O’Doherty powers Derry to final
DERRY upset Antrim 2-11 to 3-6 at Owenbeg last night to book a place in the Ulster U-21 hurling final.
Slaughtneil’s Cormac O’Doherty top scored for the triumphant Oakleafers with 2-5 as Colm McGurk’s underdogs led from start to finish. Antrim’s two injury-time goals were little consolation.
SCORERS – Derry: C O’Doherty 2-5 (0-2f), S Cassidy 0-2, C Reilly 0-1, D Cartin 0-1, B Cassidy 0-1, C Steele 0-1. Antrim: J McNaughton 1-4 (0-4f), C McNaughton 1-1, E Smyth 1-0, C Carson 0-1
DERRY – F McEldowney, S Higgins, P Turner, P McNeil, R McCartney, C Steele, S McGuigan, C McAllister, J Mullan, E McGill, S Cassidy, C Reilly, D Cartin, C O’Doherty, B Cassidy.
Subs: O McKeever for J Mullan (44), N Smyth for R McCartney (46), P Burke for D Cartin (56), S Francis Quinn for C Reilly (58), G Farren for
ANTRIM – A Burke, H McNeill, C McMullan, J Daniels, C Carson, E Smyth, G Walsh, R McKee, E McNeill, J McNaughton, J Maskey, D Murphy, S McGrath, C McNaughton, C Cunning.
Subs: D Nugent for J Maskey (25), CJ McKenna for J Daniels (35), C McClafferty for S McGrath (39), C Blair for D Murphy (54), J McErlain for H P McNeill (54)
REF – J Clarke (Cavan) GOALS win games and Down displayed expertise in that department with an emphatic 8-20 to 1-15 semi-final win over rivals Armagh.
Cormac Coulter was immense as he hit Armagh for 3-9. He bagged two goals inside the first ten minutes to put Down on their way to the Ulster final.
SCORERS – Armagh: D Gaffney 0-7 (3f), D Ryan 1-2 ( 2f), M McEvoy, P McKearney, B McAteer, D McKenna, P Quinn, P Foyle (1f) 0-1 each. Down: C Coulter 3-9 (1-8 f), R McCrickard 1-6, B Trainor, S Sands, O Duggan each 1-1, R Campbell 0-1, McManus 1-2, J Doran 0-1,
ARMAGH – G Morgan, J O’Connor, M McEvoy, C Rice, S Toal, Barry, T Nevin, P McKearney, B McAteer, D McKenna, P Quinn, P Foyle, D Gaffney , D Ryan, K Magee. Subs: D Grant for Foyle (18), D Lyons for McAteer (44), J Murtagh (48), D Hicks for Quinn (58’).
DOWN – M Napier, B Byers, D Mallon, P McManus, M Fisher, E Coulter, C Gilmore, L Savage, J Doran, B Trainor, R Campbell, S Sands, O McManus, R McCrickard, C Coulter. Subs: O Duggan for Gilmore (ht), M Mee for D Mallon (53’).
REF – A Ferguson (Fermanagh).