BARNSLEY RUFC's men won 19-12 at home to Hornsea in Yorkshire Division Three, having lost the previous four games.
The tries came from Simon Lau, Kuziva Manzani and Dan Eaden who added two conversions.
They moved up two places to sixth and have 32 points from 16 games. They have four games to play starting at home to second-bottom Castleford on Saturday.
Barnsley Ladies pulled out of their game at title-challengers Sale in Championship North One on Saturday.
They are eighth out of ten teams, with three matches remaining starting at home to West Park Leeds on Saturday.
Wath made it 13 straight wins with a 76-9 victory at bottom club Leodiensian in Yorkshire Division One.
They are top, level on points with Dinnington with five games remaining.
Ryan Burrows and Sean Hopper scored hat-tricks, Alex Pegg and Anthony Davies added two each and there were tries for James Thompson and Pat Selkirk. The eight conversions were split equally by Jack Whitlam and Dave Laycock. Tom Smith made his first team debut and has been selected for Yorkshire under 20s.
Wath are now due to visit Harrogate Pythons on Saturday.
Wortley are due to play at home to Knottingley in Yorkshire Division Four on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Wath Academy student Ben Smith played for England under 18s against France this week.
He scored a try but France were 63-33 winners at Chinnor.
Ben has impressed this season with the Yorkshire Rugby Academy.
