Portarlington U17 footballers travelled to Ballylinan this evening and secured their second win of the championship.

This was a game of goals in the heat, that thankfully had dipped to just over the mid 20s.

The first half had a total of 8 goals scored between the two teams, with a goal scored from a penalty for each of the teams.

Half time score was Portarlington 4-03, Ballylinan’s 4-04.

In the 2nd half, Portarlington’s defence was strong and held Ballylinan to scoring only 7 points. It was tightly matched with only a point or two in it at times with winning team swapping and changing.

However Portarlington kept plugging away and getting the goals and managed 4 more in the second half.

Final score was Portarlington 8-03 v Ballylinan 4-11

Scorers for Portarlington:

Paddy Murray. (1-0)

Sean Bennett (2-0)

Corey Geoghegan (0-02)

Luke McEvoy (2-01)

Sean Michael Ward (3-0) 1 from penalty.