On the attack: Trinity High’s Laim Saumalu searches for a gap in the Bentley High defence during the Cowboys Challenge clash.

Bentley Park fought back from an 18-4 deficit to take a 22-18 lead inside the final 10 minutes last Saturday.

Trinity Bay tied it up about seven minutes from fulltime with a try but missed the conversion and a chance to take the lead.

Grimes, a Queensland under-13 merit selection last year, missed a penalty goal shot from about 40m out right in front five minutes from time.

But he responded with a booming drop-kick to win the match as the final seconds ticked off the clock.

The Far Northern final counted as a Cowboys Challenge Super 10 round for both sides who go on to play other under-15 school teams from throughout North Queensland. There was good news for Bentley Park hooker Daniel Johnson, too, with scans clearing him of neck damage on Saturday night after he was taken off the field and taken to hospital after being knocked out.

Four other FNQ Cowboys Challenge finals will take place at Mann St tomorrow with the under-13s, under-15 Bs, and two under-18 divisions playing off.

Under-18 A finalists Atherton and Trinity Bay will also advance to the Cowboys Challenge Super 10 stage, with tomorrow night’s final counting as their opening match.

Meanwhile, the Innisfail Cowboys will play Cairns Kangaroos in the FNQ final of the under-15 ARL Development Shield as a curtain-raiser to the next Northern Pride home game on May 17.

Innisfail junior league representatives the Cowboys won their place in the decider with a 28-10 win against Eacham junior league side Atherton on Friday.

Winners of each of the FNQ junior leagues – Cairns, Innisfail and Eacham – nominate their under-14 premiership winner to represent them in the following year’s Development Shield knockout competition.

The leagues receive the first-round bye on a rotational basis, with Cairns bypassing the opening match in 2008.

Brothers last year became the first club from the Far North to win the competition when they beat Brisbane Easts 32-28 in the final.

Cowboys Challenge under-15 FNQ final: BENTLEY PARK 23 (Broski Emery-Hunia 2, Steven Lane, Steven Lesina tries; Mitchell Grimes 3 goals, field goal) d TRINITY BAY 22 (Kelvin Lowe 2, John Manuela 2, Liam Saumalu tries; Phillip Aryem goal).