Ryan stars as Mayo lift North West Cup

BELMULLET'S Ryan O'Donoghue showed his class at Mayo Under-21s overpowered Sligo by 3-12 to 1-10 in the North West Cup final at Markievicz Park, Sligo.

He struck a goal and three points as the visitors stamped their class on the encounter in the second half, having lead by 1-5 to 0-5 at the break.

Mayo's other scorers in an impressive display were Kevin Quinn (1-1), James Carr (0-4), Colm Reape (1-0), James Lyons, Cathal Hennelly, Sean Conlon and James McCormack (0-1 each).