Donegal minors suffer narrow defeat to Cavan

Cavan 2-13

Donegal 2-12

The Donegal minor footballers suffered a narrow one-point defeat to Cavan in their opening Ulster Championship match at Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday afternoon.

Karl Lacey’s side trailed by four points at the interval, with Oisin Smyth bagging a major for the hosts while Evan Duffy found the back of the net for Donegal.

Half-time: Cavan 1-8-1-4 Donegal.

The visitors battled back well in the second stanza, with Tadhg McDaid palming the ball home for their second goal of the contest.

Lacey’s men managed to draw level at stages during Act One however, the home side managed to see out a narrow one-point advantage to seal the win.