Watergrasshill 4-13 (25) Ballinhassig 6-03 (21)
A great win by our U14s in Mayfield today against a strong Ballinhassig team, saw The Hill book their place in the U14 County Semi-final against Cobh on Saturday next, Sept 28.
The Hill opened strongly, scoring 1-3 before Ballinhassig opened their account with a goal. The Hill responded with a further 1-4 before Ballinhassig put their second score, a point, on the board. The Hill scored another 1-2 with Ballinhassig getting their second goal just before half-time to see the score at half-time Watergrasshill 3-09 to Ballinhassig's 2-01.
The 11-point lead was quickly reigned in by Ballinhassig with an immediate goal on the start of the second-half. Both teams traded scores with the margin hovering between eight and eleven points before Ballinhassig trailing by 9 points with 10 minutes to go, scored two goals in a row to make it a three-point game. With four minutes to go, Liam Foley scored a superb point to make it a four-point game and this was enough to see the Hill win the game.
Scorers: Liam Foley 2-4; Billy Ryan 2-0; Michael O'Driscoll 0-4; Ciarán O'Leary 0-3; Sam Dennehy 0-1 and Cian Cronin-O'Neill 0-1.
Squad: Fionn Fitzgerald, Rory Leahy, Cian Cronin-O'Neill, Coran O'Neill, Conor Hurley, Sam Dennehy, Conor Krol, Ryan Loftus, Michael O'Driscoll, Ciarán O'Riordan, Liam Foley, Shane O'Callaghan, Ciarán Linehan, Bobby Kelleher, Ciarán O'Leary, Cathal O'Brien, Liam Casey, Rory Leahy, Donnagh Burke, David Moore, Darragh Ó Bric, Darragh Collins, Donnacha Forde, Conor O'Mahony, Dean Field, Ethan Bowman, Billy Ryan and Mike O'Riordan.