Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score
	Round 1
21.09.18	St. Mary’s CBS Portlaoise	71	Colaiste Iosagain Portarlington	54
24.09.18	Colaiste Choilm Tullamore	50	St. Paul’s Oughterard	86
25.09.18	St. Aidan’s CC Cork	63	St. Joseph’s Bish	73
25.09.18	Our Lady & St. Patrick Belfast	41	St. Malachy’s College	64
25.09.18	St. Eunan’s Letterkenny	46	Colaiste Einde	44
25.09.18	Scoil Pobail Sliabh Luachra	79	St. Macartan’s Monaghan	72
26.09.18	Castleknock College	69	Templeogue College	62
27.09.18	St. Mary’s CBS The Green Tralee	88	Ashbourne CS	60
28.09.18	St. Oliver’s Drogheda	70	Crescent Comprehensive	77
28.09.18	De La Salle Waterford	41	Gael Cholaiste Mhuire AG	71
28.09.18	Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip	37	Mercy Mounthawk	57
28.09.18	St. Pat’s Cavan	77	CBC Cork	71
28.09.18	Belvedere College	53	St. Mary’s Galway	69
03.10.18	Calasanctius Oranmore	38	Summerhill College Sligo	66
	Round 2
15.10.18	Gael Cholaiste Mhuire AG	64	Scoil Pobail Sliabh Luachra	56
16.10.18	St. Joseph’s Bish	60	St. Paul’s Oughterard	65
16.10.18	St. Pat’s Cavan	66	St. Mary’s CBS The Green Tralee	77
18.10.18	Mercy Mounthawk	66	St. Mary’s CBS Portlaoise	41
19.10.18	Summerhill College Sligo	99	Castleknock College	47
19.10.18	St. Mary’s Galway	79	Crescent Comprehensive	84
19.10.18	Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig	94	Rathmore Grammar	79
05.11.18	Colaiste Einde	57	St. Malachy’s College	75
	Round 3
15.11.18	St. Mary’s CBS The Green Tralee	88	Summerhill College Sligo	74
16.11.18	St. Malachy’s College	68	Gael Cholaiste Mhuire AG	72
16.11.18	St. Paul’s Oughterard	112	Crescent Comprehensive	59
16.11.18	Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig	82	Mercy Mounthawk	87
	Semi-Finals
08.01.19	Gael Cholaiste Mhuire AG	81	St. Paul’s Oughterard	63
10.01.19	Mercy Mounthawk	66	St. Mary’s CBS The Green Tralee	62
	Final
22.01.19	Mercy Mounthawk	68	Gael Cholaiste Mhuire AG	79

Reference: [1][2]

Report

FINAL: Mercy Mounthawk (Kerry) 68 Gael Cholaiste Mhuire AG (Cork) 79

Brothers James & Scott Hannigan led Gael Cholaiste Mhuire to the U19 A Boys All-Ireland Schools Basketball title. David Lehane also put in a great display for the Cork side, but it was the Hannigan Brothers who did most of the damege, netting 53 points between them.

The Cork & Kerry rivals were neck-and-neck for the first five minutes of the game, but at the end of the First Quarter Gael Cholaiste Mhuire had gone ahead 22-14 thanks in large part to the Hannigan Brothers.

Kevin Moynihan added scores as well as the Hannigans for the Cork side in a big second quarter for the Rebel County side, as Mercy Mounthawk chipped away at a 10-point lead to bring the game back close at the half – 42-35 to Gael Cholaiste Mhuire AG. James Fernane and Daire Kennelly were causing a lot of trouble for the Cork sides’ defense.

Leeroy Odiahi played a pivotal role in the Kerry school getting right back into the match with a huge opening to the third quarter, as Mercy Mounthawk got back to within 4 points. David Lehane, however, scored a crucial 3-pointer at the other end, and went to the line for a four-point bonus play. Gael Cholaiste Mhuire went in at the the end of the third quarter with a comfortable 63-51 lead, though the match was far from over, with Steven Bowler and Philip Corkery netting for Mercy Mounthawk.

Mounthawk continued battling away and reduced the Gael Cholaiste Mhuire lead by three in the final quarter, but it was not enough, as the Hannigans, Moynihan and Lehane continued forcing turnovers and netting big scores, and the Cork side won 79-68 in the end.

Mercy Mounthawk (Kerry): Raul Venczel (1), Daniel Fokseang, David Burke (3), Philip Corkery (6), Aidan Mangan, Cian Devine, Oliver Hart, Tristan Raymond, Steven Bowler (13), James Fernane (11), Daire Kennelly (19), Zygi Kaletka, Leeroy Odiahi (15), David Goreanskii.

Gael Cholaiste Mhuire AG (Cork): Luke Ahern, Scott Hannigan (22), Mark Watkins, Colin Hannigan, James Hannigan (31), David Lehane (10), James Collins (4), Jack McGrath (6), Michael Tobin, Cian Looney (1), Kevin Moynihan (5).

MVP: James Hannigan (Gael Cholaiste Mhuire AG)

Reference: [2]

References:

Websites:

[1] Basketball Ireland (2019) U19A Boys Subway All Ireland Schools Cup 1819 [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/league/132947/ [Accessed 23 March 2019]

[2] Basketball Ireland (2019) Day 2: Subway All Ireland Schools Cup Finals 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10047543/ [Accessed 23 March 2019]

Images

[3] Sligo Sport and Recreation (2017) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] available from: http://www.sligosportandrecreation.ie/wp-content/uploads/basketball-ireland-logo.jpg [Accessed 10 March 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jim Naughton, Colaiste Eanna & Barry Wyse, Templeogue College.

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