Champions earn the points at Lossie
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CHAMPIONS Forres Mechanics got the first league win of the season under their belts with a strong second half showing at Lossiemouth.
Goals from Scott Lawrie, Ryan Green and Nathan Sharp earned them a 3-0 win at Grant Park.
However, Lossie can consider themselves a little unfortunate after a spirited performance against the Can-Cans.
They were the better team in the first half and hit the crossbar with a header from Jamie McKinnon.
Ricky Wardrop missed a great chance to fire Lossie ahead two minutes into the second half when he was clean through on goal but fired over the bar.
Forres swept straight up the park and took the lead through Lawrie, his second goal in two games.
Kevin Grant had a great chance to level on 54 minutes after a neat ball from Liam Archibald put him through with just Stuart Knight to beat. However, Grant tried to steer the ball home with the outside of his left foot and screwed the chance wide.
Lossie were made to pay moments later when they failed to defend properly from a corner and Green powered home a near post header from Simon Allan's delivery.
Forres killed the game 14 minutes from the end when another Allan corner was headed across goal by Lawrie and Nathan Sharp came steaming in at the far post to nod home.
Lossie never gave up and hit the crossbar with a wind assisted Garry McDonald free kick.
"We had quality in the last third in the second half," said Forres boss Charlie Rowley.
Lossie counterpart Kevin Walker said: "I am gutted for the boys. We competed well against the champions and I thought we deserved a point."
Huntly continued their 100% start to the season with a fine 3-1 win at Nairn County.
Russell Guild (16) and new Polish striker Lukasz Stasiak (43) put them 2-0 up at the break.
Robbie Duncanson pulled one back for Nairn early in the second half by Guild struck again late on to seal the points.
Keith were 4-2 winners over Rothes but needed a last minute Sean Keith goal to kill off the Speysiders.
Brother Cammy Keith (30,68,72) fired a hat-trick for the home side, with Stuart Massie (19) and Sean McIntosh (84) on target for the visitors.
Buckie slumped to their second consecutive defeat, going down 2-1 at Wick.
Zander Sutherland opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 24 minutes but Lukasz Geruzel (29) levelled before David Allan (77) fired the winner.
Elsewhere there were wins for Formartine, Fraserburgh and Deveronvale, while Brora and Cove Rangers finished 1-1 and Clach and Inverurie Locos shared the points in a six goal thriller.
