Kells side show good form

All the goals in the NEC u-15 Div 1 clash were scored in the opening half with Keith Scanlon, Patrick Murray and Sam Needle finding the net to give Kells / Blackwater victory. Andrew Arkins had a chance to add a fourth in the second-half but his penalty went narrowly wide. Darragh Hughes and Glen Connolly went close for Parkvilla. Excellent for the winners were Gary McDermott, Murray, Keith Scanlon and Needle while Jason Nestor, the outstanding Michael James, Gary Power and Paul McEntaggert stood out for the Navan side. Parkvilla - J Walsh; J Forde, J Nestor, M James, G Power, A Fitzsimons, P McEntaggert, A Murphy, M Lupo, G Connolly, D Hughes. Subs - P Moyles for Fitzsimons, W Cahill for Murphy. Kells/Blackwater - C Murray; E Keegan, P Murray, G McDermott, C Mooney, A Arkins, S Needle, D Murphy, S Mattimo, K Scanlon, L Rennicks. Subs - W Feehan for Mattimo, C McCann for Rennicks, R Farnham for Scanlon, S Obembe for Arkins. Kells/Blackwater 7 Glebe North 1 Any doubts about who would win this u-14 SFAI Cup clash were dispelled at the interval when Kells / Blackwater led Glebe North 6-0. Oisin Reilly showed the way for the winners with a superb hat-trick in this one-sided encounter. Mark Carrigy twice found the net with Cormac O"Reilly and Enda Yore also breaking through to score. Kells/Blackwater - J Barrett; L Beggy, A O"Rourke, M Carrigy, J Skelly, E Yore, S Clarke, O Reilly, R Daly, C O"Reilly, R O"Reilly. Subs - C Moen for C O"Reilly, L Byrne for Skelly, R McManus for Yore. Kells/Blackwater 3 Johnstown 2 Kells/Blackwater clocked up their fourth successive victory in the NEC u-12 Div 1 when they fired three past Johnstown on Saturday. Goals from Carl Jordan, Patrick Farrelly and Brendan Browne sealed the win for the home side who are clearly on a roll. Excellent for Kells/Blackwater, who led 2-0 at the interval, were Conor Arkins, Fionn Reilly, Jordan, Farrelly and Browne. Kells/Blackwater - P Quinlan; B Browne, C Arkins, J Reilly, C Lynch, T Mongey, A Doherty, P Byrne, P Farrelly, C Jordan, F Reilly. Sub - J Kenny for Doherty. Carrick 1 Parkvilla 6 Parkvilla upped the tempo to take the NEC u-12 Div 1 points on offer with a resounding victory over Carrick. Dylan Byrne netted Parkvilla"s two opening goals, Jerome McLoughlin and Shane Lambe tagged on two more to leave Parkvilla 4-0 at the break before Finian Donnelly and Ben Hoey added two more. Graham Nelson, Dylan Griffiths, Patrick Leahy and Shane Dowdall were also in fine form for the winners. Parkvilla - C Honan; N Moyles, G Nelson, S Lambe, D Griffiths, B Hoey, S Williamson, J McLoughlin, P Leahy, D Byrne, C Fitzsimons. Subs - S Dowdall for Griffiths, F Donnelly for Fitzsimons. Parkvilla 2 Virginia Bhoys 3 Parkvilla came back from 0-2 down to give themselves a chance of taking something from this NEC u-11 Div 1 encounter, but Virginia went home with the points. Sean Lally-Starrs netted for Parkvilla and Conor Shaffrey tagged on an excellent late second goal. Parkvilla - C Lawless; M O"Reilly, M Dolan, P Carpenter, K Crocock, J Byrne, S Lally-Starrs, T Duignan, T Freeman, S McHugh, D Kavanagh. Subs - C Shaffrey for McHugh, P Curran for Byrne, M Farren for Freeman. DROGHEDA LEAGUE Walshestown 1 Kells/Blackwater 11 Kells/Blackwater really turned on the style to win this Drogheda & District u-11 girls clash. Aoife Brady, Aoife Flatter and Ella Kelly each helped themselves to a hat-trick with Leanne Connell and Emma Van Zantern netting one apiece. Kells/Blackwater - T Flanagan; C O"Brien, K Moran, A Flattery, E Kelly, L Connell, A McManus, E Brogan. Subs - A Brady for Moran, E Vna Zantern for McManus.