Tyrone 1-08 Down 2-09
Tyrone's Eirgrid All-Ireland Under-20 title defence has ended at the first hurdle after Down proved too strong in Omagh in the sides' Ulster quarter-final.
After swapping scores early on, Oisin Cush nudged Tyrone a point ahead before Down's Oisin Savage raised the first green flag of the evening midway through the first half to nudge the Mourne men ahead.
The Red Hand would fail to add to their first-half account, with a Savage point and a James Morgan goal giving Down a healthy six-point lead at the break.
The first four points after the resumption were shared before two on the spin from Tyrone had home supporters contemplating a comeback victory.
It wasn’t to be however, with Callum Rodgers, Oisin Treacy and Eoghan Loughran pushing out the lead.
A consolation goal from Eoin McElholm put a gloss on the final score, with little doubt that Down were full value for their victory.
Donegal 0-15 Fermanagh 0-15 (AET. Donegal win 5-4 on penalties)
Donegal booked their place in the semi-finals with a 5-4 penalty shootout victory over Antrim in Ballybofey.
In both normal time and extra-time, the hosts required injury-time scores to deny the Saffrons, and in the subsequent spot kicks, only Aaron Cullen denied Antrim's Eoin Gough, allowing Daniel Marley the opportunity to send Donegal through to the last four after an absorbing contest where they will now face Derry.
Donegal’s David Boyle opened his account in the first minute of the game and was prominent on the scoreboard both from play and through frees in what was a very even opening 30 minutes.
A Blake McGarvey point put Donegal two clear, but Antrim claimed the final two scores of the half, through Ryan McQuillan (free) and Niall Fallon meant it was four points apiece at the break.
The tit-for-tat nature of scoring continued after the resumption where a two-point lead, something the Saffrons enjoyed on a couple of occasions, was the biggest lead at any stage.
Another Boyle free, his fourth of the contest, reduced the deficit to the bare minimum as the clock entered the red, with Christy Mulligan holding his nerve to send the game to extra-time.
Surprisingly given the pattern of scoring, half a dozen points were scored in the 10 minutes that followed in the first half of extra-time, four of them going the way of Antrim.
Yet again Donegal dug deep, with Shaun Ward’s free in the third minute of time added to send the game to penalties, where the home side converted all five kicks to advance.
Fermanagh 0-08 Derry 3-12
Derry enjoyed the most comfortable passage to the last four in Ulster by cruising past Fermanagh at Roslea.
Playing with a strong breeze at their backs, Derry laid the groundwork for their quarter-final victory with a dominant opening 30 minutes.
Just seven minutes had elapsed before Ruairi Forbes finishing off a penetrating run by driving the ball to the back of the net, making it 1-02 to 0-00 in favour of the visitors.
Fermanagh to their credit dug in to clip over three points midway through the half, but Derry halted their gallop with a second goal on 27 minutes courtesy of Lachlan Murray. A further point from Matthew Downey meant they enjoyed a nine-point lead at the interval.
Downey would bury his penalty midway through the second period, and with the competitive edge from the game all but gone, Derry eased through to seal a 13-point winning margin where a much sterner test against Donegal is expected.
Cavan 0-13 Monaghan 1-11
Monaghan recovered from a sluggish start away to Cavan to squeeze through to an provincial semi-final.
The Farney men found themselves four points down with less than 10 minutes on the clock with Cavan full-forward Daire Madden showcasing his shooting skills from both play and placed balls.
Monaghan however began to find their groove, and a penalty from Stephen Mooney in the 22nd minute levelled matters at Kingspan Breffni.
Shane Tynan was a thorn in the Monaghan side at corner-forward, and along with Madden, ensured the Breffni men went to the dressing room with a two-point lead.
The reliance on Madden was illustrated by the fact that he claimed three of their four second-half points, with Monaghan finding their scores that bit easier to come by.
Mark McPhillips knocked over a brace soon after the resumption with Mooney and Ryan Duffy keeping the umpires occupied.
It would be Michael Hamill's point, with less than three and a half minutes of normal time remaining that saw the visitors lead for the first time.
Madden’s final free of the game deep into injury-time brought it back to a single point game, but they couldn’t muster a levelling score, with Monaghan booking a semi-final date with Down.
