Ballinascreen advanced to the quarter-finals of the Derry SFC - courtesy of a superior score difference to Banagher and Ballymaguigan - all three clubs finishing on two points. After a bright start by the Banagher side when they scored three points inside ten minutes However, Ballinascreen worked their way back into the game, and at the break they had reduced the lead to 0-6 to 0-3. In the opening ten minutes of the second-half the sides were level, and it was anyone's game. Then Conor Lynch got in for a Banagher goal with ten minutes of the match remaining. Ballinascreen kept the margin within their margin of error and reached the quarter-finals - final score Banagher 0-9, Ballinascreen 0-9. Banagher scorers were - C. Lynch 1-0, G. Biggs 0-5, 2 frees, M. Lynch 0-3 from frees and R. O'Kane. Ballinascreen marksmen were - E. Burns 0-3, 2 frees; K. McElroy 0-2, E. Murray, B. Murray, S. McKenna and E. Murray 0-1 each. Referee - J. J. Cleary from Ballinascreen. Tweet

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