Leaders Western Knights continue to fire on all cylinders in the Men's State League Division One as Ciaran Byrne's hat-trick helped maintain top spot with a 6-0 win at Swan United.
Jake Sardelic opened the scoring before Byrne netted his first with a nice turn and strike in the area.
The former Armadale played completed a brace inside half an hour after his initial header hit the bar before last season's top scorer Alex Kretowicz opened his account for 2021 from a 44th minute corner.
Swan offered more resistance after the restart until Knights added two late goals. Dean Hurley netted his third in as many games with a firm finish into the corner, before Byrne moved three clear in the Golden Boot race with his seventh of the year to complete the rout.
Fremantle City hold the division's other 100% record as they came from behind to defeat Forrestfield United 2-1 at Crazy Domains Stadium.
Graham Normanton's side took the lead midway through the first half as Tarek Atta fed Rhys Loxley and the skipper calmly rounded Oliver Rigler for 1-0.
City hit back just after the hour mark when Noah Shamaki shrugged off goalkeeper and defender to score into an open net for his second in two games. Seven minutes later the turnaround was complete as substitute Sam McKearnan let fly from the edge of the area to ensure Fremantle remain level on points with the Knights.
One of the games of the day in the State League saw 10-man Stirling Macedonia and Ashfield SC share six goals in a thrilling draw.
The visitors struck twice inside the first 10 minutes as Zakir Hussain scored from the penalty spot before Abdul Abdella lobbed over James Bosdet from 30 yards.
It was 2-0 at the break but Stirling mounted a response when Alex Tanevski and Gavin Knight showed striker's instincts to level the scores.
Luke Garas was shown a second yellow card for the hosts with two minutes remaining, but remarkably Stirling were provided with a chance to win it on 90 minutes when Shay Donovan was fouled in the box.
Knight coolly planted the penalty kick down the middle from 12 yards and it looked set to be a home win. But Ashfield mustered one final attack seven minutes into second half stoppage time and Abdella hit a scorching strike from distance to earn a share of the points.
Another exciting game on Saturday saw UWA Nedlands inflict a first defeat of the season on Quinns FC with a 4-3 win.
Tom Williams headed in from a corner but Quinns scored a quickfire double to restore their lead as Ben Hinshelwood scored his fourth of the season and Liam Hudson hammered home at the near post.
Bryce Conway curled beyond Caelan Cooper for 2-2, but UWA struck twice in the second half to boost hopes of a first win this season.
Adam Carlino found the corner on 51 minutes before Samuel Kent made the game safe nine minutes before time, as UWA went on to collect their first points despite Adam Tong rolling in a late consolation at the near post.
Elsewhere, Joondalup United and Olympic Kingsway recorded their first winss of the season over Mandurah City and Subiaco AFC respectively.
Joondalup United made a remarkable comeback in a 2-1 win against the Night Series winners, having gone behind to Silas Becsi's goal from a corner.
Jay Lang levelled from the penalty spot with a few minutes remaining before Nathan Hibbert's volley from a tight angle on 94 minutes sparked late celebrations by the corner flag.
Kingsway meanwhile registered their first points of 2021 when they defeated Subiaco 4-0 at Rosalie Park.
It was 2-0 at the interval as Elliot Tattersall's strike from range beat Teo Brown and Asa Sippits netted his first for the club since joining from second-division Dianella.
Tattersall hammered in another from distance and Luke Rhodes added a fourth at the very end to wrap up a big away win for the green machine.
In State League Division Two, Morley Windmills remain unbeaten but missed the chance to go outright top of the league after conceding a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Balga.
Danny O'Shea and Leigh Morgan scored inside 38 minutes to give Morley the advantage, which looked likely to send them top with Dianella playing in the late game.
But Balga came flying back with two goals in four minutes from Farruh Mavlonov and Kuol Riak earning their side a second draw in a row.
Dianella White Eagles and Carramar Shamrock Rovers drew 1-1 on Saturday evening at Dianella Reserve. Kian Mcguigan put Eagles in front on 27 minutes only for Rhodes Boyce to bring Rovers level late in the half.
Kingsley Westside moved up to third following their 3-1 win at Murdoch University Melville. Tom Pellizzari struck first on 50 minutes but goals later in the second half from Adam O'Neill, Joel Gillespie and Simone Sichel were enough for the visitors to collect a first away win.
Wanneroo City came from behind to defeat Gosnells City 2-1, Tiago De Souza scored twice in a 5-0 win for Curtin University over Kelmscott and Canning City's fixture with Joondalup City was abandoned prior to kick-off due to a kit clash.
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