The respective leaders of Katandra and Nagambie stood up to be counted in a crucial round 11 Haisman Shield contest, with plenty of Cricket Shepparton finals implications on the line.
After his side posted 185 on day one, Nagambie skipper Mark Nolan took the bit between his teeth at the weekend and helped bowl his troops to success, sending down 25 overs in the heat of the day.
Katandra was unable to score from a dozen of those, while Nolan struck five times to finish with figures of 5-37 in a winning side.
After the Eagles had worked hard to reach 3-97, Josh Sanderson removed Scott Richardson (20 from 91 deliveries) to kick-start a middle order collapse.
Nolan got Andrew Riordan and Ray Ireland in consecutive deliveries before also ousting Hadleigh Sirett (four from 22) and key man Jedd Wright to have the home side on the ropes at 8-137.
Wright's wicket was the death knell for Katandra's innings after the skipper had provided the bulk of his side's scoring.
In a 119-ball knock, Wright hit 13 boundaries - including one maximum - and reached 82 before being caught behind.
When combined with his 6-64 and a run-out on day one of the contest it was an all-round herculean effort from Wright that ultimately went unrewarded.
Brayden Biggs cleaned up the tail for the Lakers with 3-35 to have the Eagles all out for 148 in the 62nd over.
Ben Clurey (18 from 47) joined Wright and Richardson as the only batsmen to reach double figures for the home side in the defeat, which now has just six points separating second to sixth on the Haisman Shield table.
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