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Non-league round-up: Kidderminster Harriers and Stourbridge held to draws

 

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Kidderminster Harriers twice blew a one-goal lead as they settled for a 2-2 draw against Buxton at Aggborough in the National League North.

Maziar Kouhyar propelled Harriers into a 36th-minute lead when his back post volley just crossed the line. 

Connor Kirby levelled for Buxton just past the hour but Amari Morgan-Smith restored Kidderminster's lead from the spot three minutes later after he was upended inside the box by Finn Delap. 

Substitute Diego De Girolamo struck a sweet volley into the bottom corner to snatch a point as Harriers dropped to ninth-place but extended their unbeaten run to five league games. 

Stourbridge were held to a goalless stalemate against rock bottom Biggleswade Town in the Southern League Premier Division Central. 

Alex Worley crashed an effort against the post before Jack Berman expertly denied Worley and Alex Moore. Stourbridge had one final chance in stoppage time but Vladimiro Martins-Pairo headed agonisingly wide of the target. 

"It's becoming a theme and we should have won the game. But we need to take our chances and we didn't do that, particularly in the first half," Stourbridge boss Liam McDonald said. 

"Their keeper made a couple of good saves and we had a great chance at the end where our player only had to nod the ball in but it went wide. Some of the players will need to do better because we need to be winning these home games against teams we are capable of beating."

Meanwhile, Halesowen made it back-to-back wins after Kieran Donnelly's stoppage time decider guided them to a 2-1 home triumph over Spalding United. 

Halesowen frontman Jordan Ponticelli was denied from the spot before Connor Tomlinson fired Spalding ahead inside 12 minutes. 

Ponticelli redeemed himself by hauling Halesowen level 13 minutes from time and Donnelly completed the comeback with the winning goal in the fourth minute of added time. 

Lye Town were reduced to 10-men as they sunk to the foot of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands with a 3-1 defeat against Rugby Town. Matt Gardner cancelled out Josh Thomas' first half opener but Trey Charles bagged a brace to condemn Lye to a fourth straight defeat. 

Chasetown registered back-to-back wins to climb into sixth-place as Joe Dunne, Lewi Burnside and Will Saxon scored in a 3-2 success at Runcorn Linnets to extend their unbeaten run to five league games.

Sporting Khalsa saw their six-match winning streak in the league ended after losing 2-0 at Coventry Sphinx courtesy of goals from Roan Newey and Iddriss Fuseini. 

Darlaston Town blew a two-goal lead in their 2-2 draw at Wellingborough Town after first half goals from Tyler Bruck and Harry Chesterton were cancelled out by second half strikes from Danny Draper and Joseph Blowers.

Elsewhere, Stafford Rangers' home game against Wythenshawe Town was postponed in the Northern Premier League.