St. John’s players star for Summerhill College in Connacht league title success

St. John’s players star for Summerhill College in Connacht league title success, writes Michael McGee

Summerhill College took home the Connacht Colleges A league title from the Connacht Centre of Excellence last night with a comprehensive  3-12 0-09 victory over Roscommon CBS.

The Summerhill lads were quicker out of the blocks and playing an attractive brand of football racing into a 7 point lead at half time.

At the start of the second half Roscommon pinned summerhill  back in their own half for long periods. Summerhill goal stopper Niall Crawley pulled off a number of magnificent saves.  Once Summerhill broke the stranglehold they again regained their superiority and finished the game strongly.

A number of St. John’s players were to the fore most notably Paul McNamara operating at centre half back  putting  in a sterling performance with some big hits that drove the opposition back.

Brian “gooch” McGowan covered every blade in the Park. Starting at Corner forward his intelligent footballing brain seen him helping out his overstretched defence in the full back line on numerous occasions.   Alex Selby’s teak tough defending on a roving full forward ensured the Sligo Schools victory.

The panel also included Cathal Jordan, Cian Hough, Conor McGovern, Emmett Flanagan & Evan Tuffy.

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