So far, it doesn’t look like anyone can get in the way of a perfect South Whidbey soccer season.

Having beaten two of the top teams in the state in their openers last week, the Falcons went out to punish the competition this week with a second-half game like no one else has. On Tuesday, the Falcons battered Lynden Christian at home in a 4-0 win built on a late rush by the team’s strikers. Then on Thursday, after stumbling for most of the first half on a muddy, sparsely sodded field in Nooksack Valley, South Whidbey exploded for four goals in the second half against the Pioneers to win 5-0.

The wins take the Falcons to 4-0 in the North Cascades Conference and give them the solid hold on first place they were never able to grasp last year.

While this week’s games did not have the same nail-biting intensity as those last week against defending state champ Sultan and state placer Meridian, the Falcons still had to work for it. Against the Lyncs, the Falcons made no inroads in the first half on Waterman Field, even though they would go on to outshoot their opponents 28-4 on the night. It took until the first minute of the second half for junior striker Jenna Wild to break a 0-0 deadlock with the first goal of the night. After that, the scoring came easier for South Whidbey, with sophomore Lucy Brennan finding net in the 48th minute, Wild again making goal in the 62nd minute, and senior Claudia Gil-Osorio finishing the night with a score in the 70th.

Against Nooksack, South Whidbey seemed to be in trouble early. Playing on a field Falcon head coach Paul Arand called “dirt with lumps of grass,” South Whidbey had trouble early staying on a ball that bounced at odd angles at all times. The Pioneers knocked the Falcons back early, taking the games first five shots on goal, but coming up with nothing for the scoreboard. Meanwhile on defense, Nooksack had players fouling both Gil-Osorio and Wild to prevent them from scoring.

But they could not contain them all night, so when Gil-Osorio broke loose in the 30th minute to score and put her team up 1-0, it became clear the strategy had failed.

“It’s hard for teams to guard those two,” Arand said.

After that, it was again the Gil-Osorio and Wild show, as Wild scored goals in the 45th and 68th minutes, and Gil-Osorio a second time in the 60th. Freshman Kelsey Kimmel added an insurance goal on a penalty shot in the 70th minute, giving the Falcons the 5-0 win.

Also contributing to the scoring was Katie Watson, who was credited with three assists.