Intermediate League – Moy 2-15 Kildress 1-10
Kildress senior men tasted defeat for the first time this season when they fell short to a strong Moy side away on Friday night. It’s a game Kildress will be able to take a lot from as unfortunately a lot off the Moy scores came from turnovers, so Kildress were well in this game taken those aside. Kildress started the game strongly with points from Shea Tracey and Shea Quinn from distance, but the Moy pounced to respond with 2 quick fire goals. Shea Quinn and Shea Murphy tagged on another few points to keep a goal between the sides. Approaching half time Conor McAleer stopped a certain Moy goal brilliantly and Kildress went up the other end where Shea Quinn beat his man to finish to the roof off the net.
Half time Score Kildress 1-5 v 2-5 Moy
Second half started brightly with Pauric Lagan scoring a fine individual point and Conor Quinn landing one from distance to leave the minimum between the sides. Unfortunately, that was as close as it got with the Moy tagging on a number of points. Kildress did try to fight back with scores from Cormac Loughran and Caolan McNamee, but it wasn’t to be. Kildress did have good performances from Jack Loughran, Shea Tracey and Shea Quinn amongst others.
Full time score Kildress 1-10 v 2-15 Moy.
Team: C McAleer, J Connolly, J Loughran, Callum Holland, C Quinn (0-1), C Loughran (0-1), M Crawley, P Lennon, C McNamee (0-2 2f), Corey Holland, P Lagan (0-1), S Tracey (0-1), Shea Loughran, S Murphy (0-1 1f), S Quinn (1-3 1f). Subs Used: M Loughran, G Corey, Stephen Loughran, A McAleer, N Connolly
Reserve League – Moy 2-09 Kildress 5-10
Kildress reserves continued their rich vein of form when they accounted for a solid Moy team on a scoreline of 5-10 v 2-8. Kildress started the game strongly with Ryan Gillen finishing to the back off the net. Aidan McAleer was in fine form from dead balls hitting 3 points of the ground all from the 45 Yard line.
Half time Score Kildress 1-7 v 0-5 Moy
Kildress came out very strongly in the second half and with quick fire goals from Ryan Gillen and Eoin Brannigan the game started to get away from the Moy. Eoin Brannigan doubled his goal tally for the day finishing with his trusted left foot to the bottom corner with the aid off the post. Goal of the game came late when Cathal Heagney side stepped a few challenges to finish to the roof off the net. The Moy did tag on a few late goals of their own but Cathal Heagney and Darragh McGuigan points saw the game out. Kildress had good performances throughout the field Cormac Loughran put on a captains display in the back line with Darren Devlin protecting the square well, Oisin McDonald and Gavin Corey providing bags off energy in half back. Aidan McAleer and Cathal Heagney doing well up top and with two goals a piece Ryan Gillen and Eoin Brannigan proved to strong for the Moy to handle.
Full time score Kildress 5-10 v 2-8 Moy.
Team: E Gallagher, C Loughran ©, D Devlin, A Keenan, G Corey (0-1), R Loughran, O McDonald, MJ Connolly, L Gilligan, M Mullin (0-1), A McAleer (0-3), C Heagney (1-2), R Gillen (2-0), E Brannigan (2-0), P Connolly (0-1). Subs Used: A Franey, O O’Driscoll (0-1), D McGuigan (0-1), R Conway, G Anderson, J Lagan, A Quinn, F Quinn
