North Canberra-Gungahlin have been knocked over for just 46 to record the club's second lowest total in Douglas Cup history.
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Tuggeranong ripped through the Norths top order to all but wrap up the minor premiership on day one of their two-day match at Chisholm Oval on Saturday.
Adam Ritchard was the chief destroyer for the ladder leaders, finishing with 6-7 from just 8.3 overs after Norths recovered from 7-17 in the early going.
The last three wickets fell for zero runs, but by that stage Norths had scrambled to reach 46, almost 13 months to the day since Tuggeranong were rolled for 17 against Weston Creek Molonglo.
Tuggeranong captain Shane Devoy only needed three bowlers to get the job done, with outgoing English import Charlie Morris claiming 4-33 (7), and Johnathon Whiteoak bowling one wicketless over.
As Ritchard picked up a bag of early wickets he struggled to comprehend what was going on.
"It felt pretty surreal," Ritchard said.
"Cricket's a funny game but there's not usually too many days like that, where you bowl a side out within that amount of overs. Everyone was like 'Wow, is this actually happening?'"
Tuggeranong began the day with bat in hand where half-centuries to Michael Barrington-Smith (59) and Devoy (50) lifted them to 234.
With around 20 overs left in the day's play when they went out to bowl, Tuggeranong were eyeing a decent start with the ball that could set them up for a victory next week.
As it turned out, they only needed 16.3 overs to get the first innings win, and the batsmen were back at it to finish the day at 0-21.
"I certainly don't think the openers would have been expecting to get another hit," Ritchard said.
"Sometimes cricket is a bit like that, when one team gets some momentum it can be hard to stop that, when wickets are falling pretty quickly."
With the top three spots on the competition ladder seemingly sewn up by Tuggeranong, Creek, and Wests-UC, two other sides will resume on day two locked in a shootout for fourth.
With the victor almost guaranteed a semi-final berth, Ginninderra looked as though they had a foot in the door after they skittled Queanbeyan for 169.
Tigers skipper Michael Delaney (5-19) and Jak Willcox (3-20) did the damage, but the notion of missing all three finals series in one season didn't sit well with the Bluebags' bowlers.
Ginninderra were 5-56, before steadying to finish on 5-84. The match is evenly poised with each side halfway towards their target.
ANU's slim finals chances took a hit against Eastlake, with five batsman trudging back to the pavilion without a run to their name as they were rolled for 121.
Meanwhile, Wests are making a case for a home semi-final in their match against Creek, trailing by 135 runs with eight wickets in hand.
Wests bowler Robbie van Aalst picked up 4-65 in his second first grade match of the season as the hosts folded for 225. The Lions will resume at 2-90 on day two.
AT A GLANCE
Cricket ACT Douglas Cup - WESTON CREEK MOLONGLO 225 (M Bennett 59, J Rogers 43; R van Aalst 4-65, T Engelbrecht 2-12) v WESTS-UC 2-90 (M Condon 49*, T Valeri 18; H Medhurst 2-33), TUGGERANONG VALLEY 234 and 0-21 (M Barrington-Smith 59, S Devoy 50; L Rutzou 3-40, B Kwong 2-53) bt NORTH CANBERRA-GUNGAHLIN 46 (L Rutzou 22, B Taylor 10; A Ritchard 6-7, C Morris 4-33), ANU 121 (D Leerdam 47, M Wakefield 31; M Spaseski 4-20, N Wood 4-23) v EASTLAKE, QUEANBEYAN 168 (V Dukoski 66, L Shavakkumar 30; M Delaney 5-19, J Willcox 3-20) v GINNINDERRA 5-84 (R Healy 26*, M Delaney 18*; V Dukoski 2-35, H Starr 1-5).
