ROCHE EMMETS 1-16
WESTERNS 1-5

Roche Emmets eased through to the semi-final of the Junior Championship with an 11-point victory over Westerns in Drogheda in Sunday evening.

The Faughart side were impressive throughout against a Westerns outfit who seem to have suffered a slight dip in form over the past number of games.

Although their league form has not been the best, Roche have kept their best for the championship and once again they were rewarded for a fine display that resulted in some well-taken scores.

The North Louth side got off to a good start and quickly took control of a first half that saw them land nine points, with Dan O'Connell, Kevin Callaghan and Conor Carthy among those to hit the target.

Just before the interval, Eoin O'Hare grabbed the first goal of the game to send his team in leading by 1-9 to 0-3.

There was no way back for the Reaghstown side after the break as Roche continued to maintain a grip on proceedings and efforts from Liam Carthy and Dermot Carthy helped them to add a further seven points.

The Westerns battled to the end and gained some consolation when Tommy Durnin hit the net from a penalty.

ROCHE EMMETS: Jamie O'Hare; Joe Bishop, Harry O'Connell, Duane Callan; Conor Traynor, David Quigley, Gerry Murphy; Dan O'Connell 0-4, Eugene Murray; David O'Connell, Liam Carthy 0-2, Conor Carthy 0-4; Kevin Callaghan 0-5, Emmet Hughes 1-0, Eoin O'Hare. Subs: Dermot Carthy 0-1 for E O'Hare, Niall McArdle for L Carthy, Sean O'Hare for J O'Hare, Paddy Quigley for E Hughes.

WESTERNS: Jonathan Brennan; Andrew Murray, James Ward, Colin Martin; John Murray, Mick Martin, Anthony Durnin 0-2; Tommy Durnin 1-2, Ciaran Scriven; Trevor Baylon 0-1, Johnny Lynch, Aidan McGarrell; Stephen Boylan, Brian Martin, Gerry Curtis. Subs: PJ Marron for C Martin, Terry Sweeney for J Lynch, Seamus Peppard for S Boylan, Ryan Duffy for A McGarrell, Paul Byrne for G Curtis, Niall Moynagh for J Murray.

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