Clinical Castlehaven move past Glenville into U21 semi-final
Micheál Maguire was a leading light against Glenville in Castlehaven's U21 quarter-final victory. Picture: Martin Walsh.
Castlehaven powered into the Cork ETB U21 football semi-finals thanks to an 11-point win over Glenville in Moneyvohallane.
Niall O’Callaghan and Micheál Maguire grabbed the goals on a night the hosts adapted better to the awful weather conditions.
A Glenville team coming off their first East Cork U21 A success in 20 years gave their all but could have no argument with the outcome. Castlehaven deservedly progress to a county semi-final against either Carrigaline or Beara, who meet on Sunday afternoon.
Saturday’s floodlit quarter-final was played out amid persistent rain.
The Haven, backed by a strong wind, got off to a flier with Will O’Donovan firing over inside 2 minutes. A left-footed Ciarán O’Leary effort levelled matters.
Both teams struggled with the deteriorating weather as evidenced by numerous turnovers and four consecutive Haven wides. It took a Will O’Donovan two-pointer to end a 10-minute scoreless spell and edge the hosts 0-3 to 0-1 in front.
Better was to follow for the Carbery club when a sweeping move released Niall O’Callaghan. The midfielder expertly found the bottom corner past outrushing goalkeeper Cathal Sheehan.
Danny O’Donovan’s point made it 1-4 to 0-1 in Castlehaven’s favour after 20 minutes.
Glenville’s attempts to mount a response floundered in the final third. Too many attempts dropped short prior to Micheál Maguire’s sublime effort stretching the leaders advantage.
Ciarán O’Leary converted a badly needed Glenville free and Jack Counihan’s point made it 1-5 to 0-3 as the visitors finished the half strongly.
Next, a terrific Ciarán O’Leary two-pointer was matched by Castlehaven’s Mark Crowley at the opposite end.
The latter’s orange flag and another Micheál Maguire point sent the Haven in 1-8 to 0-5 up at the interval.
Eoin Maguire scored to edge the hosts seven clear and a diligent Castlehaven defence kept their opponents at bay during a sometimes fractious third quarter.
Glenville needed a spark and Dave Barry provided it after 36 minutes. Evading a defender, Barry found the net to make it 1-9 to 1-5.
The hosts' response was devastating with James Maguire (two) and Eoin Maguire (two) raising four unanswered white flags.
That made it 1-13 to 1-5 and, utilising Mark Crowley and Will O’Donovan’s ball-winning ability, the Haven enjoyed an eight-point cushion entering the closing stages.
Mark Crowley caped an impressive display with his team’s fourteenth point as time ticked down.
Micheál Maguire put the seal on an effective Castlehaven performance with 5 minutes to go. Soloing clear of a tiring defence, Maguire netted his side’s second goal. A late Dave Barry point proved scant consolation for Glenville.
M Maguire 1-2, W O’Donovan (1 2pt), M Crowley (1 2pt), E Maguire 0-3 each, N O’Callaghan 1-0, J Maguire 0-2, D O’Donovan 0-1.
C O’Leary 0-4 (0-1 f, 1 2pt), D Barry 1-1, J Counihan 0-1.
A Limrick; D O’Callaghan, S O’Connell, D O’Donoghue; E Buckley, W O’Donovan, J Maguire; N O’Callaghan, J Buckley; E O’Donovan, M Maguire (c), M Crowley; D McCarthy, E Maguire, D O’Donovan.
D Courtney for N O’Callaghan (54), D Moloney for D O’Donovan (56), D Shanahan for D McCarthy (60), S Crowley for E Buckley (60), C O’Donovan for E Maguire (60).
C Sheehan; Conor O’Mahony, D O’Bric, S O’Leary; S Curtin, B Ryan, C McHugh; C O’Leary (c), D Forde; Callum O’Mahony, J Counihan, E Forde; D Barry, L Foley, C Linehan.
B Loftus for D Forde (40), J Hennebry for Callum O’Mahony (40), J Buckley for L Foley (49), Z Curtin For Conor O’Mahony (54), D O’Leary for C McHugh (58).
Liam O’Shea (Carbery Rangers).
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