Caithness Ladies’ league season ended with a 6-1 defeat to Sutherland on the day Buckie were deposed as champions by Ross County’s development side.
Wick Academy will put their patchy league form to one side as they head to Aberdeenshire for their first Scottish Cup away tie in three years.
Manager Tom McKenna is still on the lookout for fresh faces to bolster the Thurso squad, admitting: “We knew it wasn’t going to be an overnight fix.”
The opening weeks of the North Caledonian League campaign have reinforced Ewan McElroy’s belief that it will be a fiercely competitive title race.
Caithness Ladies can have a say in who wins the SWF Highlands and Islands League when they play their last match of the season against Sutherland.
Coach Steve Bain declared that “the result reflected our performance” after Caithness United under-16s eased to an impressive 7-2 victory over Alness.
Gary Manson lamented Wick Academy’s habit of “gifting goals right, left and centre” after they were beaten 4-3 by Forres Mechanics at the weekend.
Anglers head to face champions.
Scorries lose at Dudgeon Park.
They will look to win their first north derby in nine years.