Summit junior Alex Bowlin (4) gathers the ball against the defense of Wilsonville's Jason Johnson (8) and Alex Roberts (6).

There was no denying Summit this time around.

Playing in the Class 5A boys soccer semifinal round for the third consecutive year, the Storm blew past Wilsonville 2-0 on Tuesday night at the Summit High stadium to earn a berth in the state championship for the first time in school history.

The Storm (15-0-1 overall), No. 2 in the 16-team bracket and who have now won 14 consecutive games, will face Hood River Valley on Saturday in Hillsboro for the 5A state title. The No. 4 Eagles went on the road Tuesday and upset three-time defending state champion and top-seeded Woodburn 3-1 in overtime.

“This is huge for our program,” said Summit coach Ron Kidder, whose teams had fallen in the state semifinals each of the past two years. “It hurts so much to lose (one game away from the state final). … The last two years were tough losses. It takes so much time and work to get back to this level. To get over that hump, it’s so exciting. I’m so happy for these boys, for the program, for the school.”

Conor Galvin gave the Storm a 1-0 lead in the 26th minute and Cameron Weaver headed in an Eli Warmenhoven corner kick seven minutes after halftime to put the Intermountain Conference champions ahead 2-0.

“Last year was terrible,” Weaver said about the Summit’s heartbreaking 1-0 home semifinal loss to Mountain View in which he headed in the would-be equalizer a second after the final whistle blew. “This makes up for it. … Yeah, last year was definitely on my mind. I played to get revenge.”

Weaver, the Storm’s senior captain, was all over the field Tuesday. His throw-in midway through the first half set up Galvin’s score, and his header in the second half all but sealed the victory. Most impressive, though, was Weaver’s defense on Wildcat senior forward Timmy Bourque, the Northwest Oregon Conference player of the year. Bourque, who had four goals in Wilsonville’s past two games, had just one solid look on goal Tuesday night with Weaver and fellow defenders Luca Chiletti and Tanner Abbott blanketing him for most of the semifinal contest.

“We didn’t realize how athletic they were in the back,” Wildcats (12-4-1) coach Ian Reschke said about the Summit defense, which has not allowed a goal this postseason. “We tried to get balls over the top, but we had a really tough time of it. And even when we did, their keeper (Levi Davidson) was there to stuff it. Hats off to him, he played a great game.”

Posting his fourth straight shutout, Davidson recorded the save of the game late in the first half to preserve the Storm’s 1-0 lead. A minute after Galvin’s score, Wilsonville’s Adam Kane, playing on the right side of the field, blasted a shot from about 30 yards out. Guarding the near post, Davidson dived back to his right and snuffed out the Wildcat scoring threat.

“We felt like this was our year to make a statement,” Davidson said. “We’d been here (the semifinal round) twice in a row and knew there were expectations coming into (Tuesday’s semifinal contest). We came out and played our game, played like we wanted and knew we’d get to the finals.”

With a 1-0 lead going into the second half, Summit did not let off the gas. The Storm registered four corners in the first 20 minutes after halftime, including Warmenhoven’s blast that Weaver redirected for the goal.

“We didn’t want to come out too defensive,” Kidder said about his squad’s second-half approach. “We didn’t want to stop doing the things that gave us that one-goal lead. When you play to not lose, sometimes you end up losing that game.”

Weaver’s header proved more than enough of a cushion for the Storm, whose continued attack made moving the ball downfield, let alone scoring, extremely difficult for the No. 3 Wildcats.

“That (1-0 lead) wasn’t quite the nail in the coffin, but it was how we wanted to start,” Davidson said. “It’s nice to get that 1-0 lead early and pick up the tempo and play our game. It’s a whole different game when you’re being pressed as opposed to pressing them.

“We feel like we can do that against anyone in the state,” Davidson added, “and we can carry that through the finals.”