Antrim Under 17 League – Div 2
Glenavy 3-11 Aldergrove 1-5
Glenavy made a great start to the Under 17 Division 2 campaign when they beat their neighbours Aldergrove at Chapel Hill on Sunday.
Three goals in the second half were the scores that did the trick for the St Joseph’s boys who really took over after a hard fought and close opening half, at the end of which they held a slender one point lead (0-4 to 0-3). However when corner forward Jim Highman found the Aldergrove net early in the second half the home side found another gear and further goals from full forward Eoin Phillips and midfielder Matthew Kane pulled them clear.
Corner forward Finn Shannon was prominent or the home side in the opening half, scoring three of his team’s four point but Lewis Smyth, Cormac McGarry and Noah Jeffries found the target for Aldergrove. Cormac McGarry got Glenavy’s other point in a half in which both goalkeepers, Daniel McClutcheon for Aldergrove and Matthew Nelson for Aldergrove made a series of excellent saves.
When Highman got Glenavy’s first goal early in the second half they really hit their stride and went 13 clear before Noah Jeffries pulled one back for Aldergrove from the penalty spot. However it was a case of too little, too late and tje excelent Finn Shannon added two more points from play, while midfielder Dara McAlister and centre back Odhran Arthurs also chipped in to seal a convincing win.
Division 2 round -up
In the other games in Division 2 Dunloy travelled to Portglenone and beat the Casements by 4-6 to 0-9,
Rossa were in great scoring form when they travelled over to the Whiterock Road and beat O’Donnell’s by 6-10 to to 2-3. Creggan were also in fine scoring form when they travelled up to Mallusk and beat St Enda’s by 6-9 to 3-4, while Corpus Christie Gaels ran up 4-13 as they beat Sarfields in the Bear Pit, the Paddies coming back with 3-4. The match of the round in Division 2 was up at Turf Lodge where the young Gorts edged out their neighbours from ‘up the hill’ Lamh Dhearg in a real thriller which ended 4-9 to 4-7
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