Laois 4-6 Wicklow 1-8
Leinster U-16 ‘C’ Ladies Football Championship Semi Final
The Laois Ladies U-16 footballers have a Leinster final to look forward to after they defeated Wicklow at the weekend.
This ‘C’ semi final took place in Heywood with Laois running out seven point winners.
Timahoe’s Niamh Dundon and Portlaoise’s Rebecca Cahill both rattled the net in the opening half.
Yasmin Bishop and Beibheann Lavery replied for Wicklow but Laois led 2-2 to 0-3 at half time.
Wicklow came out strongly in the second half with a goal from Bishop helping them cut the gap to two points.
But Laois gathered themselves with the excellent duo of Niamh Dundon and Rebecca Cahill taking their goals tally to two each.
Points from Maya Donoghue and Lucie O’Reilly ensured that Laois won by seven in the end.
Laois now progress to the final where they will take on Offaly in Kinnegad on Saturday at 1pm.
SCORERS – Laois: Niamh Dundon 2-3, Rebecca Cahill 2-0, Maya Donoghue 0-2, Lucie O’Reilly 0-1
LAOIS: Doireann Brennan (Portlaoise); Sara McDonald (Portlaoise), Emma Malone (Killeshin), Clodagh Fingleton (Park-Ratheniska); Leah Farrell (Sarsfields), Katie O’Reilly (St Brigid’s), Ellen Bergin (Portlaoise); Lara Culleton (Portlaoise), Lucie O’Reilly (St Brigid’s); Kaylagh O’Mara (Ballyroan), Maya Donoghue (Shanahoe), Freya Jones (Crettyard); Laura Carroll (St Conleth’s), Niamh Dundon (Timahoe), Rebecca Cahill (Portlaoise). Subs: Mary O’Hara (Park-Ratheniska) for Bergin, Ashlee Smith (Graiguecullen) for Donoghue, Emma Delaney (Sarsfields) for Carroll, Kate Lyons (Mountrath) for Farrell, Leah Brennan (Portlaoise) for L O’Reilly
WICKLOW: Bea Clancy; Kayla Renwick, Sadhbh Ward, Erin Byrne; Lauren O’Leary, Niamh Brennan, Cria Cullen; Abigail Nolan, Charlotte Doyle; Hannah Fox, Yasmin Bishop, Rose Donohue; Ciara O’Neill, Thea Sterritt, Beibhinn Lavery
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