St John’s under-14s
toppled by Castlewellan
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St John’s
2-05 v 6-24
Castlewellan
Thu 31st
Aug
Castlewellan proved to have too much
ammunition for St John’s on a
rain-soaked evening, as they kept some
pressure on Kilcoo at the top of the A
league.
St John’s were on the back-foot more or
less from the off as Castlewellan were
much better at stringing passes together
and moving the ball forward. In contrast
St John’s often had bother clearing
their lines and struggled to get the
ball out of their half.
Conor Morgan and Jamie Artt were able to
win a share of Chris Feenan’s kick-outs
and advance the ball but too often
possession was turned over and the
visitors were able to launch another
attack. When Daniel McKay was moved out
to the half-back line in the second
period
St John’s were able to win more
possession but that respite didn’t last
as he was forced to retire injured.
When Castlewellan did get possession
they were able to make good use of it
and took some excellent points from
distance. They were able to push through
for a couple of goals after between the
tenth and fifteenth minutes and their
seemed to be little doubt over the
result from that stage.
It was
St John’s
who opening the scoring when Ruairi
McGlynn’s drive clipped the bar on its
way over. Castlewellan had scored 2-5
before St John’s scored again as Chris
McKay netted after Darren Savage’s shot
was parried by the Castlewellan keeper.
Darren Savage was a thorn in
Castlewellan’s side with his pacy direct
runs. He was bundled over on one such
run and got up to stroke the resultant
penalty home. That left the score at 2-1
to 3-7. Castlewellan stretched their
lead to 2-2 to 3-10 at the break, and
with the withdrawal of Daniel McKay
early in the second period it was
chiefly one way traffic from then on.
St John’s: Chris Feenan; Neil Magorrian,
Daniel McKay, Jamie Artt; Joe Milligan,
Darren Burns, Conor Morgan; Ryan Gordon,
Harry McMullan (0-1); Anthony Doran,
Darren Savage (1-1, 1-0f), Hugh
Flanagan; Ruairi McGlynn (0-1), Chris
McKay (1-2), Philip Brennan. Suns:
Joshua Wells for Daniel McKay, Conor
Gilmore for Anthony Doran.
