Ulster Under 20 Football Championship
Tyrone 2-24 Antrim 0-10
PICS BY BERT TROWLEN
At half time in Wednesday evening Ulster Under 20 Football game at O’Neill Park, Dungannon Antrim were still within touch as they trailed by five points 0-12 to 0-07, despite being outplayed for long periods of the first half. However after the change of ends the Red Hands were able to up the pace and pull clear to go on and secure a quarter final place.
Tyrone were on top for most of the first half and were four clear on twenty minute (0-06 to 0-02), three of the points coming from full forward Ruaiir McCullagh while corner forward Lorcan McMurray hit two and right-half forward Conal Sheehy one, while Moneyglass man Paul Duffin got a 2-pointer for the Saffrons. Corey Walsh hit a second 2-pointer to keep Antrim in touch.
Tyrone pulled away again as centre forward Liam Lawn picked off a point and full forward McCullagh added a 2-pointer, but Antrim full forward Lorcan Phillips pulled a couple back for the Saffrons to close the gap to five by half time.
Reigning All Ireland champions Tyrone soon stretched their lead after the change of ends as the dangerous McCullagh struck again, while centre forward Liam Lawn and midfielder Conor O’Neill also raised white flags. When Tyrone substitute Shea McDermott grabbed his team’s first goal twelve minutes from time Antrim’s fate was sealed as the home team really turned on the style to secure a quarter final meeting with Armagh back in Dungannon next Wednesday evening.
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