Braidhurst Under-14s travelled to Coatbridge on Tuesday evening to play their quarter final Lanarkshire Cup tie against St Andrew’s High School. After a very poor start to the game the hosts raced into a two goal lead, but Stuart McKinstry started the fightback scoring a great goal direct from a free kick. Alistair Small then fired home to put the visitors level, however a sloppy goal conceded minutes after put St Andrew’s back in front. On the stroke of half-time Rhys Mallinson crashed a shot off of the crossbar but Dean Watson was on hand to fire the rebound into the roof of the net, levelling the scores at 3-3. Soon after the restart Tommy Hunter produced a fantastic save to keep the scores level, tipping a goal bound strike onto the crossbar. Dean finally put Braidhurst into a well-deserved lead, with Alistair then further adding to their advantage. A tremendous 30-yard strike from Dean put the game well beyond doubt, with a late consolation from St Andrew’s not enough to stop the Under 14s from progressing to the semi-finals as 6-4 winners.