Vale of Lune 2nd 10 Bolton 2nd 26 Bolton seconds did themselves no harm in their bid for a top five finish.
But it was the Lancaster side which scored first.
Great hits by Jamie Henderson and Stephen Beesley made sure Vale could only score in the corner, resulting in the conversion being missed.
The visitors showed why they are one of the best teams in the league, pressing into the Vale of Lune's half where the hosts were forced to concede a penalty.
This allowed to get Jez Rees outside his man and he powered on to score under the posts. Chris Turner converted making it 12-5 to Bolton.
Bolton scored more tries with centres Matthew Hurst and Phil Caswell powering over for tries. Bolton were 26-5 in front at the interval.
Vale of Lune took advantage as Bolton's Phil Caswell was sin-binned for being consistently off-side, with the host's winger scoring the in the corner.
Wigan 4th 5 Bolton 4th 0 A single try was the deciding factor allowing Wigan to avenge a defeat at the hands of Bolton in the reverse fixture earlier in the season.
Wigan started the brighter, putting pressure on the Bolton line, but good defence kept the hosts at bay.
Bolton's Dave Evans had an outstanding game. But it was clear by the second-half it was clear that one try would settle the game.
It came the way of Wigan five minutes from the end, and try as they did, Bolton could not get back on level terms Bolton U-15s 14 Sedgley Park 32 The hosts were always going to struggle with their skipper on Lancashire duty and two more players unavailable.
They found themselves 7-0 down within two minutes of the kick-off after Sedgley turned over the ball and went under the posts for a converted try.
Bolton's pack came out second best in the contact areas and Sedgley increased their advantage with two more converted tries.
Bolton came back after the interval to reduce the arears to 17-7 with in form Seb Stevens crossing under the posts and the conversion provided by Andy Crimmins. Sedgley scored again, but Stevens countered by pouncing on a crunching tackle from Rhys Pritchard with a converted try which rescued much pride.
l Bolton Under-12s traveelled to the Vale of Lune tournament. Bolton ended up in a "group of death" and were beaten 14-0 by an excellent Widnes side. But they made up for the disappointment by beating Fleetwood 21-0. The scorers were Matthew Stott (2) and Sebastian Reilly.
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