We've had a few days of radio silence, but the schedule is heating up again for Hanover soccer, and we are celebrating the change to autumn with some brilliant moments at The Pasture. This post will cover last Saturday's Reserve match with KUA on the turf, Wednesday's classic matchup between the Freshmen and Cardigan Moutain School, and preview tomorrow's JV and Varsity matches with Salem.
Although the Varsity, JV and Freshman teams were exiled last weekend during Homecoming, an annual occurrence, the Reserves snuck onto the turf of Merriman-Branch Field Saturday and played an excellent game against the Kimball Union Reserves. The Marauders put a lot of pressure on in the opening minutes, but KUA weathered the storm and managed to sneak two goals past Jasper Zeng before halftime. Hanover retaliated with a goal by Kaz Matsuoka early in the second half to narrow the score to 2-1, and Arturo Johnson put on a great display of acrobatic goalkeeping at the other end to keep things close. Expat Henry Pletcher glided through the Marauder defense to put KUA up 3-1, and several frantic attempts at the close of the match narrowly missed connecting. This is a good matchup, and shold provide some excellent soccer when these teams clash again next Wednesday.
On Wednesday at the Pasture on a sparkling day for soccer, The Marauder Freshmen hosted their strongest opponent, the Cougars of Cardigan Mountain School. The two sides battled to a 0-0 draw at halftime, and Cardigan scored the only goal of the match on a breakaway early in the second half. Charlie Plottner made a spectacular block to keep Cardigan from scoring again, but Hanover was unable to break through, and dropped a close match that was extremely well-played by both sides.
Hanover will get another crack st Cardigan when they travel to Canaan for a rematch on October 24th. The Freshmen don't play until next Friday, when they host Londonderry. They have a day of on Thursday, and are cordially invited to watch the Varsity home game with Salem.
The Varsity and JV will host Salem on Thursday after a 12-day layoff. Both teams have been working hard in the interim, and will be eager to get back to Division One competition. The Salem Varsity comes into the match with a 4-2 record, although they have lost two matches in a row to Pinkerton and Concord after a 4-0 start. Kickoff for both matches is 4:00. The Varsity and JV will then take to the road Saturday for games at Bedford, playing back to back on the Bedford turf. JV will play at 1:00, and Varsity at 3:00. The bus will leave HHS at 10:15.
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