Highland League round-up: Brechin City end Buckie Thistle's 29-game unbeaten run, Keith concede eight and Lossiemouth and Forres Mechanics win
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Buckie Thistle's remarkable 29-match Highland League unbeaten run has been ended by Brechin City.
Jags travelled to Glebe Park, where they last tasted a league defeat in October last year, and lost 1-0 to an early Grady McGrath goal.
Graeme Stewart's side had won 28 and drawn one of their last 29 league contests but Brechin made it five wins out of five this season.
They were joined on maximum points by Brora Rangers who won 4-0 at Rothes with goals by Andy Macrae (2), Tony Dingwall (pen) and Max Ewan.
Lossiemouth built on their superb North Cup win over Forres with a comeback victory in the league at home to Wick Academy.
Trailing to Gordon MacNab's 47th minute penalty, the Coasters came good in the final 15 minutes with strikes by Liam Archibald and Adam MacLeod, the Buckie loan striker netting an 87th minute winner.
Forres made it four wins out of five in the lead by adding to Huntly's miserable league start.
Goals by Martin Groat, Ben Barron and Ethan Cairns earns Cans a 3-0 win to leave the visitors still looking for their first league win.
Keith crashed to an 8-0 defeat at Banks O' Dee while Fraserburgh went one better, seven different players scoring including a Scott Barbour hat-trick in a 9-0 success at Strathspey Thistle.
Turriff United continued their good start with a fine 4-1 win at Clach.
Aaron Reid hit a double to make it seven goals for the season while Ewan Clark added to his five-goal midweek haul with one more, and Liam Cheyne also netted for Turra with Ben Cormack grabbing a Clach consolation.
Deveronvale twice came from behind for a 2-2 draw at Nairn County, who are also looking for their first win of the season.
Scott Davidson and Ciaran Young twice had County ahead with Dane Ballard and Jamie Tinnock replying for Vale, who also missed a penalty through Ballard.
Inverurie Locos and Formartine United drew 1-1 at Harlaw Park. A Ryan Spink own goal had Locos in front early in the second half but Julian Wade's seventh strike of the season late in the game restored parity.
