Basketball
Basketball 2005 / 06
Team
Ciara O'Connor (captain)-1B
Claire Copas-1A
Grace Heffron-1A
Nichola Lee-1A
Lauren Matthews-1A
Shannon Moran-1A
Meabh O'Hagan-1A
Katie Bailey-1B
Clodagh Conlon-1B
Chloe McLaughlin-1B
Orlaith O'Hagan-1B
Aoife Ward-1B
Kelly Caldwell-1C
Debbie Gabriel-1C
Rachel Lawal-1C
Jacqueline Lee-1C
Michelle Sharkey-1C
Korede Esho-1D
Leanne Giff-1D
Kate Molloy-1D
Ciara Soraghan-1D
Coaches
Ms McEneaney
Ms White
Orla Johnston (5th Year)
Cliona Lambe (5th Year)
Congratulations to our first year girls basketball team who have qualified unbeaten to the quarter finals of the North-East League. Along the way they beat Boyne School from Trim by 21 points to 1; Athboy Community College by 15 points to 14; St. Peter's, Dunboyne by 16 points to 10 and Mercy, Navan by 18 points to 13. The girls played well as a team in all their matches and are now looking forward to the quarter finals during the week of 24th March 2006.
Team A
Darren Melia (captain)-1A
Kevin Gray-1A
Stephen Lally-1A
Jamie McCaul-1A
Corey McGorman-1A
Cormac Renaghan-1A
Ryan McArdle-1B
Stefan McGuinness-1B
Michael Murphy-1B
Liam Woods-1B
Patrick Finnegan-1C
Niall McKeever-1C
Nicholas O'Callaghan-1C
Michael Rogers-1C
Shane Thornton-1C
Garrett Connolly-1D
Patrick Rice-1D
Team B
John Adeyanju-1A
Niall Brennan-1A
David Lennon-1A
Stephen McEntee-1A
Oisin Kirk-1B
Farid Mohammed-1B
Conor Moran-1B
Mark O'Hanlon-1B
Sean Bailey-1C
Tiarnach McDermott-1C
Tiernan Woods-1C
Steven Callan-1D
Paul Hyland-1D
Conor Loughran-1D
Michael O'Callaghan-1D
Mark Woods-1D
Coach
Ms Curran
Team A are in the North-East League which encompasses schools from Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan. To date they have played three games. In a closely fought game they played their first game away to St. Pat's of Navan, but were beaten by 24 points to 18. Their second game saw them victorious over Athboy Community College where they won 17 points to 2. Their final game in the league saw them win convincingly against Cavan Vocational College 36 / 5. Quarter finals are the week of the 24th March 2006.
Team B are presently training for a one day blitz, at the end of March, when they will play some of the teams which the A team are currently playing.
Team
Mairead Lane (captain)-2F
Jenny Durnin-2B
Hayley Martin-2B
Lisa McKenna-2B
Kelly Murnaghan-2B
Aine Duffy-2C
Claire Dignan-2D
Rachel Guest-2D
Rachel Matthews-2D
Sharon O'Connor-2D
Coaches
Shauna Martin
Kevin Long
The 2nd Year girls basketball team got the season off to a flying start by convincingly winning their first three matches. They beat Ardee Community College by 27 points to 6; St. Peter's, Dunboyne by 31 points to 18 and Boyne School, Trim by 55 points to 10. Unfortunately, with closely fought matches they were beaten in their following three matches - to Athboy Community College 39 / 34; Gormanston College 16 / 12 and Mercy, Navan 26 / 10. The team was determined to redeem itself when it travelled to Dunshaughlin for its final match. However, although the girls played a fantastic game and really put Dunshaughlin Community College (unbeaten) under pressure, the day was not theirs and they lost by 36 points to 30.
Team
Sarah Maguire (captain)-3D
Niabh Kirk-3A
Kirsty McCrea-3B
Denise Scully-3B
Zerena Corentin-3C
Aoife Quigley-3D
Gemma Sharkey-3D
Hayley Martin-2B
Rachel Matthews-2D
Mairead Lane-2F
Coaches
Shauna Martin
Kevin Long
Although the U16 girls team put up a valiant defence, they lost in a closely fought match to Gormanston College by 16 points to 14. However, they still made it to the semi-final of the North-East League but, unfortunately, were outclassed on the day by Beech Hill College, Monaghan by 28 points to 7.
Team
Conor Farrelly-2D
Daire Stanley-2D
Alan Kavanagh-2E
Ahmed Hussein-3A
Aaron Lawless-3A
Ross Twomey-3A
Ronan Cassidy-3B
John Devenney-3B
James Duffy-3B
David Lally-3B
Matthew Duffy-3C
Paul Long-3C
Matthew Hoey-3E
John McGuinness- TY
Daire Lawless-5th Year
Coach
Conor Kerley (6th Year)
The U16 boys basketball team started the season with great expectations as they demonstrated great skill and technique in training. However, it was not to be their season. They lost to Ballybay Community College 43 / 26, Castleblayney College 38 / 25 and St. Macartan's of Monaghan. Nevertheless, the team finished the season on a high after beating Largy College in a closely fought match by 32 points to 31.
Team
Cliona Lambe (captain)-5th Year
Orla Johnston-5th Year
Caroline Keating-5th Year
Lisa O'Hagan-5th Year
Shauna Peyton-5th Year
Aimee Starkie-5th Year
Emma Grimes-6th Year
Eimear Mulholland-6th Year
Shireen McQuillan-6th Year
Coach
Ms Curran
The U19 girls team played just two games to reach the semi-final stage of the North-East League. St. Louis, Dundalk were too strong for them beating them by 44 points to 14. However, the girls learned from that game and came back to beat Gormanston College 29 points to 20. They secured a place in the semi-final but, unfortunately, were unsuccessful on the day.
Team
Conor Kerley (captain)-6th Year
Chris McCormick-5th Year
David Whelan-5th Year
Lewis Coburn-5th Year
Donal Greene-5th Year
Declan Goss-6th Year
Jarlath Lyons-6th Year
Ronan McGeough-6th Year
Conor O'Hagan-6th Year
Laurie O'Neill-6th Year
Aaron Lawless-3A
John Devenney-3B
Congratulations to the U19 boys team who fended off stiff competition to qualify for the semi-finals of the North- East Basketball League. In their last game of the round, Castleblayney College put the boys under immense pressure from the start. Admirably led by their captain, Conor Kerley, the U19 team demonstrated some great individual talent. Most notable was the strong rebounding from Jarlath Lyons and the skilful ball-handling from Conor O'Hagan. Through great skill and determination from the team as a whole, the boys emerged victorious to win by 24 points to 21. Top scorer of the game was David Whelan.
The U19 boys team have also outclassed Largy College 47 / 35 and Ballybay Community College, losing only by a basket to St. Macartan's 28/30.
The semi-finals were in December and, although the boys played a fantastic game, they went out of the league to St. Peter's, Dunboyne 71 / 36. The team was not too disheartened as they knew that they were beaten by a better team on the day.
