Monaghan, Cavan, Derry and Donegal all advanced to the last four in the Ulster U21 Championship yesterday.
Cavan were on-top from from the throw-in, with Gearoid McKiernan and the outstanding David Givney on top at midfield, and raced into an early 1-5 to 0-1 lead.
The Breffni county always looked comfortable from there on in and points from Conor McClarey and Niall Smith put them 15 points up with 25 minutes still to play.
Sub Michael Reilly notched a third goal late-on as Cavan eased into the next round, where they will meet Monaghan.
Seamus McEnaney's troops cruised past Antrim in Casement on a scorelin of 2-12 to 2-06. Midfielder Kieran Hughes was the star of the show and it was his goal in the 11th minute that put Monaghan into an earl ascendancy after he rounded off a brilliant three-man move.
Five unanswered points helped the visitors into a 1-7 to 1-3 interval lead and it got worse when points from David Hughes and Chris McGuinness were followed by a David Millar goal in the 34th minute to leave Monaghan leading by 2-9 to 1-3.
Colm Fleming's late fisted goal was only a consolation for Antrim in what was an utterly forgettable performance.
On the other side of the draw Derry smashed five goals past Fermanagh in their 5-09 to 2-12 victory, with Lee Moore chipping in with an impressive individual haul of 2-01.
And Derry will meet Donegal after they scraped past Armagh by a 1-09 to 0-09 margin.
U21 Fixtures:
Wednesday, March 31st (both games at 8.00pm, ET if necessary).
Monaghan v Cavan at Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Ref: E McConnell (Tyrone)
Derry v Donegal at Healy Park, Omagh
Ref: L Smyth (Down)
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