Under 12 and Under 14 reports

U14 Roinn D Knockbride 1-10 Dernacrieve Gaels 5-9 Greg McGovern opened the scoring with a point from a free and followed this up with a well-taken goal. Knockbride led by a point, 1-4 to 1-3, at the break but second half goals from Sean McGovern (two), Greg McGovern and Brian Deering saw Dernacrieve run out 11-point winners. Cian Mc Brien was outstanding in goals with numerous saves including a penalty. Conor Gillheany, Kyle Doonan, Cathal Sullivan, John Joe McGovern & Conor McGoldrick constantly kept the pressure on the Knockbride forwards. Greg McGovern and Brian Deering dominated at midfield. Darran McTaggart and Sean McGovern were excellent in the forward line and clocked up very high personal tallies. Killian McGovern, Breffni McKiernan and John McGovern got a lot of posscession and made good use of it. Brian Cassidy also got his name on the score sheet. Brian Leonard and Ryan Malanaphy were introduced in the last quarter and contributed very well. Dernacrieve Gaels: Cian McBrien, Kyle Doonan, Conor Gilheaney, Conor McGoldrick, John Joe McGovern, Cathal O"Sullivan, Greg McGovern, Brian Deering, Killian McGovern, Brian Cassidy, Darran McTeggart, Sean McGovern, John McGovern. Subs: Breffni McKiernan, Brian Leonard, Ryan Malanaphy. U12 Roinn B Butlersbridge 2-5 Mullahoran 4-12 Mullahoran and Butlersbridge played out a super game last week in Under 12 Roinn B. The Dreadnoughts lead at the break by 1-5 to 0-4 and although the Bridge struck for two goals through John Fitzpatrick in the second half, Mullahoran ran out deserving winners. Among the best performers were Killian Leddy, John Fitzpatrick and Colm Fitzpatrick. Those who platyed well for the winners included Shane Sheridan (G), David O" Reilly, Colm O" Reilly, Glen Brady, Callum Mussi, Patrick Brady & Cian O" Reilly & Darren Reilly Mullahoran: Shane Sheridan, Darren Reilly, Shane Sheridan (G), Oisin O" Reilly, Jason Reilly, Colm O" Reilly, Callum Mussi, Glen Brady, Patrick Brady, Sean Halpin, David O" Reilly, Martin Reilly, Liam Wilson, Cian O" Reilly, Jason Sheridan Subs: Cormac O" Reilly, Gavin Brady, Ronan Halton, Sean Cadden U12 Roinn E Redhills 2-3 Cornafean 5-16 A super performance from Cornafean saw them defeat a gallant Redhills in Max McGrath Park last week, With their forward line on form, Cornafean lead by 2-7 to 1-2 at the break and, helped by a 2-6 haul from James Cartwright, were comfortable winners in the end. Cornafean: Daniel Cullivan, Sean Brady, Stephen Woods, Conor Sheridan (1-4), Brian Sheridan, Jason Miney, Cormac Cullen (0-1), James Cartwright (2-6), Shane Doyle (1-2), James McGahern (1-2), John Martin (0-1) Subs: Amy Wharton, Ciaran Cosgrove U12 Roinn A Castlerahan 3-10 Kingscourt 1-1 Castlerahan were deserving winners over Kingscourt in this league clash. With Dylan Murdock, Garrett O"Reilly, Ryan Farrelly and Shane O"Reilly playing well, the Ballyduff lads were four points ahead at the break and despite the best efforts of Kingscourt, they added 3-5 in the second half, the goals coming from Ryan Farrelly, Paul Fagan and Mark Hammond. Castlerahan: Gerry Flynn, John Reilly, Dylan Murdock, Paul Brady, Keith Fitzimonds, Garrett O Reilly, Jamie Reilly, Daire McEnroe, Ryan Farrelly, Jake Doyle Haise, Shane O Reilly, Jack Crowshaw, Aaron McDonald, Gavin Daily, Alisia McEnroe Subs: Mark Hammond, Paul Fagan, Kenneth Fadogu, Conor McDonald, Conor Grealy Roinn C Ballymachugh 1-6 Drumalee 3-9 This was a good game of football. Ballymachugh produced a good first half display. An early goal from Gerard Reilly allied to points from Sean Galligan, Brian Muldoon, Josh Goldrick & Gary Kelly gave the home side a great platform but unfortunately they failed to build on this and missed a plethora of goal chances and their solitary score of the second half came from a Brian Muldoon point. Half Time Score: Ballymachugh 1-5 Drumalee 1-1. Fatigue set in to the Ballymachugh team and Drumalee overcame their earlier wastfulness and started to chip away at the lead to gain parity. Once Drumalee scored their second goal, the signs were ominous for the Sheelinsiders.Despite the scoreline,this is a game Ballymachugh could have won but having said that Drumalee were denied on numerous occassions by the outstanding Oisin Kiernan in goals and it is fair to say that the superior team work of the away sided deserved to carry the day. Ballymachugh: Oisin Kiernan, Conor Mulligan, Stephen Halton, Kelda Kiernan, Fergal O Reilly, Shannon Smith, Sean Galligan, Dylan Kiernan, James Smith, Joshua Goldrick, Gary Kelly, Brian Muldoon, Gerard Reilly Subs: Darren O"Reilly, Teresa Clarke, Ronan Coyle, Caoimhe O Reilly Roinn D Gowna 9-12 Cuchulainns1-5 Scorers for Gowna:  Robbie Fitzpatrick  2-6 Oisin Pearson 2-0 Aaron Brady 1-2 Cian O"Reilly 1-1  Jessica Houldsworth 1-0 Shannon Pearson1-0 Conor Brady 1-0 Cian Madden 0-1 Paul Langtry 0-1 Paul Brady 0-1 Roinn E Arva 6-15 Mountnugent 3-7 Arva U12"s travelled to Mountnugent on Monday night and came away with a hard fought victory.  Deirdre Brady scored 1-2, Danny Ellis 1-6, Oisin Sheridan 1-4, Shane Hamilton 0-2 and Ben Cooney 3-2, Charlie Conneely 0-1, Ryan McGarhan 0-1.  Mickey Cully had a great game at corner back.  A feature of this game was the massive work rate of Ben Cooney.  Rory Mulligan was very solid at wing back.  Cian O" Hara came on as a sub and worked hard. Roinn E Maghera 3-7 Munterconnaught2-2 The backs defended very well sending good ball out to midfield for both teams.Midfield played very strong at carrying ball, good support play from mid-field linking with backs and forwards. Forwards showed well for ball and took some great scores.  Josh Cummins substituted for Emmett O"Connell, Connor McLoughlin substituted for Sarah Yore. Munterconnaught"s Shane Hanley, scored 1 -1 when introduced as substitute. Munterconnaught: Rory Smith, Lorna Lawless, Laura Keogan, Sarah Gilsenan, Katie Matthews, Jordan Masterson, Kevin Hendrick, Connor Meehan, Kian O"Shea, Connor Howard, Shane Calvey, Shane Hanley, Sean Skelly, Ashling Gilsenan, Daragh Gill, Daniel MacGill-Breathnach, Brian Gill, Rory Galigan, Charlie Wiggins, Luke Lawless Maghera: Niall Yore, Brendan McConnell, Peadr Doughty, Evan O"Reilly-Delaney, Daniel Reid, Aaron Brady (Captain), Kyle Tierney, MichealMuldoon, Emmett O"Connell, Sarah Yore, Colm Geraghty, Aoife Murtagh, Micaela Doonan, Orlagh O"Reilly, Connor McLoughlin, Josh Nevins, Josh Cummins, Eoghan County Scorers: Aaron Brady (captain ) 0-3, Micheal Muldoon 2-2, Colm Geraghty 1-1 & Daniel Reid 0-1 (Maghera) Shane Hanley 1-1, Rory Galligan 1-0 & Connor Howard 0-1 (Munterconnaught) Roinn B Ballinagh 2-15 Mullahoran 3-9 Ballinagh defeated Mullahoran in a highly entertaining U14 Roinn B match played Thursday Night last in a rare home game for Ballinagh. Ballinagh opened the scoring in the second minute through 'Man of the Match' Ronan O Reilly ,a lead which they did not relinguish fot the remainder of the game. Both teams exchanged first half goals, Ryan Dunne scoring Ballinagh"s first.Played in a sporting manner,this match had all that is good for underage football,committment and terrific scores taking by both teams.Ballinagh"s defence stood firm and had good preformances from Killian Finnegan in goals, Eamon Mc Evoy, Philip Bogue, Niall Robinson, Aaron Reilly & Oisin Gaynor.Ballinagh full back Conor Devine was solid until injured early in the first half and had to be replaced.Ciaran Wharton and Gary Tyler played excellently at midfield. Ballinagh"s fowards were all in top form with all six getting on the scoring sheet. The final score was Ballinagh 2-15, Mullahorn 3-9. For Mullahoran Christopher Dalton in goals, Diarmuid Fitzsimons and Glen Brady in defence, Daniel O" Reilly and Shane Sheilds in centre field all played well. Fionnán O"Reilly was the main threat in the forward line with a personal tally of 1-7. He was ably assisted by Niall McGahern and by Sean McKeogh when moved into full forward line. This was a very closely contested game and was in doubt up to the final whistle. Ballinagh: Killian Finnegan, Oisin Gaynor, Conor Devine, Aaron Reilly, Niall Robinson, Philip Bogue, Eamon Mc Evoy, Gary Tyler,  Ciaran Wharton, Conor Mc Dermott, Ronan O Reilly, Eoghan Kellegher, Aaron Dourneen, Ryan Dunne, David Vasilaskus. Subs: Martin Gaffney for Conor Devine injured, Damien Reilly, Sean Kellegher. Scorers Ballinagh: Conor Mc Dermott (0-5), Ronan O Reilly (0-6), Eoghan Kellegher (0-2), Aaron Dourneen (0-1), Ryan Dunne (1-1), David Vasilaskus (1-0). Mullahoran: Fionnan O" Reilly (1-7), Shane Sheilds (1-1), Niall McGahern (1-0), Sean McKeogh (0-1) Roinn C Denn 3-8 Lavey 2-7 Denn"s U14 second game saw them up against a strong  Lavey team.  It was a hard fought game of football which seen Denn come out winners. Denn scored first but Lavey came back immediately and went ahead by five points. However Denn bounced back with three goals in quick succession.  This led to a very exciting second half which seen Lavey getting a penalty which brought them back to within three points. But Denn held on to win by four points in a very thrilling last ten minutes.  Denn: Brandon Keogan (capt), Ryan Mc Cabe, Brechan Mc. Givney, Ben Conaty, Bernard Gaffney, Cian Mc Cabe, Daniel Smith, John Anthony Smith, Micheal Gaffney, David Smith, Andrew Cusack Smith, Cillian Cahill, Luke Brady. Subs: Bernard Galligan, Mark Fegan, Colm Treacy, Aiden Tierney, Thomas Edward Donohoe, Cavell Keogan, Steven Enright, Micheal Reilly Lavey: S.Tierney, D.Conroy, A.Sheridan, L.Smith, D.Conaty, K.Tierney, P.Gilchrest, J.Buckley, E.Brady, D.Conaty, J.McEnroe, D.Ruderford, C.McEnroe Subs: M.Smith, E.Kilkenny. Scorers L.Smith (1-1), E.Brady (0-2), D.Conaty (0-2), D.Ruderford (0-1), C.McEnroe (1-1) Roinn C Drumgoon 4-7 St Finbar"s 3-5 This was an entertaining game between two well-matched teams who were very dependant on a lot of u12s. The match featured exceptional football from St Finbarrs" Caolan Reilly who scored 1-4. Others who played well were Ronan Brady, Stephen McCooey, Brendan Brady, Ciaran Smith and Lorcan Mc Entee. St Finbarr"s: Niall Duffy, Lorcan McEntee, Stephen Mc Cooey, Ronan Brady, Brendan Brady, Gary Tiernan, Caolan Reilly, Cormac Fitzpatrick, Shane Connolly,Cian Jackson, Ciaran Smith,Colm Tully. Sub: Kevin Traynor Roinn D Cornafean 4-12 Belturbet 1-5 Cornafean had an impressive win over the Rories in this match. They lead by four points at the break and with Gerald Olwill, Dan, Jack and Andrew Wharton and Emmett Goldrick playing well, they ran out convincing winners. Cornafean: Caolan Masterson, Gerald Olwill, Dale Goldrick, David Egan, Andrew Wharton, Donal Crotty, Dan Wharton, Michael Cullivan, Joe Gannon, Jack Wharton, Emmett Goldrick, Jason Miney, Brendan Cullen. Subs: Cormac Cullen, Conor Sheridan, Tomas Galligan, Sean Masterson and Fionnan Moore Belturbet: Matthew Byran, Ciaran Smith, Darren Miller, Shane Fitzpatrick, Dean Maguire, Ben Murphy, John Denny Polo, Stuart Dunne, Sean Óg Lawlor, Donal McDonald, Daniel Reilly, Niall Lawlor, Conor Crossan-Brady. Subs: John McMahon, Conor McGarry Scorers Cornafean: Jack Wharton (0-4), Emmett Goldrick (2-4), Michael Cullivan (0-1), Jason Miney (1-0), Cormac Cullen (1-2), Dan Wharton (0-1). Belturbet: Donal McDonald (1-2), Daniel Reilly (0-1), Niall Lawlor (0-1), Conor Crossan-Brady (0-1). Roinn E  Killeshandra v Arva Killeshandra picked up their second set of league points of the year with a win over neighbours Arva in a re-fixed game on Wedensday evening last. The Leaguers playing against the wind in the first half started the game in determined fashion and had the better of the early exchanges with early points from Darren Mc Grath and a Conor Mc Gearty '45' after Oisin Sheridan in the Arva goals pulled off an excellent save. After 7 mins Mc Gearty made no mistake when he scored the Leaguers first Goal. At this stage Arva sprung in to life and started to exert some pressure of their own Shane Hamilton was tripped 30 meters from goal however the resulting free from Bernard Brady was knocked out for a 45 which also went narrowly wide. Arvas first score was coming and when Ben Cooney finally broke through he finished well to the back of the net. After some scrappy play by both sides Danny Ellis won a free for Arva which was converted by Ryan Magaraghan to leave a point between the sides with 10 mins of the half to play. Good work by Dean Farrelly helped the leaguers to finally clear their lines however the attack resulted in a wide. From the resulting kick out which fell short to Eddie Masterson who carried and finished soccer style to the Arva goal, 3 mins later Darren Reilly won a kick out and fed to Dean Farrelly who passed on to Mc Gearty who delivered to John Gilsenan who finished to the back of the Arva net in one of the best pieces of play in the game. However again Arva hit back Shane Hamilton had his goal ward bound shot saved by Rooney but collected the rebound and kicked his first point, Hamilton however bet the goal keeper a minute later to score his sides second goal and followed up this with his sides third point. Late points by Conor Mc Gearty and Anthony Sweeney for Killeshandra left the half time score Killeshandra 3-5 Arva 2-3. In the second half what had been a fair breeze picked up to strong wind to give Killeshandra a big advantage in the second half. Arva however had the first shot on goal with Ryan Magaraghan shooting narrowly wide. This woke the Killeshandra lads up and with the wind at their backs Joe O"Hanlon(2) Conor Mc Gearty (3) and John Gilsenan (2) registering scores the Leaguers started to pull away from their opponents. Arva again to their credit hit back with a well taken Bernard Brady goal. However Killeshandras greater all round strength took over at this stage and in the last 10 minutes goals from John Gilsenan(2) and Darren Mc Grath killed off the game. In what was an entertaining and well refereed game Killeshandras greater strength won out against a spirited performance from a young Arva team. For the Leaguers Daniel Rooney in goals made some fine saves and had some excellent kick outs especially against the wind Darren and Conor O"Reilly were solid at the back with the centre diamond ofDean Farrelly Conor Mc Gearty and Darren Mc Grath very strong. Up front all forwards registered scores with Eddie Masterson very lively. For a young home side Oisin Sheridan had an excellent game in goals pulling off at least five point blank saves Danny Connelly and Cormac mc Cabe worked tirelessly especially against a strong second half wind. Ryan Magaraghan and Paul Bouchier played well in midfield. Up front Ben Cooney was very lively Bernard Brady was always involved and chipped in with a goal while Shane Hamilton and Danny Ellis caused the leaguers defence lots of trouble. With Hamilton coming out of the game with a personal tally of 1-2. Arva hosted our near neighbours on Wednesday night in a postponed game.  The Arva lads played well but were overpowered by a much physically stronger Killeshandra team.  Scorers for Arva on the Night: Bernard Brady 1-1, Ben Cooney 1-1, Paul Boucher 0-2, Shane Hamilton 1-2, Tristan Hoffman ran himself into the ground at wing back trying to stem the tide. Killeshandra: Daniel Rooney, Conor O"Reilly, Darren O"Reilly, David Flynn, Dean Farrelly, Darren McGrath, Conor McGearty, Eddie Masterson,Anthony Sweeney, Joe O"Hanlon,John Gilsenan. Subs: Calab Calder, Cian Jannick St. Patricks Arva: Oisin Sheridan Danny Connelly, Cormac McCabe , Enda Gormley, Rory Mulligan, Ryan Magaraghan, Paul Bouchier, Ben Cooney, Bernard Brady, Shane Hamilton, Danny Ellis. Subs: Tristan Hoffman, Finbarr MacAvinne Roinn B Ballinagh 2-15 Mullahoran 3-9 Ballinagh defeated Mullahoran in a highly entertaining U14 Roinn B match played Thursday Night last in a rare home game for Ballinagh. Ballinagh opened the scoring in the second minute through 'Man of the Match' Ronan O"Reilly, a lead which they did not relinguish fot the remainder of the game. Both teams exchanged first half goals, Ryan Dunne scoring Ballinagh"s first.Played in a sporting manner,this match had all that is good for underage football,committment and terrific scores taking by both teams. Ballinagh"s defence stood firm and had good preformances from Killian Finnegan in goals, Eamon Mc Evoy, Philip Bogue, Niall Robinson, Aaron Reilly & Oisin Gaynor.Ballinagh full back Conor Devine was solid until injured early in the first half and had to be replaced.Ciaran Wharton and Gary Tyler played excellently at midfield. Ballinagh"s fowards were all in top form with all six getting on the scoring sheet. Christopher Dalton in goals, Diarmuid Fitzsimons and Glen Brady in defence, Daniel O" Reilly and Shane Sheilds in centre field all played well. Fionnán O"Reilly was the main threat in the forward line with a personal tally of 1-7. He was ably assisted by Niall McGahern and by Sean McKeogh when moved into full forward line. This was a very closely contested game and was in doubt up to the final whistle. Ballinagh: Killian Finnegan, Oisin Gaynor, Conor Devine, Aaron Reilly, Niall Robinson, Philip Bogue, Eamon Mc Evoy, Gary Tyler,  Ciaran Wharton, Conor Mc Dermott, Ronan O Reilly, Eoghan Kellegher, Aaron Dourneen, Ryan Dunne, David Vasilaskus. Subs: Martin Gaffney for Conor Devine injured, Damien Reilly, Sean Kellegher. Scorers Ballinagh: Conor Mc Dermott (0-5), Ronan O Reilly (0-6), Eoghan Kellegher (0-2), Aaron Dourneen (0-1), Ryan Dunne (1-1), David Vasilaskus (1-0). Mullahoran: Fionnan O" Reilly (1-7), Shane Sheilds (1-1), Niall McGahern (1-0), Sean McKeogh (0-1) Roinn B Castletara 2-11 Mullahoran 0-6 Castletara had a good victory over Mullahoran on last Thursday evening at the Mullahoran venue. This was a very good game of football with the half time score being 0-7 to 0-3 in favour of the visitors. The second half saw Castletara quickly out of the blocks with a quick fire goal and a point from star midfielder Conor Smith. All six forwards got their names on the scoresheet in what was essentially a very good team performance. The Castletara defence held the home attack to two points from play in the second half with an outstanding display from goalkeeper, David Brady, son of Mullahoran senior keeper. Castletara: D.Brady A McDonald C Duggan C Young R Guillfoyle F McGoldrick C Lynch C Smith M Rooney J Donohoe R McKiernan D Reilly E O Neill E McConnell M Conaty and subs S Conaty D Smith and K Cahill Mullahoran: C Dalton A Rabitte D Fitsimons G Brady C O Reilly S McKeogh R Kernan D O Reilly S Shields N McGahern A Fegan W O Reilly D O Reilly F O Reilly P O Reilly C O Reilly T McGahern and N Harten Roinn C Denn 2-12 Drumgoon 0-4 Denn welcomed Drumgoon to St. Matthew"s Park Crosskeys on a very wet Thursday evening last.  Drumgoon started well with the first attack, but as with throughout the game found it very hard to score. Denn settled after the first ten minutes and scored the first point. Things went well for Denn from then on which seen them leading by 2.4 to 2 points at half time despite the atrocious conditions. Drumgoon tried hard in the second half but again failed to make their mark on the scoreboard.  It ended with Denn winning comfortably thus continuing their winning streak. Denn: Andrew Cusack Smith, Mark Fegan, Micheal Gaffney, David Smith, Bernard Galligan, John Anthony Smith, Brechan Mc Givney, Ryan Mc Cabe, Ben Conaty, Brandon Keogan, Colm Treacy, Aiden Tierney, Daniel Smith. Subs:  Steven Enright, Cillian Cahill, Bernard Gaffney, Luke Brady, Cian Mc Cabe, Andrew Mc Breen, Conor Callaghan, Micheal Reilly, Thomas Edward Donohoe, Cavell Keogan.   Roinn D Cornafean 3-4 Cootehill 1-11 Cornafean: Caolan Masterson, Gerald Olwill, Dale Goldrick, David Egan, Andrew Wharton, Donal Crotty, Dan Wharton, Michael Cullivan, Joe Gannon, Jack Wharton, Emmett Goldrick, Jason Miney, Brendan Cullen. Subs Conor Sheridan, Tomas Galligan, Joe Gannon 1-0, Jack Wharton 0-2, Emmett Goldrick 1-0, Jason Miney 0-1, Dan Wharton 1-1 Players that played well included Caolan Masterson, Gerald Olwill, Jason Miney. Roinn E  Arva v Maghera Arva hosted Maghera on Thursday night 23/04/09 with only two points separating these teams at half time.  Arva upped their performance in the second half and came out on top.  A feature of this same was Oisin Sheridan"s performance in goals with 2 point blank saves.  Paul Bouchier (captain) had a great game at midfield.  Ryan Magharan in half back line, his man marking was excellent.  Shane Hamilton scored 1-4 showed great skill, his side step is deadly.  D Connelly had his best game to date scoring 2 great points.  Bernard Brady Worked hard all through game scoring vital points.  Cormack McCabe was his usual cool self at corner back.  Danny Ellis 0-1 at corner forward, worked hard and gave a great pass for Shane Hamilton"s goal.  Enda Gormley had a good game at wing back and midfield when switched.