Longwarry moved to outright second on the Ellinbank District football ladder after comfortably accounting for Trafalgar, 14-7 (91) to 6-6 (42).
After conceding five of the first six goals, the Bloods closed the gap with consecutive goals to Liam Coulthard and Cooper Minichiello.
With the Bloods closing within 14 points, the Crows lifted with Lachlan Willis, Dylan Holland and Jason Wells all kicking true during time on to increase the lead to 32 points at the long break.
Consecutive goals to Danny Brewster saw the margin hover at the 30-point mark, before the Crows again kicked away.
Josh Downes began a run of four consecutive goals for the home side, Jason Wells putting through his fifth in the opening minutes of the final term.
The next 17-minutes saw a tight struggle before quick goals to Angus Adamiak and Darren Granger closed out a strong performance.
The Bloods finished with a consolation goal.
Lachlan Willis, Bailey Werle, Riley Rundell, Wells, Troy Lehman and Bailey Stephens led the Crows to victory.
The Bloods were best served by Dylan Farrell, Jace Butler, Danny Brewster, Ryan Dyke, Benjamin Northover and Minichiello.
LANG LANG have overcome a scare, with a strong second half helping them to victory over Bunyip, 6-17 (53) to 5-10 (40).
The Bulldogs burst out of the blocks with four of the first five goals to take a 16-point lead into half time.
Three goals to one in the third term saw the Tigers close the gap to seven points; the Bulldogs still every chance to hold on for their first win given the conditions.
The Tigers peppered the goals in the final term to emerge victorious, adding 2-9 to one behind.
Troy Dolan, Mitchell Davey, Brody Leitch, Bailey Galante, Joshua Brown and Mitchell Tribuzi helped Lang Lang across the line.
Leading a competitive effort from Bunyip were Jeb McLeod, Kai Jones, Samuel Hughes, Zach Gallahar, Lachlan Petch and William Grummisch.
ELLINBANK snapped its losing streak with a big win over Poowong, 22-16 (148) to 3-4 (22).
The Magpies were competitive early, trailing by just 12 points at the first change, but couldn't sustain it as the Eagles kicked away.
Nineteen goals to one after quarter time helped Ellinbank bounce back in a big way.
Lachlan Pratt led the charge with seven goals, while Michael Urie, Bryce Joyce, Anthony Battista, Thomas Jessup and Joel Armstrong were also prominent.
Poowong were best served by Jett Blackwood, Conor Cunningham, Zac Gray, Ben Peters, Rhys Schulz and Alex Henshall.
TWELVE goals to Mason McGarrity led Neerim-Neerim South to another big win, the Cats accounting for Catani 24-13 (157) to 7-9 (51).
An 11 goal to three opening half opened a handy buffer before a 10-goal third term put the result beyond doubt.
The Blues won the final term four goals to three, as the Cats tapered off.
Kai Mounsey, Rhys George, Tyssen Morrow, Lachlan Bambridge and Aaron Hillberg were also prominent for the Cats.
The better players for the Blues were Dean Smith, James Williams, Brodie Cameron, Brodie White, Joshua Stewart and Ryan Smith.