St Mary's CBS, Mullingar 2-14 Marist College, Athlone 0-6St Mary's CBS, Mullingar, romped to victory at Athlone yesterday. The visitors never looked like losing from the moment Kieran Lynam scored a goal after 11 minutes.
Marist suffered further when full forward Mark Fox was sent off for a second bookable offence before half-time.
Conor Dockery received a straight red card nine minutes into the second half and the Athlone side finished with 13 men. By then, Joe Kenny had scored a second Mullingar goal after a one-two with Ciarán Curley, and the away side were out of sight.
ST MARY'S: P Shaw; D Rushe, K Gavin, T Mescall; S Egan, D Coroon, B Nally; N Kilcoyne (0-1), D McCormack (0-1, one free); P Leonard, E Doolin (0-2), J Kenny (1-0), C Lynam (0-6, six frees), K Lynam (1-1), C Curley (0-3). Subs: C Cochrane for J Kenny (50 mins); P Sherry for N Kilcoyne (53 mins); S Flynn for D McCormack (54 mins); M Beglin for S Egan (55 mins).
MARIST: A O'Dea; R Farrell, A Kennedy, C Murray; E Jordan, S Fagan, K Macken (0-1); G Walsh, A Browne (0-3, two frees, one 45); C Dockery, K Devine, B Carty; G Byrne, M Fox (0-2, two frees), P Mulvihill. Sub: A Healy for B Carty (35 mins).
Referee: P O'Reilly (Longford).
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