Scariff Community College will play High School Clonmel in the final of the Munster Colleges Senior B (Corn Tomas Mhic Choilm) Hurling Championship after they recorded a comfortable nineteen-point win over Bishopstown at Bansha on Wednesday afternoon.
Scariff CC 6-18, Bishopstown 2-11
The Cork side made the better start, striking for an early goal, but this was quickly cancelled out by a similar score from Paul Rodgers. The Clare outfit followed with a number of points, including two from sideline efforts by Ben Sweeney.
Team captain Ben Sweeney then struck for a hat trick of goals, and Scariff went to the break leading on a scoreline of 4-10 to 1-3.
Early second-half goals from Gunning and Rodgers put the East Clare college into a commanding position.
Scariff CC Team Lineup:
Goalkeeper: Cormac Doyle (Bodyke)
Defenders: Cathal McCaul (Scariff), Sean Og Kilkenny (Bodyke), Cormac Gunning (Broadford), Michael Heffernan (Whitegate), Kalum Fahy (Whitegate), Mikey Bogenberger (Whitegate)
Midfielders: Matthew Crotty (Scariff), Harry Bogenberger (Whitegate)
Half-Forwards: Colin O’Grady (Scariff), Ben Sweeney (Scariff), Jake Gibbons (Whitegate)
Full-Forwards: Michael Vaughan (Scariff), Eoin Gunning (Broadford), Paul Rodgers (Scariff)
Substitutes Used:
Edan Buckley (Bodyke) for Gunning, Patrick O’Donnell (Killanena) for Rodgers, Sean Reilly (Ogonnelloe) for Gibbons, Dylan Joyce (Bodyke) for Crotty, Dan Tuohy (Whitegate) for H. Bogenberger.