By Aidan Hopson
Linthwaite Athletic maintained the pressure on Holmbridge at the top of Division 1 with a 3-1 win over AFC Lindley with goals from Ernest Boafo, Oliver Taylor and Max Morley.
Bottom club Shepley were relegated losing 8-2 at home to Slaithwaite United. Damian Sykes and Scott Sykes scored for the home side whilst Ryan Patterson (three), Ben Boulton, Samuel Moore, Dominik Moorhouse and James Edwards (two) scored for Slawit.
Jack Woods hit a hat-trick for Skelmanthorpe in their 6-3 defeat at Fothergill and Whittles. Nathan Eastwood (four), Kieran Mayall (three) and Conor Clarke scored as Heywood Irish Centre blitzed Dalton Dynamos 8-3.
Dareece Siddique hit a 94th minute winner as Division 2 leaders Deighton overcame a dogged Diggle 2-1 at Churchill playing fields. Siddique opened the scoring for Deighton with Greg Dobb equalising.
Kirkheaton Rovers stay second on goal difference with goals from Gavin Armitage (two), Robert Holroyd (two) and Jacob Buchanon in a 5-1 win over Brook Motors. Edward Hill scored for the Motors
Joe Fitzpatrick, Callum Townend and Elliott Wilkinson scored for Huddersfield Laund Hill in their 3-1 win over Kirkburton with Sam Ellis scoring for Burton.
Jason Evans hit four for Moorside in their 5-3 win over Holme Valley Academicals with Simranpal Punia and Owen Sutton (two) scoring for the Accies.
Ryan Burchael (two), Alex Vickerman, Adam Lightowlers and Michael Carter scored for Netherton in their 5-3 win over Cumberworth. The win puts them third, level on points with Kirkheaton, with three games in hand.
In Division 3 Lewis Barden hit five as Hade Edge beat bottom club Fenton United 10-1. Brighouse Athletic with goals from Chris Ashton (two), Perry Connor (two) Clayton Smith and Jonathan Jones beat Mount 6-1 with George Bailey scoring for Mount.
Conor Durkin, James Thorpe, Ewan Ladley and Chris Talbot scored as AFC Volunteers beat Marsden 5-1.
In reserves section Division 1, Berry Brow kept up the pressure on leaders Fothergill and Whittles with a 12-0 win over Heywood Irish Centre. Deighton remain third, three points behind following their 5-2 win over Cumberworth.
Ephraim Isekolemo, Anthony Docherty and Lawal Lawal (two) scored for Berry Brow A as they stay second in Division 2 beating Linthwaite Athletic A 4-1.
Skelmanthorpe with goals from Jordan Geldart (two), Lewis Haigh and James Slater beat bottom club Netherton A 4-0. Bradley Howe (two), Thomas Sharpe and James English scored as Slaithwaite United beat Brook Motors 4-1.
Dalton Dynamos Thirds completed their Division 3 campaign with a 12-0 win over bottom club Mount. Jermaine Edwards and Terry Murphy scored for Honley in their 7-2 defeat at Wooldale Wanderers.
In the Huddersfield FA Trophy Sam Carr (two) and Will Reeves scored as Holmbridge booked their place in the semi-finals with a 3-1 win over Fothergill & Whittles Thirds. Jonny Morgan scored for Meltham Athletic as they went out of the trophy losing 4-1 to Linthwaite Athletic.
The semi-final line-up for the FA Trophy is: Linthwaite Athletic Reserves v Holmbridge Reserves on Saturday April 15 and Berry Brow Reserves v Berry Brow A on Saturday April 22.
