St Eunan's Raphoe NS celebrate victory in the Letterkenny Cup

All roads led to Leckview Park Letterkenny on Tuesday as St Eunan’s Raphoe faced off against Scoil Mhuire Ramelton in the final of the Letterkenny Cup.

Both sides had shown their quality in the group stages by qualifying for the final undefeated whilst scoring goals for fun. Scoil Mhuire entered the final having played three and won three, scoring 17 goals without conceding.

St Eunan's had an equally impressive run to the final winning all three games, scoring 20 and conceding just once. The stage was set for an entertaining game, and the large crowd of students and parents were treated to just that.

St Eunan’s got off the mark first when Odhrán McHugh netted twice early on. McHugh would go on to score four in total and claimed the Man of the Match award to boot.  The boys from Raphoe and Ramelton treated the large crowd in attendance to an excellent first half of football.

On the resumption, the entertainment continued with both sides giving their all. St Eunan’s had keeper Evan McCarron to thank for a wonderful point blank save as the Ramelton boys applied pressure early in the second half. However the St Eunan’s defense of Ben Farrell, Ultan Coyle, Riley McBride, Lewis Hamilton and Lewis Quinn held firm and were the launch pad for numerous attacks and flying wing backs Ben Farrell and Lewis Quinn chipped in with a couple of goals as well.

The St Eunan’s midfiled of Jayme Lafferty, Ronan McGranaghan, Orran Kee and Tiernan Kelly showed their quality throughout. They excelled both in defense and attack with both Ronan McGranaghan and Orran Kee netting a brace. The rolling substitution system meant that the whole squad was utilized on the day. Tommy McMonagle, Joe Curran, Zach Lecky, Harry Doherty and Jake McCarron all contributed to what was a well deserved win for the Raphoe boys.

When referee Zach McLaughlin sounded the long whistle St Eunans Raphoe celebrated in style. Both schools should be congratulated on what was an entertaining game, played in a sporting manner from start to finish.

St Eunan’s Raphoe: Evan McCarron, Ben Farrell, Ultan Coyle, Riley McBride, Lewis Hamilton, Lewis Quinn, Jayme Lafferty, Ronan McGranaghan, Orran Kee, Tiernan Kelly, Odhrán McHugh, Tommy McMonagle, Zach Lecky, Joe Curran, Harry Doherty, Jake McCarron.