East Cork Junior B Hurling Championship

Carrig 2-22 Castlelyons 2-11 in Lisgoold on Sunday, September 19^th

Carrig began their Junior B hurling championship campaign with an emphatic win against 13-man Castlelyons on a wet afternoon in Lisgoold.

Carrig raced into a 5 point lead inside 5 minutes with 2 scores from Luke Kelly, and a point apiece from Daire Crotty, Ollie Baverstock and Sean O’Sullivan. Castlelyons slowly fought their way back into the game however and 2 more Carrig scores from Sean O’Sullivan and Shane Healy were all Carrig could muster as Castlelyons rattled off 1-6 by the 20^th minute. A great move just before half time saw Peadar Downey bury to the net to put Carrig back in the lead; 1-10 to 1-7 at the break.

Castlelyons again came back into the game only trailing by a single point on 35 minutes but Carrig had extended that lead to 6 points by the 2^nd half water break. Carrig continued their dominance after the restart with Shane Healy netting Carrig’s 2^nd goal and as Castlelyons were reduced to 13 men Carrig were able to see out the game comfortably.

Overall it was a hard-fought game with great quality from both sides considering the conditions. Carrig meet St. Catherines in the next group game this Saturday, September 18^th.  

Scorers: L. Kelly 0-7 (3f), S. Healy 1-4, D. Crotty 0-5, P. Downey 1-1, S. O'Sullivan 0-2, O. Baverstock, C. Sullivan, S. Murphy 0-1 each

Panel: D. Flynn, J. Ahern, C. O’Mahony, P. Barden, O. Baverstock, R. Power, S. Murphy, C. Sullivan, D. Crotty, L. Kelly, C. O’Connell, J. McCarthy, S. O’Sullivan, P. Downey, S. Healy Subs used: A. McNamara.