SEAN MacCumhaills put an end to their bad run of late with a much needed win over Downings.
Sean MacCumhaills 1-13 Downings 0-7
MacCumhaills opened from play with a point from Jamie Keegan and Downings went into the lead with scores from Ronan Gallagher, free, and two other placed balls from Kyle McFadden.
Scoring chances were few and far between in the run up to the water break with Luke Gavigan converting from far out.
O’Leary and McFadden traded points and the goal arrived when Carl Dunnion’s superb finish put MacCumhaills four up at the interval.
The home side dominated the second half from the throw-in with Keegan, O’Leary and O’Reilly on target.
Gary Wilson and Luke Gavigan landed two fine scores and, at the other end, Eoin Gallen had to be alert to snuff out an effort on goal.
MacCumhaills were reduced to 14 men when McSorley was black carded.
Downings’ final three scores of the game came from placed balls but the home side closed the game out with points from Gavin Gallagher, Padhraic Patton and Steven Mulligan.
Seán MacCumhaills: Eoin Gallen; Cian Mulligan, Ronan McMenamin, Chris Gallagher; Chad McSorley (0-1), Gavin Gallagher (0-1), Adam Lynch; Luke Gavigan (0-2), Ryan Duffy; Gary Wilson (0-1), Martin O’Reilly (0-1), Carl Dunnion (1-0); Jamie Keegan (0-2), Darren O’Leary (0-3f), Steven O’Reilly. Subs: Steven Mulligan (0-1) for Gallagher, Padhraic Patton (0-1) for Dunnion, Joe Boyle for Lynch, Aaron Kelly for Duffy.
Downings: John McGroddy; Tiarnan McBride, David Hay, Hugo Davis; Aodh McBride, Ben McNutt, James Lee McBride; Ronan Gallagher (0-1), Padraig McGinty; Oisin Boyce, Dale McFadden, Shane Boyce; Kevin Doherty, Keelan McGroddy, Kyle McFadden (0-6, 4f). Subs: Ross Cullen for Davis, Gary McClafferty for JL McBride.
Referee: Declan Callaghan (Kilcar).
