They sealed the title on Saturday with a 3-0 home win over Lossiemouth in their final game.

The city club pipped defending champions Keith, who had to settle for second place despite beating Fraserburgh 2-1 thanks to goals by Martin Wood and substitute Mike Fyfe.

Deveronvale lost 3-2 at Wick but could still leapfrog Buckie Thistle and finish third if they win their last game.

Rothes continued their bright end to the season with a 2-1 win at Brora where Kris Duncan and Kenny Hendry were on target.

Results:

Brora 1 Rothes 2
Cove 3 Lossiemouth 0
Fort William 0 Inverurie Locos 13
Huntly 0 Nairn County 3
Keith 2 Fraserburgh 1
Wick 3 Deveronvale 2

Cove and Inverurie contest the Fosters Highland League Cup final on Saturday. Rothes will round off their league season at home to Fort William.

	HIGHLAND	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Cove Rangers	28	19	7	2	85	33	52	64
2	Keith	28	18	7	3	80	27	53	61
3	Buckie Thistle	28	17	6	5	54	24	30	57
4	Deveronvale	27	16	7	4	78	32	46	55
5	Fraserburgh	27	16	3	8	63	40	23	51
6	Inverurie Loco	28	15	4	9	67	39	28	49
7	Huntly	28	13	6	9	60	44	16	45
8	Forres Mech	28	13	5	10	67	46	21	44
9	Nairn County	28	12	4	12	44	49	-5	40
10	Clach	28	10	7	11	49	50	-1	37
11	Wick Academy	27	8	5	14	46	58	-12	29
12	Lossiemouth	28	4	5	19	22	66	-44	17
13	Rothes	27	4	4	19	42	75	-33	16
14	Brora Rangers	28	4	4	20	29	74	-45	16
15	Fort William	26	1	0	25	15	144	-129	3

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