Sem pick up their first MacRory win
Danske Bank MacRory Cup
St Ronan’s Lurgan 2-7 St Macartan’s Monaghan 4-5
St Ronan’s Lurgan started and finished this Danske Bank MacRory Cup tie with a flourish, but in between St Macartan’s delivered four goals that were enough for the Sem to pick up their first points of the campaign.
Despite conceding an early goal to Jack Leneghan, Remy McKenna had St Macartan’s back on level terms at 1-1 each in the 9th minute with a fine strike.
However the same player got in for a cracking second goal just on the stroke of half-time to open up a 2-3 to 1-2 interval lead that stretched to 3-4 to 1-3 in the 38th minute when Robbie McAllister stroked home a penalty after Dean McGuigan was fouled in the area.
The Sem were now playing confident football and it was not a surprise in the 49th minute when Jack Gormley’s goal made it 4-5 to 1-4.
Conor Turbitt kick-started a mini revival for St Ronan’s in the final ten mintues with a point that was followed by two more from frees and then a goal from Tiarnan Kelly in the 57th minute that suggested there was still hope for them.
However the Sem managed to close out the game to take their first win.
St Macartan’s : Remy McKenna 2-0, Jack Gormley 1-1, Robbie McAllister 1-1, Dean McGuigan 0-2, Alan Mohan 0-1
St Ronan’s : Tiarnan Kelly 1-1, Jack Leneghan 1-0, Kevin McAlinden 0-2, Conor Turbitt 0-2, Jamie Haughey 0-1, Odhran Magee 0-1.
