Holders Tyrone remain on track to return to the knock-out stages of the Dr McKenna Cup after setting up a midweek showdown with old rivals Armagh. Mickey Harte’s side opened their campaign with a 1-16 to 0-13 win over Cavan in Omagh to move joint top of their section with Armagh. Rookie Dan Kerr also contributed a brace of points for Tyrone while Niall Murray struck 0-4 for an experimental Cavan. Monaghan led 0-9 to 0-7 at half-time with Jack McCarron leading the scoring for them but they couldn’t push on despite their extra numbers. Donegal levelled it up at 0-10 apiece before Peadar Morgan netted and they held off a late Monaghan rally that included a missed penalty from Farney attacker Shane Carey.

Source: The Irish Times January 05, 2020 19:18 UTC