ACHL Division 1

St. Enda’s 2-18 St. John’s 1-23

St. John’s find themselves sitting proudly at the top of division 1 with 6 points from their opening three games and on Saturday it was the turn of St. Enda’s to feel their force at Hightown.

The Glengormley men certainly tested the Johnnies to the limit and a John McGoldrick goal from the penalty spot late in the game brought it back to 2 points but that was as close as they got as St. John’s held on to maintain their early season top spot.

Playing with the wind in the opening half St. John’s led 1-13 to 0-10 with their goal coming from Lorcan Heenan late in the half. Conor Johnston was in fine scoring form for the Whiterock side, hitting 0-6 first half points while Michael Dudley added three and Shea Shannon and Darragh McGuinness were also on target.

Naomh Eanna kept on their coat tails for most of the opening half with John McGoldrick in sparkling scoring form and the big number 15 accounted for 0-9 of his side’s first half total with Ollie Breen getting the other as they trailed by six at the break.

McGoldrick continued to carry St. Enda’s greatest scoring threat in the second half with wing-half, Joe Maskey also carrying the game to St. John’s and his goal early in the final quarter gave his side renewed hope.

St. John’s were not to be outdone however as they kept the score board ticking away with Conor Johnston adding 0-3 to his first half total and Aaron Bradley and Micheal Dudley all weighing in with vital scores.

St. John’s opened their season with an away win at Dunloy and followed it up with a victory over deadly rivals Rossa on day two and while it’s early days, this win over St. Enda’s will give them belief as they head into the rest of the season.

St. Enda’s: 1 Philly Curran, 2 Ciaran McAllister, 3 Malachi McKibbon, 4 Ronan Eager, 5 Eoin Conlon, 6 Killian Jennings, 7 Joe Maskey, 8 Brendan Cormican, 9 Luke O’Connor, 10 Cian O’Connor, 11 Cormac Jennings, 12 Eddie O’Connor, 13 Oliver Breen, 14 Rian Gillen, 15 John McGoldrick,

St. John’s: 1 Declan Cregan, 2 Conor McEvoy, 3 Ciaran Johnston, 4 Odhran Carleton, 5 Matthew McCartan, 6 Conall Morgan, 7 Daragh McGuinness, 8 Aidan McMahon, 9 Sean Wilson, 10 Conor Johnston, 11 Stephen Tierney, 12 Michael Dudley, 13 Donal Carson, 14 Lorcan Heenan, 15 Shea Shannon, 18 Aaron Bradley

Referee: Barry Winters