DRINAGH Rangers U12, Beara United U13 and Togher Celtic U14 are the early frontrunners in the West Cork Schoolboys and Schoolgirls League’s schoolgirls divisions.

U12 Schoolgirls Premier League title-contenders Drinagh Rangers and Bay Rovers recorded important wins on Monday evening.

Canon Crowley Park was the venue for Drinagh’s comprehensive victory over Dunmanway Town. Ellie O’Regan, Riona Young, Hannah Sheehy, Aoibhinn O’Donovan and Caitlin Hurley were on target for the winners with Millie Collins (two) replying for Town.

Gracie McCarthy’s lone strike was enough to edge Bay Rovers past Riverside Athletic 1-0 in Kealkill.

Beara United got off the mark in the U13 Schoolgirls Premier League following a 3-1 win at home to Castlelack. Isabella Santos scored for the visitors but a Saoirse Farrelly hat-trick earned the Castletownbere club their first three points of the season.

United were quickly back in action, travelling to Clonakilty AFC in the U13 Schoolgirls Shield semi-finals. Goals in either half from Robyn Healy and Lizzie O’Shea cemented a deserved 2-0 Beara win.

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Togher Celtic are the early pacesetters atop the U14 Schoolgirls Championship thanks to two wins in their opening two league fixtures.

A 2-0 victory at home to Bay Rovers saw Togher get their league campaign off to the perfect start. Faye Buston and Nicola Hurley scored in either half.

Last Monday, Celtic travelled to Carbery Factory Park to face Riverside Athletic and took control early on.

Faye Buston, Sophie Buston and Nicola Hurley strikes helped Togher build a deserved 3-0 lead. Ella Murray hit back for Riverside just before the break before a converted Faye Buston penalty restored the visitors’ three-goal advantage. A late Zara Joaquim effort couldn’t prevent a 4-2 Riverside Athletic defeat.

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Lyre Rovers moved a point clear at the summit of the U15 Schoolgirls Premier League thanks to a 4-0 success away to Dunmanway Town.

Katelyn Ponton twice found the net in a fixture Heidi Doyle also scored twice for the winners.

Drinagh Rangers joined Bay Rovers in a share of the U16 Schoolgirls Premier League following a convincing victory away to the Kealkill club.

Rosie O’Donovan starred for the visitors, scoring four times in a 7-0 triumph. Laoise Young (two) and Muireann Campbell were also on Drinagh’s scoresheet. Despite the loss, Katie Murphy, Donna French and Asta Kaktaviciute played well for Rovers.

Clonakilty AFC defeated Castlelack 3-0 in Ballyvackey to qualify for this season’s U16 Schoolgirls Shield final.