Success for Slaughtneil and Lavey

Mark Lynch hit sevens points for Banagher against Loup

Slaughtneil and Lavey both had narrow victories in the Elk Derry Football Championship on Wednesday night.

Slaughtneil edged past Castledawson 0-12 to 1-8 while Lavey shaded their match with Craigbane 0-14 to 0-13.

On Tuesday, Ballinascreen and Banagher both booked their places in the last eight of the competition.

Banagher's 0-10 to 1-7 draw against Loup was enough to earn their quarter-final berth with Mark Lynch hitting seven Banagher points.

Seamus Bradley hit 2-5 as Ballinascreen defeated Coleraine 2-12 to 0-8.

Sean Mikey O'Neill scored Loup's first-half goal in Tuesday's match.

Dungiven defeated Bellaghy 2-14 to 2-10 in Monday night's game.

Dungiven turned a three-point half-time deficit into a four-point win, with Paul Murphy highly influential.

Bellaghy led 0-3 to 0-2 early on but Conor Doherty palmed the ball into the net to give Bellaghy a 1-7 to 0-7 lead at half-time.

Eunan Murphy netted to level the scores and Paul Diamond scored a goal but Fergal McGuigan's goal and a succession of points secured Dungiven's victory.