Carras 3-4  Davitts 4-8

Davitts minor team made the short journey to Garrymore on Tuesday evening and qualified for the South Mayo B final after a good win over the local side.

Davitts, playing with the wind in the first half, opened the scoring with a first minute point from Aaron O Dea. The next score was an equalising point for Carras in the 12^th minute but this score was immediately cancelled out by Ciaran Treacy. Davitts points from Ronan Kelly (2) and Aaron O Dea extended the lead to four and in the 26^th minute, Dylan Gormley fired home a super goal, after great work by Tadhg Feerick and Dylan Burke, to put seven points between the sides. Carras were reeling but they responded in impressive fashion with a well-worked goal a minute later. A fine Ciaran Treacy goal, after a brilliant pass from Ronan Kelly, was the final score of the first half and saw Davitts lead by 2-5 to 1-1 at the break.

Dylan Gormley pointed in the first minute of the second half and when Ciaran Treacy slotted his second goal, after a fine move in the 34^th minute, things looked very bleak for the home-side. Not for the first time though, they replied in the best way possible with a goal of their own thirty seconds later. Ciaran Treacy shot a 42^nd minute point for Davitts but when the locals scored their third goal in the 46^th minute and a 48^th minute point, the deficit was cut to five points. A brilliant Ciaran Treacy point in the 51^st minute saw Davitts go six up but two similar Carras scores narrowed the gap to four with five minutes remaining. Davitts sub Fionn McTigue fired home a great goal in the 57^th minute to finally seal the win and a place in the South final.

Dylan O Brien could not be faulted for any of the Carras goals and he pulled off a crucial save towards the end of the match. Tadhg Feerick had a tremendous game at corner back with Ben Corless equally tigerish in the other corner. Noah O Brien, the superb Conor McDermott and Aaron O Dea (0-2) formed a very impressive half-back line. The hard-working Dylan Burke and Burke Briere gave Davitts a distinct edge at midfield. Aaron CB’s strong running caused all sorts of problems for the Carras defence with Sean Clarke, Ronan Kelly (0-2) and Dylan Gormley (1-1) making telling contributions but in Ciaran Treacy (2-3), Davitts had a real match-winner who was a constant threat. Fionn McTigue (1-0) and Cillian Kearns did very well when introduced while Pearse Diskin also saw action in the closing moments.