Coláiste Ailigh claimed the Donegal Senior B Schools title thanks to a nine-point win over Magh Ene this afternoon at the Donegal GAA Training Centre in Convoy.
Coláiste Ailigh 1-12 Magh Ene 0-6
By Charlie Collins in Convoy
A 12th minute goal by Ross Marley set Coláiste Ailigh up for a deserved win.
The game Magh Ene men were perhaps out of the game before they could even come into it as they found themselves 1-6 to no score in arrears after only 22 minutes.
The goal arrived when Donal Higgins teed up Marley, who made no mistake with an excellent finish past Cian McGloin.
Marley and Sean Ryan had kick-started the scoring burst for Coláiste Ailigh with early points.
Marley again, Conor McMenamin, Iarla McGinley and Diarmuid Cahill posted as John Bosco Gallagher’s side built up an unassailable advantage.
Frank Dooley presents Coláiste Ailigh captain Sean McNulty with the Cup
Coláiste Ailigh had nine different scorers over the hour and were well on their way to a win by the short whistle when they led 1-6 to 0-3.
It took Magh Ene 25 minutes for Jack Ronayne to break their duck.
After the re-start, a free from Eoin McGeehin stretched the lead for the Coláiste Ailigh men.
Adam McGloin, Daithi McGloin and Caolan Clancy kept Magh Ene in touch, but in the final five minutes Coláiste Ailigh sealed the deal.
Magh Ene
Oisin McGarvey drilled over two points in a row to open up a seven-point margin once more.
And Coláiste Ailigh closed out the game well with Diarmuid Cahill and Ronan McGeehin tacking on late points.
Coláiste Ailigh: Josh Pond; Rory McGinty, Tony Gallagher, Rory Boyce; Donal Higgins, Oisin McGarvey (0-2), Peadar Devenney; Sean Breen, Sean McNulty; Iarla McGinley (0-1), Mikie Sweeney (0-1), Diarmuid Cahill (0-2); Sean Ryan (0-1), Conor McMenamin (0-1), Ross Marley (1-2, 1f). Subs: Eoin McGeehin (0-1, 1f) for McMenamin (32), Ronan McGeehin (0-1) for Devenney (48), Jordan Barr for McGinley (58), John Gallagher for Higgins (60).
Magh Ene: Cian McGloin; Conal McGowan, Conor Jack McManus, Adam Gallagher; Daithi McGloin (0-1), Shane McGloin (0-1, 1f), Niall Sheerin; Kyle O’Driscoll, Matthew Duffy; Rhys Brennan, Jack Ronayne (0-2, 1f), Oisin Walsh; Adam McGloin (0-1), Caolan Clancy (0-1), Dermot Foley. Subs: Matthew McGeever for D.McGloin (53), Phelim McGloin for Sheerin (58).
Referee: Liam McConigley.
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