Weekend round-up
First up was the meeting of Lavey and Banagher and it ended in a 0-19 to 1-12 victory for the Gulladuff side whose youth and speed had a big bearing on the final outcome. With Paddy Henry deadly accurate form frees Lavey were in a comfortable 0-11 to 0-5 interval lead. They were well clear when Banagher introduced four experienced subs among them county footballer Mark Lynch who scored 1-2 but Lavey never looked like losing and ended up a comfortable four points in front.
The Lavey scorers were Paddy Henry 0-9, Sam Dodds and Cailean O'Boyle and Colm Murphy and0-3 each and Ben Dodds 0-1.
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Hide AdBanagher scorers mark Lynch 1-2, Oisin McCloskey 0-6, Gregory Biggs 0-3 and Gary Stevenson 0-1.
It was not until the final fifteen minutes that a dogged Slaughtneil team gave way to the holders Kevin Lynch's who won a poor game by 0-12 to 0-6. Slaughtneil had a goal disallowed and a player sent off in the second half but over the hour the holders who sot seventeen wides were the better team. The Kevin Lynch scorers were Paddy Kelly 0-3, Cathal McKeever, Fergal McGuigan and Mark McCormick 0-2 each, Cairan Mackle, Patrick McCloskey and Cairan McElhinney 0-1 each. Slaughtneil scorers Gareth O'Kane 0-2, Fergal McEldowney, Jarleth Mulholland and Damien Kearney 0-1 each.
In a mid week Division One game Slaughtmanus at home held Magherafelt to a draw 0-8 each.
In Division Two Greenlough had an excellent away win at Craigbane by 2-10 to 0-12 despite soaking up a lot of second half pressure. Two goals mid way through the first half from Enda Lynn who finished with 1-4 and Seamus Graham left Craigbane too much to do. Those two goals separated the teams at half time on a score of 2-5 to 0-5.
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Hide AdWith Blaine Gormley dominating midfield in the second half Craigbane had a lot of possession but were unable to find a goal and Greenlough held out to leapfrog Castledawson at the top of the table. Lee Moore 0-6 and Blaine Gormley 0-4 were the top Craigbane marksmen.
In the junior championship quarter finals Magilligan scored an impressive 1-13 to 0-6 win over Glack who finished with twelve players. Magilligan also had a player dismissed in a bad tempered game. Martin McIvor was the star of the show scoring 1-6 for the winners who now meet Dore Trasna in the semi final.
As expected Limavady Wolfhounds proved far too strong for Doire Colmcille and won in a canter by 5-16 to 0-5. They will play Ardmore in the other semi final.