Twelve scores to 11 says it all about this thrilling game as Kildress came out on the right side of a 4-8 to 2-9 win over Moortown at a chilly Gortacladdy this evening in the LCC GROUP Intermediate Reserve Championship.
On another day Moortown would have won this one, as Kildress goal-keeper Nathan McKernan was both goal-stopper and show-stopper, making half-a-dozen point blank saves over both halves and totally frustrating an otherwise very inventive Moortown attack.
Caolan Mullin’s wonder-strike goal helped Kildress to a 1-6 to 1-4 interval lead, but the St Malachys then fought back brilliantly, only for very well-worked goals from Ben Donnelly, Damian Kelly and MJ Connolly to keep Kildress in a good position. This was literally an end-to-end, very fast-paced game, outstandingly well refereed by Dermot Monaghan.
Kildress now move on to meet neighbours Greencastle in the Semi-Final.
Kildress: Nathan McKernan | Chrissy McKenna, Jack Loughran, Tiernan McNamee | Altan McCrory, Niall Connolly, Shea Loughran | MJ Connolly (1-0), Conor McAleer | Adam Connolly (0-4), Damian Kelly (1-1), Caolan Mullin (1-0) | Ryan Conway (0-1), Marty Grimes (0-1), Aidan McAleer | Ben Donnelly (1-0), Odhran O’Driscoll, Rory Loughran, Shea McNamee (0-1)
