A late Paul Esslemont goal booked Huntly an Aberdeenshire Shield Quarter-Final home tie with Turriff United with a 3-2 victory over junior side Aberdeen University.
Huntly got off to a great start with two goals inside the first five minutes.
In the third minute, Reece McKeown’s cross came back off the bar and dropped kindly for the returning Declan Milne to tap in at the back post.
Two minutes later, Kai Ross slipped the ball in for Milne and he ran on to beat goalkeeper Frederick Bjerregaard at his near post.
The Uni pulled one back in the tenth minute when Ross Clark’s corner picked out Caleb Ogwuru whose initial attempt was blocked before Christian Lechner fired home.
Ross Clark would find the side-netting in the 21st minute while team mate Kurtis Turek fired wide from outside the box. Euan Storrier kept the visitors out shortly after with a stop against Ogwuru.
Just on the half-time whistle, Reece McKeown lobbed just over the crossbar as Huntly came close again.
The junior side levelled things in the 54th minute when Caleb Ogwuru got in behind the home defence and ignored offside claims to chip the ball over Euan Storrier to equalise.
Ross Still saw a header cleared off the line in the 75th following a Cai Matthew corner kick.
Still was again denied just three minutes later after he got his head to a Glenn Murison cross.
With just over four minutes remaining, a Cai Matthew free kick was played into the feet of substitute Paul Esslemont who fired home for the winner.
