Marauders Flourish at the Keene Jamboree

Shrugging off their dawn departure, the Hanover Varsity and JV had a productive morning at the Keene Preseason Tournament, joining over 16 teams in a series of 30-minute matches spread over four fields with simultaneous action.  When the dust had cleared, the Marauder Varsity had a clean slate with three wins and a scoreless draw against D2 and D3 opposition.  Hanover scored 12 goals, and had four consecutive shutouts.  The Junior Varsity beat D2 opponent Pembroke 2-1, had scoreless draws with D1 foes Concord and Keene, and lost a well-played match to the Monadnock Varsity.

The Varsity opened with a 0-0 draw with a capable Con-Val side, controlling the action for most of the match.   In the next match with Brattleboro, the Marauders continued their airtight defense, but sharpened up on offense, getting two goals from Noah Kahan and one from Henry Allison for a 3-0 win.  The floodgates opened against Stevens, with Hanover prevailing 6-0.  Freshman Seth Stadheim  opened his account with two goals.  Noah Kahan tallied his third goal of the day adding an assist, and the Marauders got single scores from Ian Caldwell, Cian Kelly and Avery Kravitz. After an hour's break, the Marauders enjoyed the wide open spaces of Keene's main field, and beat Berlin 3-0.  Kahan had his fourth goal of the day, Stadheim tallied his third, and Allison volleyed home his second.  Cian Kelly and Asa Berolzheimer each collected their second assists on the day.

Yedne Atkins scored Hanover's lone goal in their loss to Monadnock, and then joined with Casey Starr to tally the goals that gave the JV a come-from-behind win over Pembroke.

Sunday will be a well-earned day off for the entire program before the program gears up for a busy, busy week.  The Varsity practice at 10:00 at the Pasture has been cancelled. Every player in the program will report for duty at the Pasture on Monday from 3:30 - 5:00, and the final JV team will be named Monday evening.  On Tuesday, the JV and Varsity will  have team photos at 3:00, and then scrimmage Lebanon on the turf, at 3:30 and 5:00, respectively.  The Freshmen and Reserves will practice at the Pasture from 3:30 - 5:00.  Then the entire crew will gather with parents in the HHS gym for an all-program meeting at 7:30.

School Starts on Wednesday, and the JV and Reserves will inaugurate bus service to the pasture for their training sessions at 3:00.  The Freshmen will scrimmage Hopkinton on the turf at 4:30, followed by a Varsity scrimmage with the Hawks at 6:15.