Mowi National Division
Strathglass 9 Oban Celtic 0 Strathglass left Oban Celtic still looking for their first points of the season with a comfortable 9-0 win their 3pm throw-up at Cannich.
Strathglass played well in the game although Oban Celtic travelled light with their absentees including Lewis Mcphee, Michael MacKinnon, Duncan MacDonald, Jamie Forgrieve, Scott Dempster and George MacMillan, and Lennon Campbell only able to take a place on the bench where he was an unused substitute.
In an ominous sign of things to come, Strathglass had the ball in the net within seconds of throw-up but the effort was ruled out for offside.
The home side took early control of the game though with Penri Jones scoring on three minutes and 13 minutes, either side of Steven Hyslop’s 10-minute strike.
Penri Jones was striking the ball well and he completed his hat-trick on 32 minutes with Michael Stokes opening his account just three minutes later to make it 5-0 at the break.
Michael Stokes and Steven Hyslop both got their second goals on 52 minutes and 58 minutes respectively to make it 7-0. When a strike from distance deflected off Dylan Cooke’s club into the Oban Celtic net on 65 minutes it pretty much summed up the visitors Celtic’s day.
Michael Stokes rounded off the scoring, completing his hat-trick on 82 minutes to make the final score 9-0.
Skye Camanachd 2 Beauly 2 Title contenders Skye Camanachd and Beauly drew 2-2 at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree.
There was a return to Skye after a four-year spell with Kyles Athletic for Neil MacVicar and he started on the bench. Somhairle MacDonald and Taylor Matheson were missing.
Beauly opted to play top scorer Ryan MacKay at buckshee back to help snuff out Skye’s attacking threat.
Skye were quickly out of the blocks and they took the lead with only just over a minute on the clock. Jordan Murchison drew three Beauly defenders and appeared to be impeded but still managed to force the ball towards the D where Danny Morrison beat keeper MacKay Murray to make it 1-0.
Euan MacCormick’s equaliser on 31 minutes came against the run of play with the youngster’s low shot bouncing over home keeper Murphy Henderson’s foot.
Beauly took the lead a couple of minutes later. David MacLean got past his marker and although Murphy Henderson saved MacLean’s shot, the rebound rose into the air and Conor Ross got to the ball first to score.
Skye made changes at the interval with Neil MacVicar coming on at full centre and, with Ross Gordon and Iain MacLellan involved in the move, James Pringle ran in to make it 2-2 on 70 minutes.
Both sides had chances to win during the final 20 minutes with Iain MacLellan spurning an opportunity for Skye and Sean Stewart shooting just wide at the death for Beauly.
The sides meet again at the same venue in the cottages. com MacTavish Cup quarter-finals on Saturday 16 April.
Lochaber P Aberdour P Lochaber’s clash with Aberdour at Spean Bridge was a Covid-related postponement.