PHOTOS: A Double Victory For Mounthawk In All-Ireland Schools Cup

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John Dowling of Mercy Mounthawk reports on the double header in the Subway All-Ireland Schools Cup Round 2 at the school on Thursday…

Under 19 boys

Mercy Mounthawk (26) 66

St.Marys Portlaoise (21) 41

Action from the U19 game at Mercy Mounthawk gym. Photo by Dermot Crean

An action packed day in Mercy Mounthawk saw both under 19 and under 16 teams victorious and through to the Subway All-Ireland Schools Cup quarter-final in front of an packed Mercy Mounthawk gym on Thursday.

Our under 19 team played St Marys CBS portlaois at 12.15. The 1st two quarters were neck and neck with Mounthawk going in at half time with a narrow five point deficit.

In the third quarter, Mounthawk started to turn the tide with some excellent defensive work and some great baskets lead by Daire Kennelly, Steven Bowler and captain Philip Corkery. The game ended on a scoreline of 66 to 41.

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Top scorers  Mounthawk: Steven Bowler 14; Philip Corkery 13; Daire Kennelly 12

Portlaoise: D Phelan 18; J Phelan 15; T Gbenoha 10

Under 16 boys

Mercy Mounthawk (30) 63

Summerhill (23) 38

The Mercy Mounthawk Under 16 panel.

Next up at 2.30pm was the under 16s who played Summerhill Sligo. This game was played a high speed with both teams really going after each other.

Some great scores by dean rusk in the 2nd quarter saw Mounthawk lead at half time. Once again in the 2nd half lead by Sean and Tim Pollman-Daaman, Mounthawk pushed their advantage and ran out convincing winners in the end.

Top scorers: Mounthawk: Sean Pollman-Daaman 18; Tim Pollman-Daaman 17; Dean Rusk 13

Summerhill:  D Walsh 10; C O’Reilly 6; B Garvey 5; N McLoughlin 5

Action from the U19 game at Mercy Mounthawk gym. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action from the U19 game at Mercy Mounthawk gym. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action from the U19 game at Mercy Mounthawk gym. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action from the U19 game at Mercy Mounthawk gym. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action from the U19 game at Mercy Mounthawk gym. Photo by Dermot Crean

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