Battling Seneschalstown send holders crashing

New Meath SFC kingpins will be crowned later this month after holders Summerhill lost out to Seneschalstown (2-8 to 0-10) in Saturday’s quarter-final at Skryne.

The sides were level at 0-3 apiece before Ciaran Macken fired the first goal on 23 minutes and that was immediately followed by a powerful strike from county forward Joe Sheridan, who received a pass from brother Brian.

Seneschalstown overcame an early setback when goalkeeper David Lyons, who picked up an injury in the pre-match kickaround, was forced to hobble off after only four minutes.