Melton returned to the winners list in the Ballarat Football League with a confidence boosting win against East Point on Saturday.
The Bloods put out one of its best performances in weeks to get the job done against the second placed Kangaroos.
The Bloods jumped out of the blocks and led by 26 points at the first break.
East Point responded in the second and third quarters to turn the deficit into a five point lead heading into the final quarter.
The Kangaroos got the first quarter of the final break to take the margin out to 13 points, before the Bloods leaders stepped up.
Braedan Kight and Liam Carter kicked back-to-back goals to reduce the margin to one point.
Jacob Brown responded for the Kangaroos before Kight kicked the last two goals of the match to seal a 13.7 (85)-12.7 (7) win for the Bloods.
Carter finished with five goals for the match, while Kight kicked three.
Harrison Hanley, Liam and Ryan Carter, and Jack Walker were named the Bloods best.
The Bloods remain fourth on the ladder, but are now two games off second spot.
Meanwhile, Bacchus Marsh’s hold on a finals spot is looking shaky after a loss to Ballarat.
It was the Cobras that started the better of the two sides, before the Swans did much of the attacking the middle two quarters to lead by 16 points heading into the final break.
It was a shootout in the final quarter with the Bloods kicking eight goals to four in the final quarter to come away with a 16.9 (105)-10.8 (68) win.
Luke Goetz, Jake McCreery and Josh Huxtable were named the Cobras best.
The Cobras slip to sixth spot, with Ballarat now just two points behind.
Elsewhere, ladder leaders Darley had a 16.15 (111)-6.10 (46) win against Sebastopol.
