Rob Jensen is certain that, at every position on the field, Sisters is solid. There is no weakness, no soft spot. From senior forward Jack McAllister, arguably the top Class 4A player in the state, to senior goalkeeper Keenan O’Hern, Jensen believes the Outlaws are the fastest, strongest and most athletic boys soccer team in its classification. And that team is a mere 80 minutes (give or take) away from perfection.

The Outlaws (16-1-1) ran the table this season in Sky-Em League play, going 10-0 for the conference crown and earning the No. 7 seed in the 16-team bracket of the 4A state playoffs. But they were not satisfied with that. Sisters snuck into its first-ever semifinal round with a little luck, Jensen admits, having defeated North Marion and McLoughlin in shootouts. Still, the Outlaws are not content.

By defeating 11th-seeded Philomath at home on Tuesday, they earned a spot in the 4A state championship final and a genuine shot at their first 4A title.

“I think it’s an absolute reality,” says Jensen, the seventh-year Sisters coach, whose team is 15-0 this season against 4A competition. “We have all the tools and the talent to get the job done. Now it’s just a matter of going out there and doing it.”

During Jensen’s tenure, the Outlaws had never advanced beyond the second round. But even after losing six players from last year’s team to graduation, Jensen held high expectations for this season’s squad. He tabbed the 2013 campaign as “reloading” during the preseason, not only because fresh faces were filling vacated roles but because they were equally talented, maybe even more so, than their predecessors.

The (somewhat) new-look Outlaws have scored 103 goals this season — most of any team in the state regardless of classification — while allowing just 12. Jensen argues that his group is the most well-rounded in the state as Sisters heads into Saturday’s final in Hillsboro against No. 5 Henley of Klamath Falls, which the Outlaws defeated 2-1 at home in the third game of the season.

“I think the reason we’ve been so successful is because we have the balance of a tremendously athletic and balanced defensive squad mixed up with a bunch of guys who know how to pass and move and score goals,” Jensen says. “We have more goals than anyone in the state. That defense leads that. We play more offense because the defense does their job.”

The only flaw in an otherwise perfect year came Oct. 25, when Sisters was dealt its lone loss of the season. That setback came at the hands of Class 5A powerhouse Summit.

After falling in the semifinals of the 5A state playoffs each of the last two years, and despite losing nine players from last year’s team to graduation, the Storm (15-1-2) have finally gotten over the hump, using a 2-0 semifinal win over visiting Wilsonville on Tuesday to springboard into their first state title match in program history.

“We’re a very resilient group,” said Summit coach Ron Kidder. “We’ve played a lot of playoff games (the last two seasons) and a lot of tight games this year. … I don’t expect that trait to go away Saturday.”

The second-seeded Storm, whose lone loss came to Class 6A No. 1 Central Catholic early in the season, will have to go through No. 4 Hood River Valley if they want to lock down the program’s first state title. The Eagles (16-1-1) went on the road and took down top-seeded and three-time defending state champion Woodburn 3-1 in overtime Tuesday.

Sisters and Summit are two programs who hold spotless records against opponents in their respective classifications. And in Hillsboro on Saturday, they will be looking for exclamation points to near-flawless campaigns.

“Our guys are having a fantastic season,” Jensen says. “I couldn’t be happier with it so far. There’s about one more thing we can do to make it perfect.”

OSAA Boys and Girls Soccer State Championships

A look at Central Oregon teams, and their bracket seedings, competing in the state championships on Saturday:

Class 5A boys at Hillsboro Stadium

No. 2 Summit vs. No. 4 Hood River Valley, 10:30 a.m.

Class 5A girls at Hillsboro Stadium

No. 1 Summit vs. No. 15 Wilson, 1 p.m.

Class 4A boys at Liberty High, Hillsboro

No. 7 Sisters vs. No. 5 Henley, 3:30 p.m.

Admission to championship matches is $8 for adults, $5 for students (ages 5 and older through high school).