Cooley reach U-21 Final
On Friday night Cooley Kickhams overcame a strong Mattock Rangers/ Hunterstown Rovers/ Glen Emmetts amalgamation on a score line of 1-14 to 1-12 to reach the under-21 championship final.
Played on Collon’s new field the home team started brightly registering the first score. However Cooley then came to life and through solid defensive work, collective team work-ethic and some clinical shooting the went in at half time winning 0-9 to 0-2. Indeed some the scores exhibited all that is great within the game; strong tackling, quick movement, excellent support & decision making and superb skill execution.
As expected the south Louth lads came out strong in the second half and gradually ate away at the deficit through some good team play and some poor decision making on Cooley’s part. To the lads credit they hung in there and worked some scores when the opportunities came. In the 24th minute they relinquished the lead for the first time since the opening minute. They drew level but again the opposition pointed twice with regular time up. At this point they displayed terrific resilience and composure to create a scoring opportunity which was expertly dispatched to the net. Not content and with the lift of the goal they worked another attack, winning a free which they converted to put 2 in it. The relief and elation was evident at the final whistle. It was a reverse of last years semi final when a late goal sunk Cooley. Great credit must go to these lads who really enjoy representing the club.
They now await the winners of the Geraldines and St. Fechins.. The final is expected to be played next Saturday but not official confirmation yet.
Cooley Kickhams u21 Panel; Sean Hayes, Dylan McGarrity, Conor Kenny, Craig McGuinness, Patrick Hanlon, Dean McGreehan, Eoin McDaid, James Loughran, Peter Thornton, Fearghal Malone, Thomas McGuinness, Rowan Quinn, Emmet Rogan, Jake McShane, Michael Carron, Alex Woods, Sean McGrane, Daniel Hanlon, Christopher McGuinness, Ronan Sheelan, Kevin Murphy, Joesph Quinn, Conor Loughran, Emmet McGuigan, M.J. McCarragher, Nicholas Rafferty