McCarthy strikes as Rossas reign

A GOAL by Conor McCarthy in the 16th minute proved decisive in a keenly-contested Evening Echo SFC first round clash at Ballineen last night.

While it was essentially a team effort, Rossas had excellent players in Conor McCarthy, Florrrie Crowley, Sean Carmody, Noel Kearney and Paddy Nealon.

Ballincollig went into the game off the back of some impressive league results and were highly fancied, but the Skibbereen side rose to the challenge and deservedly took the honours to cause one of the shocks of the first round.