McElvaney Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship Round 2B

Aughnamullen 3-18 Seán McDermotts 2-9                                   

 

Aughnamullen stayed in the IFC with a free-scoring win over Seán McDermotts in Castleblayney. Having scored 1-22 in the previous round, Aughnamullen added another big tally here to take their total to 3-40 in their last two IFC games. Aughnamullen had 11 scorers in a game where all but a point of both sides’ totals came from open play.

The game was all but decided by a powerful finish to the first half by Aughnamullen, who hit an unanswered 1-8 in just over ten minutes to take charge. Mícheál Bannigan led the scoring for Aughnamullen, with the likes of Tiernan Duffy, Mark McArdle and Joel Wilson also showing well.

 

Aughnamullen: T Marron; A Magee (0-1), P Connolly, S Lambe; M McArdle (1-0), Keith Sheridan (Capt., 0-2), K Duffy; P Dooney (0-1), T Duffy (0-3, 1f); J Wilson (0-1), M Bannigan (2-4), S Geoghegan; Kevin Sheridan (0-2), C Keenan (0-2), C Clerkin.

Subs: S Forde for Connolly (H-T), A Markey (0-1) for K Duffy (43 mins), R Connolly for Clerkin (49), D Geoghegan for Kevin Sheridan (51), L Conlan (0-1) for S Geoghegan (58), N Keenan for M McArdle (59).

 

Seán McDermotts: R Connolly; A Maguire, M McGuirk, J Keenan; E McElvaney, J Murphy, A McNally (1-0); B McQuaid (Capt.), P Kieran (1-1); Dylan McNally, N Rice, S Larkin; J Treanor (0-1), P McGuirk (0-2), A O’Driscoll (0-4).

Subs: J Clerkin for McElvaney (inj., 13), Danny McNally for Dylan McNally (H-T), C Connolly (0-1) for Larkin (47), P McPhillips for Treanor (52), É McQuillan for Murphy (58).

 

Referee: A Mullen (Scotstown).

 

 

McElvaney Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship Round 2B

Monaghan Harps 0-13 Killanny 0-9 (AET)

 

Monaghan Harps battled past Killanny after extra-time in a tense IFC qualifier in Castleblayney. A low-scoring hour saw the teams finish deadlocked, but the Harps (who had let a five-point lead slip away during the final quarter) almost doubled their tally in the extra 20 minutes. The Harps had nine scorers in total as they ousted a Killanny side who finished all-square in two of their three IFC games, only to lose on penalties against Donaghmoyne and in extra-time here.

 

Monaghan Harps: G White; T Croarkin, N Scott, B Óg Ó Dufaigh; K Loughran, C Galligan (0-1), O Fagan (0-1); S Driver, A Óg McAnespie (Capt.); S McMahon, N McAdam (0-2, 1f), D Fanning; L Hahessy (0-3f), S Smyth (0-1), É Morahan (0-2, 1f).

Subs: D Hahessy (0-1) for Fagan (42 mins), L Power (0-1) for Morahan (50), C McCrystal for McMahon (56).

Extra-time sub: C Duffy (0-1) for Ó Dufaigh (inj., 12).

 

Killanny: K Duffy; Adam Kieran, R Duffy, R Berg; C Leegan (Capt.), C Vernon, K Collins; T Duffy, G Flanagan (0-1f); S McMahon, D Connolly, M Vernon; R Grimes; Daniel Leegan, Eddie Walsh (0-7, 6f).

Subs: J Kiernan for D Leegan, E Markey (0-1) for M Vernon (both 39), S Finn for Kieran (black card, 58)

Extra-time subs: M Grimes for Flanagan, D Traynor for C Leegan (3), D Leegan for Kiernan (inj., 5), M Quinn for K Duffy (inj., 15).

 

Referee: J McAndrew (Ballybay).