The senior hurlers progressed to the semi-final stages of the Junior Hurling Championship with a spirited performance against St Agnes at Casement Park. We were in control of the match from the first whistle and with excellent use of the sliotar created many scoring chances.
We opened up with a finely taken goal from Rory McAvoy following good work by Stephen McGivern and Darren O’Neill who fed the ball to Anton McCaffrey who handpassed to Rory to finish to the net. Anton then took a point after fielding a Canice Mooney sideline cut and Rory McAvoy added to his tally with a point. Rory McAvoy then returned the favour as he handpassed the sliotar to Anton McCaffrey who blasted to the back of the 
Aggies  net. At this stage we lead 2-2 to no score but St Agnes registered a point with a long range free to open their account. Canice Mooney then got his first point of the game before playing Sean Prenter in for another point. A clearance from defense by Michael Brady found Rory McAvoy who side stepped his marker, passed off to Sean Smith who struck the sliotar between the posts. This was the final score of the first half giving us a commanding lead 2-5 to 0-1.
We rattled off five unanswered points on the resumption with Canice Mooney picking off three of the scores, including two fifty metre frees, while Stephen McGivern scored an exquisite point as he split the posts from sixty metres with his back to goal and Sean Prenter added his second. St Agnes then responded with a goal but we immediately hit back with Darren O’Neill taking possession of the ball and finding Canice Mooney who fired over the bar. From the resulting puck out Paul McGivern took a high catch and unleashed a high ball into the St Agnes box: Anton McCaffrey rose above the defenders, plucked the sliotar from the sky and buried it in the net. St Agnes then netted again but substitute Kevin McGrattan raced on to a cross field ball from Stephen McGivern to send over a point with his first touch of the game and when Sean Prenter pointed for his third time was almost up. In the dying seconds St Agnes found the net for their third goal of the half but we had done more than enough to secure the win and progress to the semi-final stage where we will take on Cushendun who beat All Saints in their quarter final encounter. Click here for photos of the game.
