The top three solidified themselves in the Gippsland League while another team continues to push their case on the edge of the top five.
Here's what you might have missed this week.
Morwell vs Leongatha
Leongatha bounced back against their bogey side on Saturday with a hard-fought nine-point win over Morwell.
Not many sides can claim to have the wood over the Parrots but that's exactly where Morwell sat coming into the contest, having knocked them over in both of their match-ups last year.
And going into the final term leading by a point it appeared a third straight victory was on the cards for the yellow and black.
It wasn't to be, however, Leongatha kicking 4.4 to 3.0 to prevail 12.11 (83) to 11.8 (74) and escape a second defeat in as many weeks.
Escape might be a decent word for the Parrots' Houdini act after they trailed for much of the day and by as much as 20 points midway through the third quarter.
But one thing you can count on when it comes to Leongatha is to never count them out.
Their veterans stepped up to the plate, namely Cade Maskell, Tom Marriott and Aaron Heppell.
A late flurry, including two last quarter goals to Jenson Garnham, ensured the Parrots retained their four-point buffer inside the top three.
It's been a weird few weeks for the Tigers – their biggest loss has been 12 points. A couple more goals here and there and they could be undefeated on five wins right now. Instead they're three and two and scrapping to get back into the top five.
Leongatha were best served by Maskell, Timothy Sauvarin, Marriott, Heppell, Nicholas Argento and Benjamin Harding.
Morwell's top contributors were Harrison McColl, Joshua Galea, Boyd Bailey, Burkeley Macfarlane, Isaac Abas and Anthony Rosato.
Sale vs Wonthaggi
Wonthaggi kept their season rolling along while putting another major dent in Sale's with a 31-point win on the Magpies' home turf.
The Power were able to shake off a persistent opposition after half time courtesy of seven goals to three across the third and fourth quarters.
The 10.12 (72) to 6.5 (41) result sees Wonthaggi retain second spot on the ladder and sees Sale in some dire straits at one and four.
Having put in a few shockers this year there was no doubting the effort from the boys in black and white this time around. Their execution? Not so much.
The Magpies struggled to impact the scoreboard as the Power began to fire up, registering no score in the third term and flattering the scoreboard a little with some consolation prizes in the fourth.
With Moe looming this week finals now appear a world away from a team that has been thereabouts for a long time without reward.
Former Collingwood Magpie Isaac Chugg was the main star for Wonthaggi, along with Fergus O'Connor, Jai Williams, Kaj Patterson, Jasper Shone and Noah Anderson.
Sale's better players included Tyson Dobson, Will and Jack Leslie, Lachie Ronchi, Shannen Lange and Benjamin Hall.
Bairnsdale vs Maffra
It was a tale of two halves at Bairnsdale City Oval as the Redlegs held off a fast-finishing Maffra to go a game clear inside the top five.
The Redlegs kept the Eagles goalless for the entire first half of their 11.9 (75) to 6.14 (50) win before the visitors fought back, kicking six goals to three past the major break.
Accuracy ultimately cruelled their efforts at an unlikely comeback, the Eagles finishing the day with the same number of scoring shots as their opposition.
It means Bairnsdale have now won three of their last four games in a solid run of form for a team searching for their first finals appearance since 2014.
Will Mitchell again seemed to bring his own footy, the ball magnet surely wearing out his name for commentators by now.
Tyran Rees (two goals), Tate Clay, Jamie Dore, Lachlan Cloak and Cooper Harvey were all similarly instrumental for the home side.
The ups and downs of a rebuild are on display for Maffra, who couldn't quite follow up their stunning upset win over Traralgon last week.
James Read, Jett Killoran, Harper Walker, Noah Christy, Zach Felsbourg and Daniel Bedggood were their best.