Buckie Thistle and Rothes fight out 13-goal thriller in Highland League under-18s while Keith defeat Nairn County
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Only two games survived postponement in this weekend's Highland League U18 North card.
At Kynoch Park, Keith recorded a 4–1 win over Nairn County, but they had to wait until just before the interval to break the deadlock, David Preston scoring the opener. A Nathan Scott penalty just after the restart doubled their advantage.
Nairn could do little to stem the tide as the second half progressed as a rampant Keith netted twice more through Mylo McBain and Shayne Gordon.
The deficit was reduced in the closing stages when AJ Baird scored for Nairn, but it served as a small consolation in defeat.
A 13-goal thriller at Buckie saw the home side win 8-5 against Moray rivals Rothes.
Buckie had a 4–2 lead at the interval but their Rothes visitors did manage to pull the score back to 6–5 in the latter stages of the game. Two injury time goals made sure of the result.
Jacob Imlach (4) and Ethan Blanchard (3) and Logan Mill got the goals for Thistle, with Dylan McFadyan, Liam Munro, Kenzie Shepherd, Ross Craig and Owen Alexander netting in reply for Rothes.
Games between Ullapool and St Duthus, Forres Mechanics and Lossiemouth, and Clachnacuddin and Alness United were postponed.
