Junior Hurling Championship semi-final
Rasharkin 2-16 Gort na Móna 1-15
Rasharkin made their way to the final of the Junior Hurling Championship when they beat Gort na Móna by four points in Saturday afternoon’s semi-final at Dreen. 2-08 from left half forward Conor McKeever set the Rasharkin men on the road to victory, the first goal coming directly from a sideline cut on eight minutes while the second one came on 22 and put them 2-11 to 1-7 ahead at half time. Two points by McKeever and one from Conor McKillop at the start of the second half increased the Dreen men’s lead to seven but two from Dessie McClean and one from Thomas McCaffrey began to close the gap.
Points from Donagh Quigg and Conor McKeever saw the home side pull clear again, but McCaffrey and McClean (2) kept the Turf Lodge men in touch. Two more by McKeever entering injury time all but sealed the win and though the Gorts centre back Neill Henry sent a long free over the bar for the visitors it was a case of too little too late as Rasharkin secured a final meeting with Armoy in two weeks’ time.
Rasharkin: James O’Mullan, Daniel Doherty, Conor Doherty, Connaire Donaghy, Daniel Hasson, Aidan McKeever, Ruairí O’Boyle, Shane Hasson (0-1), Conor McFerran (0-1), Cathaír Henderson (0-1), Emmet McFerran, Conor McKeever (2-8), Declan McKay, Conor McKillop (0-1), Donagh Quigg (0-4)
Subs: Caolan Maria for Conor McKillop, Brian Óg O’Neill for Declan McKay, Connor Higgins for Daniel Hasson,
Gort na Móna: Caolan McCrory, James Connolly, Padraig McHugh, Mark Rea, Nathan Gibson, Neill Henry, Gavan McKenna, James Aaron Hicks, Brendan Cousins, Dessie McClean, Manus McMullan, Colm Scullion, Darron Boyd, Patrick McCaffrey, Tomas McCaffrey
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