Louth GAA club | Division One League round-up
Late Alan Quigley two-pointers helped the Joes edge a tight encounter with the Jocks
St Mochtas 0-17 Newtown Blues 1-14
Newtown Blues got off the mark in Louth GAA John O'Neill Sand and Gravel Division One League at the seventh attempt when they held St Mochtas to a draw in Louth Village on Saturday evening.
Eoin McCoy was the hero for the Drogheda men as his late point saw his side pick up their first point of the season, but the Blues still remain at the foot of the table.
There was little to choose between the teams throughout the game, and there was no separating them at the break as they went in level at the break at nine points apiece.
It was the same story in the second half, but just when it looked as if the Mochtas might hang on for the victory, McCoy levelled the game with the final score.
Ryan Nugent scored the only goal of the game for the Blues, while Johnny McDonnell’s two two-pointers were crucial, along with points from Ian Connor and Jamie Kelly.
Gerry Garland top-scored for the hosts with five points, while Jamie Farrell and Declan Byrne were also among the points.
St Mochtas: Rory O Kane; Oisin Kerr, Conor McKenna, Andrew Lennon; Ben Goss, Kieran 0-3, Darren McMahon, Oisin Callan 0-1; Decky Byrne 0-3, Conall Kearns; Sean Marron, Jamie Farrell 0-4, Daniel Craven; Cormac Smyth 0-1, Gerry Garland 0-5, Liam Craven.
Sub: Liam Lawlor for O Kerr.
Newtown Blues: Ronan Brown; Dan McArdle, Alan Connor, Joey Nally; Iollan Farrell, Ian Connor 0-2, Jamie Kelly 0-2; Johnny McDonnell 0-4 (2x2p), Ryan Kelly; Eoin Branigan, Liam Branigan 0-1, Sean Cummins; Euan Hoban, Eoin McCoy 0-4, Ryan Nugent 1-0.
Geraldines 1-16 St Patrick’s 1-16
Jack Murphy landed an injury-time point to see St. Patrick's snatch a draw with Geraldines at Haggardstown on Saturday night.
It looked as if the Gers were going to make it four wins on the bounce when a late goal and point saw them edge in front.
However, the visitors battled to the final whistle and rescued a point for their efforts.
In a game that was evenly balanced throughout, the Pats got off to a bright start with an Eoin O’Connor goal on seven minutes, coming between points from Sean Fearon and Aidan McCann.
The hosts hit back in the second quarter and were rewarded when they cut the halftime deficit to 1-7 to 0-8.
The early stages of the second half saw Jack Murphy raise an orange flag in response to a Gers two-pointer, and when Eoin O’Connor did likewise on 55 minutes, it looked as if the Pats were on course for another victory.
However, the late goal saw the momentum switch back to the Gers, only for Murphy to have the final say with the late leveller.
St Patricks: Martin McEneaney; Sean Holland, Daniel Tumulty, Jack Elvin; Conor Grogan, Micheal O’Shaughnessy, Darren O’Hanlon; Jack Murphy 0-7 (2p), Rory Duffy; James Savage, Eoin O’Connor 1-3 (2p), Padraig Duffy; Aidan McCann 0-4, Joe Connor, Sean Fearon 0-2.
Subs: Ruairi Traynor for R Duffy, Tadhg O’Connor for J Savage, Tom McCann for P Duffy, Joe Holland for D O’Hanlon.
Dundalk Gaels 1-15 Cooley Kickhams 0-12
Dundalk Gaels ended a run of three Division 1 games without a win when they recorded a six-point victory at home to Cooley Kickhams on Saturday night.
The visitors went into the game fresh from a confidence-boosting victory in the peninsula derby, but were unable to replicate that form as they paid the price for a disappointing first half.
The Dundalk men began well with points from Gerard McSorley and James O’Connell, but in between, they needed Aaron Culligan’s penalty save to keep them in front.
The hosts dominated the half with points from Jordan Keating and Tom O’Connell helping them to a 0-10 to 0-3 at the break.
Culligan was called upon to make another impressive save at the start of the second half as Cooley battled to get back into the game with two two-pointers.
However, Gaels remained in control, and a goal from Jack Mullen, along with late points from Tony McDonnell and McSorley, settled the issue.
On a disappointing night for his side, Cian Connor top-scored with four points, while Fearghal Malone, Fionn O’Reilly, Joseph Hanlon and Michael Rafferty all scored two apiece.
Dundalk Gaels: Aaron Culligan; Kyle Rafferty, Oisin Murray, Alan Jumbo; Liam Coleman, Luke Murray, Paddy O’Connell; James O’Connell 0-1, Sean Murray; Jordan Keating 0-4 (2p), Tony McDonnell 0-1, Jack Mullen 1-1; Chris Sweeney, Thomas O’Connell 0-4, Gerard McSorley 0-4.
Subs: Conor McDonnell for J Mullen, Gary Shevlin for J Keating, Ronan Foley for C Sweeney.
Cooley Kickhams: Niall Brady; Dylan Clarke, Patrick Hanlon, Ronan McBride; Tiernan Hanniffy, Fearghal Malone (0-2), Gerry Malone; Jack Long, Niall Morgan; Brian Boyle, Sean Hoey, Emmet Duffy; Cian Connor (0-4), Michael Rafferty (0-2), Joseph Hanlon (0-2).
Subs: Fionn O’Reilly (0-2), Oran McAnerney, Thomas McCarragher.
Dreadnots 1-15 St Mary’s 0-11
Dreadnots enjoyed their first Division 1 game in four outings when they produced a lively performance to see off the challenge of St Mary's in Ardee.
The hosts went into the game hoping to extend their recent good run that saw them win three on the bounce, but they fell short on this occasion as the Clogherhead men emerged with a deserved victory.
St Mary's started brightly with points from Jonathan Commins and Daire McConnon, and were 0- 6 to 0-1 ahead after 22 minutes thanks to scores from Fionn Coyle, Carl Gillespie and Commins.
However, the visitors ended the half on top and kicked the last three points to cut the gap to 0-6 to 0-4 at the break.
The Dreadnots continued their momentum in the third quarter, and they edged ahead for the first time when Donnacha Skinnader scored the only goal of the game to make it 1-7 to 0-8.
With ten minutes to play, the game was still up for the grabs as the Clogher men led by just two points, but the visitors finished with a flourish to run out winners by seven points.
Craig Shevlin was in fine form in front of the posts as he finished with seven points, while Donnacha Hodgins, Darragh Shevlin, Dean Hyland and Calum Skinnader were also on target.
Daire McConnon led the fight for the Marys with four points, with Jonathan Commins weighing in with three.
Dreadnots: Dylan Cassidy; Enrique Devlin, Padraig Rath, Barry Faulkner; Ciaran Finnegan, Alex Aspell, Aaron Scullion 0-1; Cian McEvoy, Paraic Smith; Conor Shevlin 0-1, Donnacha Skinnader 1-0, Ciaran Caffrey; Darragh Shevlin 0-1, Donnacha Hodgins 0-3 (2p), Craig Shevlin 0-7 (2p).
Subs: Dean Hyland 0-1, Calum Skinnader 0-1.
St Mary's: Gavin Douglas; Conor Keenan, Eimhin Keenan, Tadhg Caffrey; Flynn Markey, Keelin Martin, Fionn Coyle 0-1; Lorcan Buckley, Cillian Keenan; Carl Gillespie 0-2, Jonathan Commins 0-3, Andy Murphy; Ronan Carroll, Daire McConnon 0-4, Conor Gillespie.
Subs: Josh Taaffe for Conor Gillespie, Adam Gillespie 0-1 for A Murphy, Robbie Leavy for L Buckley, Evan Malone for J Commins.
St Joseph’s 0-11 Naomh Máirtín 1-7
A late two-pointer from Alan Quigley helped St Joseph's edge a tight encounter with Naomh Máirtín at Cluskey Park on Saturday.
In a match dominated by defences, the Joes made a bright start, taking the lead with an excellent two-pointer from Oisin McGuinness on eight minutes.
Craig Callanan opened the Martins account with a point from the right wing on 16 minutes, before the Joes were on target with a two-point free from Alan Quigley on 20 minutes.
Eric Winters and Shane Morgan pointed to cut the gap to one, only for McGuinness to respond for the hosts.
The Martins took the lead on 27 minutes through an Adam Callanan goal, but Alan Quigley had the final say of the half to send the teams in level at 1-3 to 0-6.
The second half continued to be a very cagey affair with the sides still level at the end of the third quarter, 0-8 to 1-5, after Alan Quigley landed two frees for the Joes and Wayne Campbell drove over a long-range two-pointer free.
It was Ben McKeown who did brilliantly to put the Joes ahead from a difficult angle on 50 minutes, with Adam Callanan equalising from a free on 57.
A superb two-pointer free into the wind on 61 minutes from Alan Quigley had the Joes ahead, and it proved to be the winner despite the Mairtins kicking the final point from the returning John Clutterbuck.
St. Joseph's: Aaron Gray; Cian Sheridan, Aidan Kieran, Rian Devlin; Conor Neary, Gabriel Bell, Ben McKeown (0-1); David Kieran, Killian Staunton; Oisin Reidy, Craig Doherty, Rory McLoughlin; Alan Quigley (0-7), Oisin McGuinness (0-3), Evan McEnteggart.
Subs: Cormac Marmion, Alan Lynch.
Nh Mairtin: Craig Lynch; Mark Whelan, Shane Morgan 0-1, Conor Healy; Cathal Dorian, Eric Winters 0-1, Cian Sands; Joe McGrane, Wayne Campbell 0-2 (2p); Craig Callanan 0-1, Sean Healy, Adam Callanan 1-1; Jack Lynch, Ben Callanan, Enda McDonnell.
Subs: John Clutterbuck 0-1, Charlie McDonnell.
Hunterstown Rovers 3-15 Mattock Rangers 2-11
Hunterstown Rovers made it back-to-back wins when they came out on top in this high-scoring encounter with Mattock Rangers in Collon on Saturday.
The result sees the winners move back into second place on their own in the table, four points behind leaders St Josephs.
The game started at a blistering pace with four green flags raised in the opening ten minutes.
James Rogers and Dean Burns had the ball in the net for Rovers, but Oisin McKenna and Sean Flynn did likewise at the other end to see the hosts lead by 2-2 to 2-1.
Rogers added his second goal to edge the visitors ahead, but Mattock responded before the break to make it 3-5 to 2-8 at the break.
Rovers, who had two-pointers on the night from Donovan Sheridan, Jason Monaghan, David Finn and Tony McKenna, had the better of the second half as they added ten points to their tally to record a deserved victory.
Cathal Fleming, Ben McKenna and Liam Flynn were among the points for the Collon side over the hour, but they paid the price for only adding three points in the second period.
Hunterstown Rovers: Donovan Sheridan 0-2 (2p); Adam O’Reilly, Michèal Reid, Daithi Carroll; Colm Murphy 0-2, Shane Halpenny, Cillian Taaffe; Jason Monaghan 0-2 (2p), David Finn 0-2 (2p); Jamie O’Callaghan, Marc Ward, James Rogers 2-0; Ciaran Russell 0-1, Tony McKenna 0-3 (2p), Dean Burns 1-1.
Subs: Aaron Levins, James Russell, Ryan Ward 0-2 (2p), Cian Matthews.
Mattock Rangers: Karl Grimes; Rian Hickey, Killian Hickey, Eoin McCloskey; Tom Grimes, Shane Maguire, Liam Flynn 0-1; Adrian Reid 0-1, Ben Watters; Robert Holmes, Ben McKenna 0-2, Jack Thompson 0-1; Cathal Fleming 0-3, Oisin McKenna 1-1, Sean Flynn 1-3.
Sub: James Caraher.