Nareena Hills Public School made it back-to-back state futsal titles after winning the under-13 NSW Football Futsal State Championship at Penrith.
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The team beat 24 of the best school futsal teams, including public, Catholic and independent schools, after advancing to the state finals through regional qualifiers.
Despite not having a single training session, with parents acting as coaches and only a couple of the boys playing futsal outside of school, the team again proved themselves the best in NSW.
The Figtree-based school clinched the title in style beating Seaforth Public School for the second straight year.
Earlier, the team finished tied with tournament favourites Trinity College after the five-team pool phase, with Trinity winning a coin toss to claim top spot in the group.
Nareena Hills beat Trinity 3-0 in the quarter-finals, before beating Oatley PS in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.
Despite having a host of shots and dominating play, Nareena Hills went behind 1-0 to Oatley in the final minute, before equalising just seconds from full-time.
With no further score in extra time, Nareena Hills won the penalty shoot-out 1-0 after the Wollongong school scored with their third spot-kick and their opponent missed all three.
Nareena Hills had only about 20 minutes break before their grand final but beat the Western Sydney-based Seaforth PS 3-2 in extra time.
Their opponents had a couple of players aged 13 while the Figtree school was entirely made up of 11 and 12-year-olds.
Given the circumstances, their win was a major achievement.