Owen Roe O'Neills GAC

Work rate, discipline, and no shortage of fine football were the building blocks for Owen Roes minors to pocket their third win of the 2013 campaign. Especially in the first half the Leckpatrick side showed some excellent credentials, and despite a plethora of missed chances had enough in the locker to run our narrow one point winners.

Cathal McShane grabbed the game's opening point with a second minute free before Declan McGinn levelled from play. The tie's opening goal came on 7 minutes. McShane's pointed effort hit the post, but Marty O'Neill- getting his reward for a hard working hour- was alive and slammed the rebound to the net despite the best efforts of Sean Fox in goals.

Kevin Cairns, and a blistering Aaron Boggs run combined to allow Charles O'Doherty to stretch the Owen Roes' lead, with McShane adding a place kick minutes later. On the quarter hour the same man pointed from play following good work from Connor Donaghey and Ryan McAleer.

The home side were under the cosh at this stage, but they offered plenty going forward when the opportunity allowed and a pair of scores dragged them back into contention. Rory Meyler, and a Matthew McCloy free ticking their scoreboard over.

In between all that the visitors were grateful to their keeper Jack McGeehan for a point blank save to deny a certain Cappagh goal, with Michael Dooher alive to clear the ball off the line following McGeehan's stop.

Nonetheless Cappagh did raise a green flag minutes later, although in somewhat fortuitous circumstances as Ciaran Carlin's pointed effort dipped late over the helpless Roes' net minder.

At the other end McShane added twice from play either side of another spurned goal chance. Charles O'Doherty's burst through the middle saw him drag his shot the wrong side of Fox's goal.

Late in the half, Owen Roes sub Jack Boggs knocked over to leave his side four ahead at the short whistle, but with a flurry of wides, and short dropped shots his side would've been disappointed with such a narrow advantage.

Playing now into a stiff breeze Owen Roes came out aiming to hit on the break, and McShane almost did that with bells on after 3 minutes when his effort was saved by Fox. Indeed the Cappagh keeper was on hand to deny Ronan McNulty a short time after but Boggs grabbed a point return from the attack.

McCloy's free on 43 minutes got Cappagh off and running on the scoreboard, but his white flag was soon matched by a McShane free.

McCloy added another couple of white flags from placed kicks on 48 and 51 minutes to leave just three in it as Cappagh pushed hard to rescue the game, but excellent defending by Donaghey, Oliver Gallagher and Michael Dooher repelled their best efforts.

Cappagh kept plugging away with McCloy's dead ball leaving two between the sides. However Ryan Bradley's injury time score was all Cappagh could muster and the points returned to Glenmornan.

Another excellent showing by the Owen Roes youngsters. However they will look at the number of opportunities missed and see that there's still plenty to improve upon if they hope to maintain that winning run.