The headline performance appears to have come from the girls’ side. Reports suggest Bridget Lee struck a hat-trick in the final, with Hannah Collins and Kamya Pham also on the scoresheet as Academic Magnet pulled away.
There is a familiar pattern to strong championship teams:
The update says coach Alistair Delong felt his side were calm before kick-off and leaned on experienced voices to set the tone. Even if there was a slow start, the response sounds like that of a seasoned champion rather than a rattled one.
If the girls’ final was about authority, the boys’ victory seems to have been about resilience. Cesar Ramirez reportedly scored twice, while Jaidon Daley added the other goal after Buford had fought its way back into the game.
That matters. Title-winning teams are not only fluent; they are stubborn. When momentum shifts, they recover their shape, trust their habits and strike again. Academic Magnet’s boys appear to have done exactly that.
The bigger story is the culture behind it. The report says coach Jason Hamil framed football as part of the school’s wider standard, not a side project. That is usually where repeat winners are built - in expectation, not emotion.
The next question is obvious: can Academic Magnet turn this reported back-to-back sweep into a longer era of control? When the new season begins, that will be the storyline to watch.