Aughrim 1-10
Michael Hogans 2-14
Avoca
Eoin Horkan
U19 B Football Championship
Michael Hogans come out on top against their
ex-teammates and current school mates in what turned out to be a tougher
encounter than expected after the first water break in Avoca on Sunday morning.
Michael Hogans opened the scoring in this encounter
through corner forward Alex Olohan who turned on a six pence before firing over
the bar . From the resulting kick out Aughrim broke forward and were awarded an
early penalty after Dara O Sé was fouled in the square . Adam Keegan stepped up
to take the penalty . His effort was well saved by Danny Morley who got his
hands to the ball directing it over the bar. Hogans started to pile the
pressure on after that early scare. The pressure resulted in a goal and five
points without reply. Three of these
points came from dead balls from the boot of Cormac McGraynor , he also added
an effort from play .Midfielder Shane Browne started to control the ball in the
middle of the park. This control ended up him firing over the bar before
bursting through the defence just before the water break to hammer the ball
into the net to extend his sides lead.
After the first break the side wearing Avoca jerseys
added to more scores with Olohan from play before McGraynor slotted another
dead ball .Aughrim were finding it tough to make it out of there own half at
this stage . Centre forward Adam Keegan made his way passed numerous defenders
before narrowing the gap. Olohan who was very tricky to handle in the inside
line added to his scoring with two efforts that could have ended up in the net
but flew over the bar . Keegan efforts were keeping his side in the game
slotting over another point from range . It was then third time lucky for
Olohan who eventually found the net just before the half time whistle
After the break Aughrim evened the numbers on the pitch and this changed the
game dramatically as they started to gain a foothold around the park They started to narrow the gap between the
sides with some well taken efforts Oisin Keegan opened his tally before his
namesake Adam added another to his tally before Dara O Sé opened his account
for the day. Browne made tapped over for his side against the run of play in
this quarter to stem Aughrim momentum. The aforementioned Keegan, who was in
great form, knocked over two more dead balls to get his side closer to the
opposition before the second water break
With the gap narrowing minute by minute the final
quarter was a much tenser affair. Hogans added another solitary effort to their
tally with a free from Adam Arslan
Aughrim were stringing some great moves together one of these ended up
in Keegan arms whose daisy cutter of a shot flew into the bottom corner. Keegan
was running the show at this point firing over another great effort from play.
Arslan fired a second free over in response to Keegan’s efforts. The final two
scores of the game both came from new players adding to there teams’ efforts.
Joseph McGuickan fired over Aughrim last point from play . With Cathal Baker
making sure of his sides victory with a twenty-one yard free .
Aughrim: Colm McKenna ;Oisin Keegan(0-1), Oisin Dunne,
Finn Byrne; Hugh Gunning, Sean Campbell, Dermot Toomey; Dylan Byrne, Robbie Doyle;
Adam Keegan (1-7 1 p, 2f), Mark Shannon;
Dara O Sé(0-1), Joseph McGuickan(0-1)
Michael Hogans:Danny Morley; Shane Arthur, Andrew
Bracanto, Thomas Mulconry; Kelan Busher, Andrew Nolan; John Toomey, Shane
Browne(1-2); Adam Arslan(0-2f), Cathal Baker(0-1f), Cormac McGraynor(0-5 4f);
Alex Olohan(1-4), Ollie Matthews.
Subs Used: James Murray, Cian Ward, Conor Short,
Andrew Nolan, Jack Bailey Johnson, Cian O’ Neil, Conor Cranley
Referee: Peader De Hora
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