New Hampshire Wolves 2-8 Worcester 3-10
Worcester Fenians captured the first Junior B Hurling
championship in the Northeast division after a hard hitting, exciting game
against old rivals, the New Hampshire Wolves.
Worcester got some great performances from several of their number, none
more so than center forward, Conor Greene.
Greene accounted for all 3 goals and a number of well taken points to
steer his side to the win.
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Captains Seamus O'Shaughnessy and Dave Crowley accept
the Cup from Peter Murray.
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Worcester got off to a great start with a goal from center
forward Conor Greene. Greene’s shot on
the turn looped over Wolves keeper, Steve Desjarlais, and into the corner of
the net. Worcester followed with a point
to hold a 4 point lead early on. It was
Sean Naughton who got the New Hampshire side off the mark with two points, one
from a free and it was uncompromising stuff as each side threw themselves into
the fray with total commitment. The
challenges were heavy with few 50/50 balls easily won.
The Wolves were in the lead after Will Mullen netted. The corner forward’s initial shot hit the
post but the rebound was put away to the cheers of the numerous supporters who
traveled from Concord, NH. Liam Kelly
restored parity with a well taken point and the writing was on the wall for a
close game. In the run up to half time the
Wolves established a two point cushion, outscoring their opponents 4 points to
two with some well taken scores from each side.
The second half saw the boys from Massachusetts drop two
goals into the net, both from Conor Greene long range frees that dropped just
below the crossbar and the ball found its way through the forest of sticks and
into the net. The two goals were the difference between the teams as Worcester
had pointed 3 times on one for New Hampshire.
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| Worcester win the first Junior B Cup in the Northeast Division. |
With the game going back and forth the Wolves needed a goal
to get back into it, and at one stage a Sam Durfee shot hit the crossbar. Worcester defended well with the Wolves
pushing, Timmy Jackson cleared well on a couple of occasions and Dave Crowley
in the middle of the field kept the ball moving. The Wolves had their chances, but with Sean
O’Shaughnessy standing tall in defence the Wolves were going to have a tall
order to breach the ramparts. Worcester
held firm and kept the door closed for the remainder of the game to end up 5
point winners and will represent the division in Leesburg, Virginia next
weekend at the USGAA Finals.
Wolves: Steve
Desjarlais, Alec Foley, Dan Hanna, Torrie Lemmon, Ryan Nickerson, Justin Stasz,
Sam Durfee, Jay Abramowicz, Tanner Starmer, Sean Naughton, Mark Misiarski,
Jason Burpee, Chris Rougeaut.
Worcester: Dan Smith,
Luke Lagorce, Timmy Jackson, Dan Williams, Sean O’Shaughnessy, Seamus
O’Shaughnessy, Dave Crowley, Nate Crowley, Tom Lind, Conor Greene, Zack Jacobs,
Liam Kelly, PJ Heffernan.
By Rory O'Donnell
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