Highland League round-up
Saturday August 31st
Academy leave it late at the Haughs but take all 3 points
Turriff United 1 – Wick Academy 2
Wick Academy left it late to grab all three points away to
Turriff. In the first half the best chance fell to Richard Macadie but he could
not convert from eight yards. Turriff took the lead on 62 minutes when Gary
Harris acrobatically converted Gary McGowan's cross. Sub Lukasz Geruzel got the
equaliser with five minutes remaining when he got a touch on a Sam Mackay free
kick. The winner came just two minutes later when Mackay fired home a superb
twenty five yard shot.
Fort William 1 – Nairn County 5
Nairn County went nap away to Fort William. Nairn took the
lead after 12 minutes when Darren Quigg took down Connor Gethins in the box and
Gethins dusted himself down to convert the penalty. Nairn added a second just
four minutes later when a long ball found Adam Naismith and he converted at the
second attempt from 10 yards. John Mackay made sure of the points just after
the half hour mark when he met a Gethins pass to score from 10 yards. On the
stroke of home half time Gethins added his second when he curled the ball home
from the left of the box. Fort
William grabbed a consolation
on 58 minutes thanks to a fantastic finish from James Mackay. On the hour mark
Gethins added his third and Nairn's fifth from the penalty spot to complete the
scoring.
Inverurie Locos 2 – Huntly 1
Inverurie Locos were made to work hard for the three points
at home to Huntly. Huntly took the lead on 8 minutes when the Loco's defence
failed to clear an Andrej Kleczkowski free kick and he netted at the second
attempt from 6 yards. Inverurie got the equaliser in the 89th minute.
Martin Bavidge knocked down a free kick and Neil Gauld got a touch on the ball
to stick it in the top right corner. Inverurie were not finished and scored the
winner in stoppage time. David Ross cut in from the right and his pass found
Bavidge whose shot hit the post but Ross was on hand to fire home the rebound.
Keith 1 – Clachnacuddin 1
Clach left it late before grabbing a share of the spoils
away to Keith. Keith took the lead after 67 minutes when Gary McNamee dummied a
Zander Jack pass which found the unmarked Callum Dingwall and he slotted the
ball into the bottom right corner. Clach equalised deep into stoppage time
thanks to Scott Graham. A ball into the box hit off Stewart Hutchison and fell
to Graham who swept it home for the equaliser.
Cove Rangers 0 – Brora Rangers 3
Brora arguably got the result of the day away to Champions
Cove scoring three without reply. The in-form Andrew Greig opened the scoring
after just 8 minutes when got on the end of a cross from the left wing to fire
home at the back post. Brora added a second after 24 minutes. Martin Maclean's
shot was blocked and the ball fell to Ritchie Hart who fired a low shot from
the edge of the box past the keeper. Brora made sure of the points 10 minutes
before halftime when a free kick broke to Zander Sutherland and he tapped home.
Brora defended well in the second half to make sure they kept the clean sheet.
Lossiemouth 1 – Fraserburgh 1
Lossiemouth and Fraserburgh shared the points at Grant Park.
The Broch had a great chance to take the lead after 33 minutes when they were
awarded a spot kick. Grant Noble failed to score with Errol Watson saving the
kick. It was the home side who took the lead after 53 minutes. Callum Dunbar's
low free kick was met by Scott Miller and he poked the ball past the keeper.
Fraserburgh grabbed the equaliser with 15 minutes remaining when Graham Johnston
got on the end of Scott Fowlie's cross to finish from 6 yards.
Deveronvale 3 – Rothes 0
Deveronvale scored three without reply at home to Rothes.
Martin Charlesworth got the Vale off to a dream start after 3 minutes when he
fired home from 16 yards. Rothes finished the game with 9 men after Kevin
Shortreed and Sean McIntosh were both shown second yellow cards in the second
half. Deveronvale made sure of the points with 16 minutes remaining when Graham
Roger netted with a fine strike. Shaun Scott added a third from the penalty
spot with 7 minutes remaining to complete the scoring.
Strathspey Thistle 0 – Formartine United 3
Strathspey and Formartine met at Seafield Park and it was
the Pitmedden man who grabbed the 3 points. Strathspey thought they had taken
the lead in the early stages of the game but the offside flag denied Marc
MacDonald. Formartine took the lead after 35 minutes when they were awarded a penalty
for handball in the box. The deadly Cammy Keith took the penalty to score his
11th goal of the season. Formartine made sure of the points in the
last 10 minutes of the game thanks to goals from Craig McKeown and Joe Hamill.
Forres Mechanics 0 – Buckie Thistle 2
Buckie grabbed all three points away to Forres with a 2-0
win. Buckie took the lead when the impressive Aaron Conway swung a free kick
into the box and Neil Davidson smashed a header into the back of the net.
Buckie added their second and final goal just after the restart. Conway took a
low free kick from 20 yards that the normally reliable Stuart Knight failed to
hold and Craig Macmillan was on hand to tuck the ball into the empty net.
