Kilcar get their SFC campaign underway in expected fashion against Milford

Kilcar pulled away in the second half for an expected easy opening victory over Milford in Towney.

Kilcar 2-18
Milford 1-6

Kilcar led by 0-11 to 0-4 at the break, after Milford had matched them for the opening quarter. At that stage the home side only had a two point lead, 0-5 to 0-3. Ciaran McGinley, Patrick McBrearty (two frees), Mark Sweeney and Ryan McHugh had found the range for the home side while Rory O’Donnell and Kane Barrett with two had scored for Milford.

Five unanswered points from Brian O’Donnell, Ciaran McGinley, Eoin McHugh, Eoin Cormack and Ryan McHugh stretched the Kilcar lead to seven before Cathal McGettigan and Mark McHugh traded scores before the break.

The game was put to bed by the home side inside eight minutes of the restart with Eoin McHugh pointing and then finding the net after being put through by Oran Doogan. Kane Barrett did hit back with a goal for Milford after good work by Cathal McGettigan and Darragh Black but points from Ryan McShane, Mark Sweeney (2) and Patrick McBrearty put Kilcar clear.

Michael Murphy on song as Glenswilly give Naomh Conaill a considerable scare

The Donegal captain kicked 1-3 as Naomh Conaill came from five points down to lead in a fantastic Donegal SFC encounter before Glenswilly earned a share of the spoils late on

Kilcar scorers: Ciaran McGinley, Eoin McHugh 1-2 each; Patrick McBrearty 0-3,3f; Mark Sweeney 0-3; Ryan McHugh, Mark McHugh 0-2 each; Brian O’Donnell, Eoin Cormack, Ryan McShane, Dara O’Donnell 0-1 each.
Milford scorers: Kane Barrett 1-2; Rory O’Donnell 0-2; Cathal McGettigan and Patrick Ferry 0-1 each.

Kilcar: Kevin Campbell; Pauric Carr, Brian O’Donnell, Ryan McShane; Ryan McHugh, Oran Doogan, Conor Doherty; Ciaran McGinley, Jason Campbell; Eoin Cormack, Mark Sweeney, Eoin McHugh; Dara O’Donnell, Patrick McBrearty, Mark McHugh. Subs: Ryan O’Donnell for E McHugh (45); Patrick McShane for Cormack (47); Gary Molloy for M Sweeney (50); Dylan O’Gara for P Carr (58).
Milford: Shaun Gallagher; Anthony Curran, Conor Coll, James Boyce; Eoin O’Donnell, Luke Barrett, Dylan Dorrian; Ronan Docherty, Rory O’Donnell; Darragh Black, Cathal McGettigan, Patrick Ferry; Tony McNamee, Kane Barrett, Gary Merritt.
Referee: Jimmy White (Killybegs)