CRUES EASE PAST VILLAGERS
Philip Lowry, Harry Franklin and Jordan Stewart all found the net as Crusaders swept past Loughgall at Seaview.
Lowry broke the deadlock on 22 minutes with a header from Kieran Offord’s right-wing cross despite keeper Nathan Gartside getting a hand to the ball.
Franklin hit number two just short of the interval when he connected with a curling cross before bringing the ball forward and finding the net from a tight angle.
Then, on 56 minutes, Stewart added a third with a powerful strike in off the crossbar from Stewart Nixon's corner.
Robbie Norton pulled one back for the Villagers soon after from point blank range but there was no way back for the visitors.
Crusaders: Tuffey, Callacher, Lowry, Jewitt-White, Stewart, Blaney, Forsythe, O'Rourke, Offord, Nixon, Franklin subs Kerr, Weir, Williamson, Owens, Smith, Barr, Downey
Loughgall: Gartside, McDermott, Rea, Kelly, Ferris, Norton, Gibson, Cartwright, Balde, Francis, McCloskey subs Turker, Murdock, McAleer, Harvey, Towe, Kelly, Teggart
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