Sligo SHC Final
Easkey 3-18 Naomh Eoin 1-10
Sharpshooters Andrew Kilcullen and Thomas Cawley were the main men for Easkey as they won their third successive Sligo SHC title today.
Naomh Eoin simply couldn’t handle the two red-hot inside forwards who scored a combined total of 3-7 from play.
Easkey settled quickly and were already five points to the good after 16 minutes. They then scored the game’s opening goal seven minutes before the break when Kilcullen took advantage of a mistake in the Naomh Eoin defence to push his team 1-7 to 0-2 ahead.
Cawley followed up with a point and a goal of his own, and by the half-time break Easkey led by 2-10 to 0-4.
Naomh Eoin were more competitive in the third quarter, but were rocked back on their heels again when Kilcullen struck for his second and his team’s third goal.
Edwin Mullane scored a goal for Noamh Eoin in stoppage time, but it was little more than a consolation score.
Scorers for Easkey: Andrew Kilcullen 2-7 (4f, 1 sideline), Thomas Cawley 1-5, Rory McHugh 0-2, Dónall Hanley 0-2, Finnian Cawley 0-1, Mikey Gordon 0-1
Naomh Eoin: Tony O'Kelly-Lynch 0-8 (7f, 1 65), Edwin Mullane 1-0, Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch 0-1, Darragh Cawley 0-1
EASKEY: J Gordon, B Feeney, G Connolly, D Rolston, F Connolly, ER McGowan, D Hanley, F Cawley, N Kilcullen, M Gordon, R McHugh, J Weir, T Cawley, A Kilcullen, J McHugh
Subs: S Molloy for B Feeney (44), R Molloy for D Rolston (44) F Moylan for J McHugh (52), H Gilroy for F Connolly (54) H O'Donnell for T Cawley (56)
NAOMH EOIN: K Brennan, A Wall, C Jordan, D Keaveny, F O'Kelly-Lynch, N Feehily, D Fidgeon, G O'Kelly-Lynch, D Cawley, T O'Kelly-Lynch, R Feehily, P O'Brien, L O'Kelly-Lynch, P Kilcoyne, J Carroll
Subs: M Munnelly for P O'Brien (22) E Scully for J Carroll (ht) E Mullane for E Scully (48) T Davis for D Cawley (53)