Round-up: Dalata Hotel Group Ulster U20 Championship action
A general view of Kingspan Breffni. Photo by Tyler Miller/Sportsfile
Dalata Hotel Group Ulster U20 Football Championship Quarter-finals
Tyrone 1-11 Derry 0-12
Monaghan 1-17 Cavan 0-16
All-Ireland U20 football champions Tyrone stunned Derry with a stoppage time goal, smashed home by Conor O’Neill to steal a 1-11 to 0-12 win at Find Insurance Celtic Park as the holders secured a great escape and an Ulster semi-final joust with Donegal.
Derry, playing into the wind, dominated possession, and opened up an early lead with points from Ger Dillon and Cody Rocks.
The Red Hands scored just once in the opening quarter, through Jamie Concannon, and found themselves trailing by four when Dillon slotted over his fourth of the evening.
Wing back Concannon landed a two-pointer to close the gap, but that was cancelled out as Dillon drove a long range free between the posts to raise an orange flag.
Peter Colton’s two-pointer closed the gap to three, with the holders trailing by three at the interval, 0-8 to 0-5.
Tyrone, with Conor Devlin and Conor O’Neill at the heart of it all, powered forward in the second half, closing the gap with scores from Turlough Muldoon, O’Neill, Aodhan Quinn and Peter Colton, who levelled in the 51st minute.
Derry went two ahead through Conal Higgins and McGuckian, but O’Neill smashed home a 15 metre rocket in the 63rd minute to turn the game on its head, with Shea McDermott adding an insurance point.
Monaghan came strong in the second half at Kingspan Breffni to overcome Cavan by 1-17 to 0-16 and set up a last four clash with Armagh.
Cavan’s lively start saw a Dylan Edwards score followed by Joe Dugdale’s two-pointer, but the visitors struck back to go level through Matthew Finn and Max Maguire.
Again the Breffni lads gained the upper hand to push ahead with scores from Nathan Quigley and Ben Tully, before Jack Dobson raised their second orange flag of the evening.
Maguire was always a danger up front for the Farney, and he got in for a goal on 26 minutes, after Shane McCabe had opened out a six points lead.
Maguire and Noonan traded points late on, with Cavan going in with a 0-11 to 1-5 interval lead.
But it was the visitors who controlled the second period, with Tom Doherty, Matthew Finn, John McCrystal and Max McGinnity sending over points as they edged in front.
Max Maguire landed a two pointer, and while Cavan had scores from Jamie Clarke and Quigley, it was Monaghan who finished with another orange flag, this time from Matthew Carolan.
