CUMANN LUTHCHLEAS GEAL

Cork Under 16 Football

A fine team performance in Rostellan last Saturday saw Imokilly advance to the county semi final against Beara next weekend.
Imokilly started well and after 10 minutes lead by 3 points to no score. We were well on top but did not add to our advantage. After seventeen minutes Muskerry raised a white flag. We then added a point before Muskerry got in for a soft goal. Muskerry then added a point and shortly afterwards got another goal to lead by 2-2 to 4 points. We got another point before half time and went in at the short whistle a goal down. While we would have to satisfied with our performance up to half time it was disappointing to be down by a goal. Despite fine performances from Conor O’Halloran, Martin Hickey, Luke Cullinane, Conor O’Sullivan, Aidan O’Reilly and Eoin Whooley we had work to do in the second half.
Imokilly played brilliantly in the second half. Conor O’Halloran and Martin Hickey dominated midfield. Paul Breen and Shane Harrington thundered into the game at centre back and centre forward respectively. Conor O’Sullivan and Luke Cullinane continued to cause Muskerry problems while Aidan O’Reilly and Michael Kearney stood up to everything Muskerry threw at them. We scored 7 points without reply. Muskerry finally added a white flag but we finished strongly adding 2 more points before full time to qualify for a county semi final meeting with Beara next Saturday.
Scorers: Conor O’Sullivan 0-5, Shane Harrington 0-5, Luke Cullinane 0-2, Christopher Horgan 0-1, Martin Hickey 0-1.
Team:

Brian McHugh,

Niall O’Neill, Eoin Whooley, Eugene Kennefick,

Aidan O’Reilly, Paul Breen, Michael Kearney,

Conor O’Halloran (Capt.), Martin Hickey,

Gavin Webb, Shane Harrington, Luke Cullinane,

Vincent O’Keeffe, Conor O’Sullivan, Christopher Horgan.

Subs used: Anthony Frahill O’Connor, Darren Noonan, Michael Minihane.
Subs not used: Paul Colbert, Liam O’Sullivan, Richard Mullins, Paul O’Keeffe, Owen Daly, David Hyde, Hugh Boylan, Daniel Hodnett.