Collegeland cruise past Redmond O'Hanlon's

Redmond O’Hanlons 1-7 Collegeland 4-21

Collegeland opened its Junior Championship account with a convincing away win at Redmond O’Hanlon’s on Sunday afternoon. A scoring streak 20 minutes before half-time that resulted in an unanswered 1-8 sent Paul Doyle’s side on their way.

Caolan McQuade and Jason Kelly were the main attackers for the winners, scoring 2-4 and 1-4 respectively. In total, there were 12 different scorers for Collegeland on the day.

Tom Murphy got the game going after three minutes as Nathan McParland doubled the visitors’ lead. Redmond O’Hanlon replied through Aaron Waddell while Caolan McQuade and Charlie Magill exchanged points.

Then came the Collegeland avalanche, with Jason Kelly and Stefan McKenna each scoring to make it 0-2. Goalkeeper Niall Brady slotted home a long-range free kick while McQuade made it 1-2 in quick succession.

Cathair McGeary scored a point which Magill equalised at the other end, leaving Collegeland 11 points ahead at half-time, 1-11 to 0-3.

Adam Canavan (free) and Pauric McGeary cancelled each other out at either end early in the second half before Bartley Finnegan scored. McQuade (free) and Eamon O’Reilly also scored goals while McParland added a second.

Kelly scored a third major for Collegeland as Murphy, Kelly and Brady (free) shared the posts. Michael Cullen raised another white flag before Kelly played through McQuade for his second three-pointer of the day.

Canavan fired a second free-kick over the bar, while O’Hanlon himself put the ball into the net through Davy Bagnall. Brady and Kelly scored from deadlock, while Waddell and Mark Keenan shot over the bar at the other end.

Collegeland opened its Junior Championship account with a convincing away win at Redmond O'Hanlon's on Sunday afternoon — ***Photo credit: Colin Molloy***

Collegeland defender James Mackle scored the final goal of the game with a fist pump as Collegeland claimed a 22-point victory. They travel to Clady next weekend while O’Hanlon’s face the challenge of Lissummon.

Goalscorers for Redmond O’Hanlon: Davy Bagnall 1-0, Charlie Magill 0-2 (1f), Adam Canavan 0-2 (2f), Aaron Waddell 0-2, Eamon O’Reilly 0-1, Mark Keenan 0-1.

Collegeland scorers: Caolan McQuade 2-4 (3f), Jason Kelly 1-4 (1f), Bartley Finnegan 1-0, Niall Brady 0-3 (3f), Stefan McKenna 0-2, Tom Murphy 0-2, Nathan McParland 0-2, Cathair McGeary 0-1, Pauric McGeary 0-1, Michael Cullen 0-1, James Mackle 0-1.