Cashel Town and Borris into Tipperary Youths Cup semi-finals
Tipperary Youths Cup Quarter-Finals
Cashel Town 4 – 1 SC & K United
Cashel’s Town youths got over their loss in the Division 1 play-off decider to Two-Mile-Borris last weekend, when they ran out comfortable winners against Division Two side SC & K United at home on Saturday afternoon.
But the hosts didn’t have it all their own way, as the game was quite even for the first half hour, before the visitors from the foot of Slievenamon took the lead through Ciaran Lonergan who finished well after a quick break down field.
The home side stepped up a gear after this setback and had a number of chances before Artem Izhko finished from close range after the keeper failed to hold blistering shot a minute before the break.
In the second period, the home team began to dominate and took the lead on 54 minutes with a shot from outside the area by Sami Laaksonen that gave the visitors keeper no chance.
They put the game to bed five minutes from time, with another screamer, this time Niall Hallisey.
Artem Izhko got a fourth in time added on with a nice finish from twelve yards, from a cross from the right by Colm Ryan.
Two Mile Borris 6 – 0 Mullinahone
League champions Two-Mile-Borris, welcomed Mullinahone to Newhill on Saturday, with both teams slow to start in the cold weather, and creating very little until eight minutes from the break, when the hosts hit the front with Tristan Troy’s deft finish from six yards.
Louis Coughlan made it 2-0 for Two-Mile-Borris just before the break, and they started the second half on the front foot, with Jake Cullen adding a third only four minutes in, with an excellent solo effort, beating three defenders before scoring with a rifling shot from twenty yards.
Borris scored their fourth after Sean Treacy battled well to win the ball and pull it back for Jason Kelly who cooly finished, on the hour mark.
Well on top now, Sean Treacy set up Louis Coughlan to score Borris’ fifth with a long range finish to the bottom corner, 15 minutes from time. And they rounded off the afternoon when a darting break by Jason Kelly who rounded two defenders, set up to Tom Ryan to coolly finish to the net.