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NARRE Warren is one win away from perfection, while Beaconsfield faces Cranbourne for a chance to block the Magpies' historic Casey Cardinia Football League path.
The Magpies dominated the second semi-final on Saturday, brushing aside Cranbourne by 88 points to book a place in the CCFL grand final.
Narre absorbed early Cranbourne pressure, then responded with its own killer blow, winning 20.11 (131) to 6.7 (43).
The win was Narre's 35th in a row, equalling an MPNFL record.
It will look to make history in a fortnight in the season-decider.
After an intense opening, Narre Warren found its edge in the midfield and up forward.
Magpie spearhead Kerem Baskaya put the exclamation mark on the result, with 10 goals.
Narre Warren coach Chris Toner believed his side's preparation was a key factor.
"The week off leading in was important and earning the week off before the grand final is ideal," Toner said.
"We are following the same path we took last year - but we've got one game to go."
The Magpies broke the semi open in the second quarter, slotting five unanswered goals to establish a handy break at the main change.
It was much of the same in the last quarter, with Cranny again held goalless, while the Magpies slotted six.
Narre Warren skipper Michael Collins set the tone in the Magpies midfield, while big Steve Watson schooled inexperienced Cranbourne ruckman Mitchell Lindsay, giving the Magpies first use in a one-sided second half.
With a swirling breeze and intermittent rain, conditions were not ideal, but Narre Warren continued to use the ball better than its opponent.
Its forward entries made life easy for an in-form Baskaya, who mauled three opponents.
With the win under his belt, Toner's attention turns to a second-consecutive premiership.
"We've just got to stay the course now and switch our focus to the grand final," he said.
"The boys aren't satisfied just yet."
Toner was pleased with the form of his big forward Baskaya, who he said played his best game of the year.
"He wasn't bad," Toner said.
"He competed well, finished well and almost played the perfect role of what we ask of him from full forward."
Cranbourne had impressive contributions from Justin Berry and Curtis Barker and captain Marc Holt battled hard up forward with three goals.
Cranbourne will now have to fight off a bouyant Beaconsfield in this weekend's preliminary final, if it wants to book a rematch with the Magpies.
The Eagles earned the right to play Cranbourne with an 18-point win over Pakenham at AJ Robinson Oval on Sunday.
In a classic finals battle, Beaconsfield outlasted the Lions in perfect conditions, winning 9.14 (68) to 7.8 (50).
Beaconsfield coach Clint Evans was a proud man following the win.
"It's an excellent day for the club and a bit of reward for a lot of effort," Evans said.
"It's great to still be in the hunt, but our focus will shift to next week very quickly."
With a place in a preliminary final at stake, the contest was hot early.
Pakenham jumped out to an early break, but by the end of the first term, Beaconsfield bounced back through two goals to Taylor Joyce, taking a three-point lead.
In the second term, the ball skipped from end to end.
Arguably the two biggest recruits in the competition this season - Beaconsfield's Scott Meyer and Pakenham's Steven O'Bryan - were having an impact.
A strong finish to the half resulted in Pakenham taking a four-point lead into the main break.
The third term was an arm wrestle and would eventually tell the tale of the match itself.
Both teams threw everything at each other, but it was the Eagles who made the most of their opportunities.
The intensity lifted and scoring was hard to come by, but two important goals to Beaconsfield through Michael McPhie and Troy McDermott gave the Eagles an 11-point lead at the last change.
With the pressure on and the end of its 2013 campaign drawing closer, Pakenham kept pushing in the final term, but failed to hit the scoreboard.
Two big goals from Beaconsfield forward Kane Hughes were the sealers.
Evans praised the work of his tall timber.
"I thought our bigger guys were excellent today - they really worked hard and gave us an advantage in the air," he said.
Earlier in the day, Narre Warren continued its winning ways, taking the development league grand final.
The Magpies beat Berwick 7.7 (49) to 2.8 (20).
After going goalless in the first term, the Magpies went on to keep the Wickers without a major for the rest of the game.
Young Nathan Dawson was best-on-ground for the premiers, while Josh Dowling kicked three goals.
