The home side defeated Laharum at North Park on Saturday, 11.16 (82) to 10.11 (71). 

It was a back-and-forth game and it appeared one end of the oval was the place to earn a score.

The Mountain Men led by five points after the first quarter.

The Baggies bounced back in the second quarter, managing four majors. 

Laharum stamped its name on the match after the lead changed again in the third quarter, leading by 15 points. 

The game turned again when the Baggies took the lead and managed to defeat the Mountain Men in the final term. 

Baggies coach Scott Carey said the win was massive for the club and for the direction it was going. 

“We haven’t beaten Laharum since the 2014 grand final – this is huge for the club,” he said. 

“I think it was the belief in the players… they thought they could win it. They kept working, kept running (and) even when they blew up, they went at it again.” 

Carey said he knew how Laharum would play and ordered his troops to match the intensity. 

“We pressured really well and we knew Laharum would do the same,” he said. 

Carey said he reiterated where the side was at during his three-quarter-time address. 

“I expressed belief and I knew with the young group we had, we could run the game out,” he said.

“(But Laharum) definitely matched us all day.”

A dampener on the affair was the injury to Ryan Folkes, who went off in the first term after landing awkwardly on his ankle.

Matthew Healy, Ben Taylor, Seth Blake, Corey Prydderch, Zachary Armer and Cody Virgona stood up in victory for the Swifts. 

Laharum coach Todd Heynen said the game could have gone either way.

“There was one scoring end, which was strange, because there wasn’t much of a breeze,” he said. 

“We were disappointed (to lose) because we were on top in the third (quarter).” 

Heynen believes the side lost because it didn’t stick to its game plan throughout the encounter.

“We had a huge amount of turnovers which played into their hands,” he said. 

“Our execution was very poor (and) our transition from defence to attack was poor, too. In the third quarter, we played the Laharum way – strong and physical – and I think everyone went into their shells in the final quarter.” 

Tom Crawford, Heynen, Angus Martin, Robert Miller, Daniel Griffiths and Kane Mason were listed as Laharum’s best.