MINOR CHAMPIONSHIP
DIVISION 1
Summerhill 1-13
Donaghmore/Ashbourne 1-9
Half-time score: Summerhill 0-6 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 0-4
Summerhill got their bid for a first MFC Division 1 title in nine years off to a winning start against Donaghmore/Ashbourne in Summerhill on Saturday evening.
Summerhill were only two points up at half-time, 0-6 to 0-4. After the break, 15-year-old Conor Frayne bagged the home side's only goal.
Five Summerhill players got on the score-sheet with Conor Lyons finishing as top-scorer with a total of eight points.
Summerhill: Shane Kavanagh; David Myles, Iarla Hughes, Jack Cummins; Sean Ryan, Jack Payne, Jack Davies; Ross Ryan (0-1), Eoghan Crowe (0-2); Joseph Fox (0-1), Conor Lyons (0-8, six frees), Cathal Ryan; Mark Donoghue, Ronan Ryan, Conor Frayne (1-1). Subs: Kyle Benson for M Donoghue.