Late points deny Dreadnots

DREADNOTS COOLEY KICKHAMS 0-11 0-11

TWO late points from Cooley denied the Dreadnots victory in an entertaining encounter played in Clogherhead on Saturday evening.

Cooley knew that they probably needed a victory to maintain any hopes of a top four finish while the Dreadnots were hoping to pick up two points to stay on top of the division. The home side opened up the scoring with James Califf and Cathal Lynch settling any early nerves for the Dreadnots.

Cooley were up and running after five minutes thanks to a Conor Rafferty score which was quickly followed by points from Shane Marks, Jason Long and Aoghain McGuinness.

In a tight first half the Dreadnots levelled the game after 15 minutes when James Califf made it 0-4 apiece.

There was a ten minute lull as neither team troubled the scoreboard as the game began to get scrappy. A point apiece from both sides late in the opening half meant the teams went in deadlocked at 0-5 each.

The Dreadnots began to get a grip of the game and showed why they are league leaders as Ronan Califf and James Califf scored in quick succession to edge a couple of points clear.

After 20 minutes of the second half Cooley had scored just a solitary point as the game looked to be getting away from them with the scoreboard reading 0-10 to 0-7 in favour of the Clogherhead side. However the men from the peninsula rolled up their sleeves and hit back to leave just a point between the sides.

A David O’Brien point stopped Cooley’s momentum putting the Dreadnots two points clear and with just a minute left on the clock it looked as though the home side would prevail. However late late scores from Ciaran Sheelan and Patrick