Summerhill pushed into extra effort

CONNACHT SF A SEMI-FINALS: Summerhill Coll, Sligo 3-7 St Muredach's, Ballina 0-11: SUMMERHILL COLLEGE booked their place in …

CONNACHT SF A SEMI-FINALS: Summerhill Coll, Sligo 3-7 St Muredach's, Ballina 0-11:SUMMERHILL COLLEGE booked their place in the Connacht Colleges Senior A football championship final with this victory over St Muredach's, Ballina, after extra-time at Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry, yesterday. The sides finished normal time level on 2-3 to 0-9 after Summerhill had held an interval lead of 1-3 to 0-3.

Substitute Niall McManus was impressive for the Sligo college, scoring two goals in a game that was in the balance up to the end of extra-time. A player from each side was sent off in stoppage time at the end of extra-time.

St Muredach’s played impressively but were unable to get through for the all-important goal.

SUMMERHILL COLLEGE: V Cadden; E Flanagan, D Burke, D McCormack; D Brady, K Sweeney, C Feeney; B Monaghan, J McGowan; M O'Hehir, N Murphy (1-0), D McConnell; P Healy (0-3), P Óg Logan (0-1), N Colleary (0-3). Sub: McManus (2-0).

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ST MUREDACH'S: M Duffy; N Chapman, A Stood, D Egan; G O'Donnell, K Twomey, K Burke; M Walsh, S McGarry; D McCormack (0-5), K Ruttledge, D Twomey; P Colleary (0-3), B Curley, K Foody (0-2). Sub: B Doherty (0-1).

Referee: J Hunt (Roscommon).