Dundalk Colleges and Moate Community School booked their places in the quarter-finals of the Leinster College SFC 'A' following victories over Colaiste Mhuire, Mullingar and Scoil Dara, Kilcock yesterday. An unfortunate own goal from Colaiste Mhuire's Jason O'Toole handed Dundalk Colleges a 1-8 to 1-6 win over their Westmeath opponents in Dundalk. There was little to separate the sides at any stage with Niall Hearty's 35-metre free on the stroke of half-time giving the home team a 0-5 to 0-3 interval lead. The Mullingar boys restarted impressively and a Seanie Daly goal put them two points clear. Four minutes later, though, O'Toole deflected the ball into his own net to put Dundalk back in front. The Louth side were three points up in stoppage-time when Daly's last-gasp effort for an equalising goal flew over the bar to leave two points in it at the end. Last year's beaten semi-finalists Moate Community School had seven points to spare, 1-15 to 0-11, over Scoil Dara in the day's other second round tie. Alan Stone top-scored for the Westmeath side who ran riot from the 10th minute until half-time when they outscored their Kildare opponents by 0-10 to 0-1. The scoreboard read 0-13 to 0-4 at the interval, as the Scoil Dara defence battled to contain the efforts of Stone, Brian Finnerty and Dave McCormack. After the break, Kilcock reduced the arrears with points from Mark Durkin and Ross Tallon before Clara man Darren Scanlon rattled the net at the other end. And points from David Minnock and Finnerty sealed the deal for Dessie Dolan's charges. Scorers - Dundalk Colleges: M Keane 0-4, J O'Toole 1-0 (og), A Sharkey 0-2 (0-2), P Reilly (0-1f), N Hearty (0-1f) 0-1 each. Coláiste Mhuire: S Daly 1-1, A Clarke, D Lynch (0-1f), G Keena (0-1f), D McNicholas, N Kirby 0-1 each. Dundalk Colleges - K Brennan; A English, R Ellis, F Sheridan; N O'Callaghan, C Sheridan, O Brayden; N O'Connor, N Hearty; D McKiernan, M Keane, K Ryan; A Sharkey, P Reilly, C McKeever. Subs: C Ryan for McKiernan (h-t), C McVeigh for Sharkey (40). Colaiste Mhuire - N Doherty; C Burke, S Gilmore, P Newman; J O'Toole, C Lyons, P Maxwell; D Gavin, A Price; W McGrath, A Clarke, D Lynch; G Keena, D McNicholas, S Daly. Subs: N Kirby for Price (h-t), S Fagan for Maxwell (54), M Coyne for Keena (57). Ref -T Donoghue (Roscommon). Scorers - Moate: A Stone 0-5 (0-3f), D Scanlon 1-1 (0-1f), B Finnerty 0-4 (0-1 '45'), D McCormack 0-3, E Kincaid, D Minnock 0-1 each. Kilcock: M Durkin 0-4 (0-4f), J McGrath (0-1 '45'), R Tallon 0-2 each, C Downey, J Kelly, C Downey 0-1 each. Moate - J Egan; C Kelly, C Connor, J Warburton; G Mullry, L Fitzpatrick, P Holloway; A Stone, D Minnock; D McCormack, B Finnerty, J Flattery; E Kincaid, D Kelleher, D Scanlon. Subs: E Flemming for Slattery (50), J Maguire for Warburton (59), E Heavin for McCormack (56). Scoil Dara Kilcock - C Murphy; K Coffey, S Maguire, K Lyons; D Lynch, C Downey, P Harnan; P McGrath, C Gillespie; M Durkin, R Tallon, J McGrath; S O'Neill, K McManus, J Kelly. Ref - A O'Connor (Laois). Tweet

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