Time Out - January 25: Sporting greats, Dates and a Quick Quiz Blitz to kick-start your day

Through the Healy Park gloom, Tyrone’s precocious youngsters shone once more and piled more pressure on manager Mickey Harte as he mulls over squad selection ahead of the National Football League.

The Red Hand boss will have the luxury of being forced to omit several players who would comfortably make the cut in other counties.

On Saturday evening at Healy Park, the attacking unit featured just one established player, Stephen O’Neill, and still managed to rack up an impressive 2-17 tally, with the former Footballer of the Year contributing just two points to that total, both from frees.

The half-forward line was made up entirely of members of the 2008 All-Ireland-winning minor team, and Mattie Donnelly, Niall McKenna and Peter Harte did enough to suggest that they could be there for the long haul.

And in the corners, Mark Donnelly and Eoin McCusker shared a 2-6 haul, with Carrickmore attacker Donnelly netting both goals, one in each half. For Cavan, this was a third straight defeat, and while manager Tommy Carr is awaiting the return of a raft of players from injury, rest and unavailability, he clearly has plenty of work do to.