Goals crucial as Granard are crowned Longford U-21 ‘B’ football champions
Under 21 ‘B’ Football Championship (13-A-Side) Final
St Mary’s Granard . . . 2-5 Carrickedmond . . . 0-8
Chief marksman Jamie Brady Hynes (who clocked up a total of 1-4) knocked the ball away from the grasp of under pressure Carrick keeper Darragh Egan in shooting to the net in the 15th minute and the second goal materialised in the 29th minute when Patrick Hynes was on target after receiving the perfect pass from fellow defender Aaron Smyth.
That was a killer blow for Carrickedmond, who trailed by 2-3 to 0-3 at the break, and while the south Longford side tried hard to close the gap in the second half they were unable to catch St Mary’s who managed to withstand the comeback despite squandering a number of scoring chances.
ST MARY’S GRANARD: Donagh Callaghan; Tom Kearney, Oisin O’Hara; Patrick Hynes (1-0), Aaron Smyth, Dylan Reilly; Brendan Creegan, Sean Corcoran; Enda Masterson, Jakub Pawlowski, Micheal Hynes; Harry Kiernan (0-1), Jamie Brady Hynes (1-4, 1 free).
Sub:- Killian McGivney for B Creegan (stoppage time second half).
CARRICKEDMOND: Darragh Egan; Fionn Morgan, Conor Mulvey; Cormac Egan, Shaun McGrath, Sean Egan; Diarmuid Kelly, Sean Mulvey; Eoin Kiernan, Ross Doherty (0-2, 1 free), Pauric Dempsey (0-1); Brian Mulvey (0-5, 4 frees), John McCormack.
Subs:- Liam Glennon for S Egan (37 mins); Sam Mills for S McGrath (43 mins).
Referee: Joe McDermott (Young Grattans).