Scotstown reached the Ulster senior club football final following a hard-fought one-point victory over Trillick at the Box-IT Athletic Grounds.
The sides were tied at 0-13 to 1-10 at full-time, Scotstown ran out 0-17 to 1-13 winners after extra time.
Scotstown started impressively. Points from Emmet Caulfield and Shane Carey saw them lead 0-2 to no score inside nine minutes.
Trillick eventually settled, Richie Donnelly opened the Tyrone champions’ account nine minutes later. Scotstown subsequently opened up a three-point lead on three occasions, each time Trillick narrowed the deficit to two points.
Trillick got their noses in front on the stroke of half-time. Sean O’Donnell’s goal saw Jody Gormley’s side lead 1-4 to 0-6 at the break.
No more than a point separated the teams until the 45th minute. Scotstown’s Mattie Maguire made it a two-point game. Parity was restored yet again on 49 minutes following successive scores from Leroy Brennan and Colm Garrity.
The sides subsequently traded two points each before Brennan appeared to win the game for Trillick two minutes into stoppage time.
David McCague's men were resilient however. All Star wing-back Conor McCarthy sent over a late equaliser, sending the game to extra-time.
The sides traded three points each before scores from McCarron and Shane Carey gave Scotstown a two-point cushion in stoppage time.
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Brennan replied with a pointed free but Scotstown held on to win by the smallest of margins.
