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St. Joseph's 1-17 Hunterstown Rovers 3-9

An injury-time goal from Oisin McGuinness saw St Joseph's maintain their 100% start to the Louth GAA John O'Neill Sand and Gravel Division One League campaign with victory at home to a Hunterstown side who have now lost two on the bounce.

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The visitors settled quickly with points from Aaron Levins and Sam Scott. The Joes were back on level terms through Alan Quigley and Oisin McGuinness, but a Donavan Sheridan free had Hunterstown ahead 0-3 to 0-2 at the end of the first quarter.

Rovers took the initiative when Tony McKenna scored the first goal of the game on 16 minutes, and when Ryan Ward pointed, the visitors were six points to the good.

However, the Joes responded with points from Craig Doherty, McGuinness and Jack Mulligan to bring the deficit back to 1-7 to 0-7 at halftime.

The Joes were level within five minutes of the restart, with three in a row from Oisin McGuinness, Cormac Marmion and Craig Doherty.

However, two goals in three minutes from Jamie O’Callaghan, one from a penalty, had Hunterstown ahead by 3-7 to 0-10 at the end of the third quarter.

Despite a growing wide count, the Joes again found the target with three in a row from Oisin McGuinness, Conall Smyth and Alan Quigley.

Hunterstown, with points from Ciaran Russell and Jamie Rogers, stretched their lead to five with four minutes of normal time remaining.

Four points in a row from the Joes, from Alan Quigley, Conall Smyth (2) and Conor Neary had it down to a single point game on 61 minutes. With the final play of the game, it was a dramatic late goal from Oisin McGuinness that gave the Joes victory.

St. Joseph's: Aaron Gray; Cian Sheridan, Rian Devlin, Ciaran Johnston; Ben McKeown, Gabriel Bell, Conor Neary (0-1); Killian Staunton, Oisin McGuinness (1-4); Oisin Reidy, Craig Doherty (0-2), Cormac Marmion (0-1); Conall Smyth (0-4), Jack Mulligan (0-1), Alan Quigley (0-4).

Hunterstown Rovers: Donovan Sheridan 0-2; Adam O’Reilly, Patrick Taaffe, Daithi Carroll; Colm Murphy, Shane Halpenny, Cillian Taaffe; Tony McKenna 1-0, Jason Monaghan; Ciaran Russell 0-2, Aaron Levins 0-2, James Rogers 0-1; Ryan Ward 0-2, Jamie O’Callaghan 2-0, Sam Scott.

St. Mochta's 3-15 Dundalk Gaels 0-10

St Mochta's made it three wins out of four in Division 1 when they proved too strong for Dundalk Gaels at home on Thursday evening. Liam Flaherty, Declan Byrne and Jamie Farrell all hit the net as the Louth Village side eased to a 14-point win.

The opening stages were evenly matched, with Stephen Tuohy and Tom O’Connell scoring two each as the sides were tied at four points apiece.

However, the game turned when the Mochtas scored two quick-fire goals from Farrell and Flaherty to take a firm grip on proceedings.

Cormac Smyth and Declan Byrne were among the points as the hosts led by 2-8 to 0-6, with O’Connell adding two further scores for Gaels.

Any hope of a comeback for the Dundalk men faded early in the second half as St Mochtas added their third goal of the night through Byrne. David McComish kicked two points for the Gaels, but it was all Mochtas as they ran out comfortable winners.

St. Mochta's: Daire O'Shea; Oisin Kerr, Conall Kearns, Conor McKenna; Ben Goss-Kieran, Darren McMahon, Oisin Callan; Dylan Farrell, Liam Flaherty 1-0; Conor Garland 0-1, Gerry Garland 0-2, Sean Marron; Cormac Smyth 0-6 (2p), Declan Byrne 1-5, Jamie Farrell 1-1.

Subs: Andrew Lennon for C Garland, Liam Craven for O Kerr, Liam Lawlor for L Flaherty, Sean McLoughlin for C McKenna, and Andrew Hoey for D Farrell.

Dundalk Gaels: Aaron Culligan; James Lynch, Oisin Murray, Kyle Rafferty; Cain Bromley, Luke Murray, Liam Coleman; James O’Connell, Sean Lambert; James Haughey, Jordan Keating, Conor McDonnell; Stephen Tuohy 0-2, Tom O’Connell 0-6, Jack Mullen.

Geraldines 2-13 Naomh Máirtín 1-14

Geraldines picked up their first win of the season when they edged an entertaining contest at home to Nh Mairtin on Thursday night.

In a game that was always in the balance right up to the end, the hosts had a slight advantage for most of the hour and in the end emerged deserving winners as Beanon Corrigan and Jack Traynor claimed the goals.

It was the Máirtíns who opened the scoring, but the Gers' response was emphatic as Traynor found the net inside three minutes.

Boosted by that score, the Haggardstown side added points from Danny Nordon, Brian Cafferty and Niall Brennan to lead by four.

However, just before the break, the visitors got themselves back into contention with a goal at the end of the first quarter. It was point for point for much of the remainder of a half that ended with the Geraldines leading by 1-8 to 1-7.

The home side made a bright start to the second period, and scores from David O’Connell and Thomas McNamara helped them open up a four-point lead once again.

The Jocks landed the next three points only to see Corrigan cancel out those scores with a well-taken goal on 48 minutes to make it 2-11 to 1-10.

Entering injury-time, the Máirtíns cut the gap to one with a two-pointer, but they were unable to complete the comeback as Daragh Burke kicked the last point of the game to seal victory.

Geraldines: Sean McEneaney; Tiarnan Hand 0-1, Dara O'Gradaigh, Tom Cunniffe; Gareth Neacy, Jack Traynor 1-0, Thomas McNamara 0-2; Beanon Corrigan 1-0, Brian Cafferty 0-2; Cian Spaight, Jim McEneaney, Noah Lauaki; Niall Brennan 0-1, Danny Nordon 0-4, David O’Connell 0-2.

Sub: Josh Arrowsmith, Daragh Burke 0-1.

St. Patrick's 2-14 Dreadnots 2-8

Second-half goals from Padraig Duffy and Sean Fearon helped St Patricks continue their bright start to the season as they proved too strong for Dreadnots in Lordship on Friday evening.

Victory sees the Pats leapfrog Hunterstown Rovers into second place in the table, just two points behind leaders St Joseph's.

Early points from Darren O’Hanlon, James Savage and Jack Murphy gave the hosts the advantage, only for the Dreadnots to hit back with a two-pointer from Conor Faulkner.

The Pats looked to be gaining control when Joe Connor and Sean Fearon found the target, but the visitors hit back once again to cut the gap to 0-8 to 0-7 at halftime, assisted by a two-pointer from Conor Clarke.

The peninsula side made a bright start to the second half with scores from O’Hanlon and Murphy before Padraig Duffy found the net.

Dreadnots managed only one second-half point but did raise a green flag to give themselves hope when Craig Shevlin found the net.

However, Sean Fearon pounced for the second goal to put the game beyond doubt, and his side held out despite a late penalty goal from Paraic Smith for the Dreadnots.

St. Patrick's: Martin McEneaney; Jack Elvin, Daniel Tumulty, Sean Holland; Darren O’Hanlon 0-2, Barry Dunne, Conor Grogan; Micheal O’Shaughnessy, Rory Duffy; Aidan McCann, Joe Connor 0-2, Jack Murphy 0-6; James Savage 0-1, Padraig Duffy 1-0, Sean Fearon 1-1.

Subs: Eoin O’Connor 0-2 for J Savage, Ruairi Traynor for B Dunne, Tadhg O’Connor for D O’Hanlon, Fionn Holmes for S Fearon.

Dreadnots: Dylan Cassidy; Enrique Devlin, Conor Faulkner 0-3 (2p), Aaron Scullion; Barry Faulkner, Cian McEvoy, Alex Aspell; James Califf, Calum Skinnader; Ciaran Finnegan, Paraic Smith 1-2, Conor Clarke 0-2 (2p); Conor Shevlin, Ciaran Caffrey, Calum Shevlin.

Subs: Donnacha Skinnader for C McEvoy, Craig Shevlin 1-0  for C Caffrey, Ciaran Cunningham for Conor Shevlin, Jay Hughes 0-1 for Calum Shevlin, Dean Hyland for C Clarke, Donnacha Hodgins for J Hughes.

Cooley Kickhams 0-20 Mattock Rangers 1-17

Cooley Kickhams struck a late point to earn a share of the spoils with Mattock Rangers in an entertaining game at Fr McEvoy Park on Thursday evening.

A second-half goal from Oisin McKenna looked to have propelled the visitors to their second win of the season, but in the end, they had to settle for a draw after the Kickhams hit back.

In a high-scoring encounter, Ben McKenna finished with an impressive tally of eight points for Mattock, but that effort was trumped by Cian Connor, who landed 11 for the hosts.

Connor was assisted by scores from Emmet Duffy (4), Michael Rafferty and Niall Morgan, while Liam Flynn and Cathal Fleming contributed three apiece for the Collon men.

The fine display of scoring ensured that it was a close contest throughout, with the teams level on a number of occasions, including at half-time when they went in at ten points apiece.

Cooley Kickhams: Niall Brady; Ronan McBride, Darren Marks, Dylan Clarke; Tiernan Hanniffy, Gerry Malone, Oran McAnerney; Jack Long 0-1, Niall Morgan 0-2; Dean McGreehan, Michael Rafferty 0-2, Sean Hoey; Cian Connor 0-11, Emmet Duffy 0-4, Joseph Hanlon.

Subs: Brian Boyle, Fearghal Malone.

Mattock Rangers: Stephen Smith; Rian Hickey, Killian Hickey, Ben Quaile; Eoin McCloskey, Shane Maguire, Liam Flynn 0-3; Ben McKenna 0-8, Ben Watters 0-1; Tom Grimes, Adrian Reid, Jack Thompson 0-1; Cathal Fleming 0-3, Oisin McKenna 1-1, James Caraher.

St. Mary's 3-17 Newtown Blues 1-17

Three first-half goals laid the foundations for St Mary's to secure a six-point victory at home to Newtown Blues on Friday night.

Daire McConnon, Conor Gillespie and Liam Jackson all found the net for the hosts to ensure they made it two wins on the bounce following victory over Hunterstown the previous week.

Newtown Blues battled to get back into the match in the second half but once again saw their efforts fall short as they fell to a fifth successive defeat.

That first half treble saw the Ardee men lead by 3-7 to 0-6, and the break, but the Blues fought back with a second half goal from sub Sean Cummins, while Jamie Kelly, Niall Devlin and Alan Connor were among the scorers on the night.

However, St Mary's did enough to preserve their lead with important scores coming from subs Keelin Martin, Lorcan Buckley, Robbie Leavy and Josh Taaffe.

St. Mary's: Gavin Douglas; Conor Keenan, Paraic McKenny, Fionn Coyle; Flynn Markey, Kian Moran, Liam Jackson 1-3; Eimhin Keenan, Cillian Keenan; Carl Gillespie 0-2, Jonathan Commins, Andy Murphy; Daire McConnon 1-3, Conor Gillespie 1-2, Ronan Carroll 0-2.

Subs: Keelin Martin 0-1 for K Moran, Lorcan Buckley 0-1 for A Murphy, Tadhg Caffrey for P McKenny,  Robbie Leavy 0-1 for E Keenan, Josh Taaffe 0-2 for J Commins.

Newtown Blues: Dean O’Neill; Dan McArdle, Alan Connor 0-2, Joey Nally; Iollan Farrell, Ian Connor, Jamie Kelly 0-4 (2p); Johnny McDonnell 0-2, Conor Branigan; Niall Devlin 0-3, Euan Hoban, Eoin Branigan; Ryan Nugent 0-2, Conor Moore 0-2, Liam Branigan 0-2.

Subs: Colm Judge for I Connor, Flynn Richardson for E Hoban, Sean Cummins 1-0 for E Branigan.