Another great performance from the Minors in the championship

Oldcastle 1-18 Summerhill 2-8

The minors made no mistake this time as they overcame Summerhill in the MFC Div 2 Replay played this evening (Friday, 26 August 2016) in Summerhill.  Both sides traded scores before Colin Hawdon grabbed Oldcastle’s goal early in the first half. Summerhill hit back with 2 first half goals, both of which came from the penalty spot. ‘Keeper, Jack McDonnell was very unlucky with the second one as he dived the right way and got his hand to the ball, but it just went inside the post.

The half time score was Summerhill 2-5 Oldcastle 1-6.

Oldcastle upped their game in the second half and started to take control. Dylan Garrigan was gathering a lot of ball around his half-back line and chipped in with a long range score. Robbie Smith and Jason Scully looked dangerous every time they had the ball.

When Summerhill did attack, Jack McDonnell made some good saves and was in full control when the ball dropped around his goals. Oran O’Reilly was working hard and broke up a number of attacks and never stopped tracking back to help out.

The great team effort resulted in 12 second half points which was more than enough to secure victory.

Best wishes to the Summerhill player who left the ground by ambulance due to an arm injury sustained in the first half.

Oldcastle: Jack McDonnell, Mossy Flood, Ronan Taggart, Louis Colleran, Lee Healy (0-1), Keith Connell (0-1), Conor Hetherton, Robbie Smith (0-1), Oran O’Reilly, Kyle Kavanagh (0-4), Colin Hawdon (1-1), Dylan Garrigan (0-1), Jason Scully (0-8), Cillian Connell, Josh Halpin (0-1).

Subs: Stephen Milmoe, Ciaran Smith, Charlie Lynch, James Caffrey.