years and years,” Mr Scott said.
Our Lady Star of the Sea celebrated the win with a school assembly with all of the boys called up to the stage with their medals.
Captain Ollie Warren, who won the best on ground medal in the grand final, gave a speech at the end of the game and congratulated Beaumaris on a terrific tournament.
