Monaghan enjoyed a highly impressive victory over Armagh in the Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Football Championship.
Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Football Championship quarter-finals
MONAGHAN 2-12 ARMAGH 1-7
CAVAN 1-13 DOWN 0-10
Monaghan and Cavan came through their Electric Ireland Ulster MFC quarter-finals to set up semi-final meetings with Tyrone and Donegal respectively next weekend.
Monaghan got the better of Armagh by 2-12 to 1-7 at Clones with a confident display that kept their title challenge very much on track.
They led by 0-8 to 1-2 at the interval, and pushed on with two second half, goals, the second three-pointer from Harry Hamill sealing the victory for the Farney lads.
Cavan had to come from behind with just 14 men to get the better of Down in the other quarter-final at Kingspan Breffni Park.
Two-pointers from Eoghan Convie and Callum Travers helped the Mourne lads open out a three points lead, with Dylan Kelly also on target.
Earlier Mark Reilly and Cian McConnell had hit the target for the home side, but it was Down who led by 0-6 to 0-3 at the interval.
Travers stretched the advantage with a two-point free, but despite the loss of midfielder Sam Maguire to a second booking, Cavan staged a strong comeback.
Faolan Graham, Jake Brady and McConnell, with a two-point free, brought them level at 0-8 each, before Brady fired in the game’s only goal on 48 minutes.
And they defended their lead by adding further scores through McConnell, Nathan Quigley and Brady to set up a semi-final meeting with Donegal.
