Thornton Beresfield centre Mitch Simington scored his second double in two weeks as the Bears returned from the Central Coast with a 24-14 win against Northern Lakes.
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The win cemented the Bears in top spot on the Newcastle and Hunter Community Rugby League A-grade competition ladder on 10 points with five wins from five games, one point ahead of Dora Creek.
Fingal Bay Bomboras are third on four wins and Glendale Gorillas make up four with two wins and a draw.
Michael Dent and Jye Ireland scored a try each and Kyle Handford landed four of five shots on goal.
Bears coach Pat Robards led the way taking out the players' player award. Dom Fiorenza, Zach Pursehouse and Dan Harris also had strong games.
Aberglasslyn Ants dominated proceedings in the local derby against Maitland United winning all three games by big margins.
In A-grade Ladies League Tag, the three-time defending premiers Ants eclipsed United 80-0. Aberglasslyn's women's tackle also shut-out their opponents running out 38-0 winners. In the B-grade men's game, the Ants were 54-4 winners.
The Dungog Warriors made it two from two with wins C-grade men's and B-grade LLT at Bennett Park.
Bethany Marshall scored a double in the Warriors women's 14-6 win against Mallabula Panthers. In the men's game Dungog overcame Tall Timber Cutters 32-20 to move into the top four.
