Marauder Soccer Receives Top Rating For Sportsmanship in Division One

We announce with great happiness that Hanover Boys Soccer has been announced as the highest rated Division One team for Sportsmanship in 2014 by the NHIAA.

This year, the process involved each coach meeting with the Athletic Director to rate all opponents in four categories: 

School Climate
Coaches
Athletes
Spectators

In each of those categories, coaches were asked to grade one of three ways:

Meets Expectations
Exceeds Expectations
Below Expectations

When rating either "Exceeds" or "Below" the coach was required to comment.

Hanover's soccer rating was 2.250.  The next highest were  Pinkerton  (2.125) and Bedford  (2.120).  Hanover  had 18 total "Exceeds".  They had at least 4 "Exceeds" in each category, meaning that a minimum of five other schools rated them this way.  The next closest school had 8 total "Exceeds".

This is the seventh time in the last nine years that Hanover Boys Soccer has received the highest Sportsmanship rating from the NHIAA.  The Marauders are also receiving a Silver Ethics Award for receiving only 2 yellow cards in 19 games.  Over the past two years, Hanover has had a total of three yellow cards in 39 games.

Competing successfully at the highest levels of NH high school soccer
(Semifinals each of the past three years, One title, One Runner-Up)  is
something of which we are very proud.  But we truly believe that the players, parents and coaches are even prouder of our consistent rating (by opponents and officials) for exemplary sportsmanship.  The NHIAA works hard to produce champions in a number of sports, but they consistently cite sportsmanship as their highest priority.   "Winning is for a day.  Sportsmanship is for a lifetime".

Hanover Soccer Teams Sponsor Benefit Spaghetti Supper

The HHS Boys' Soccer Program is sponsoring a Spaghetti Supper on Wednesday, December 17 at the Norwich Congregational Church to benefit the Haven Food Shelf.  All of  the proceeds will be part of our continuing support for the Haven.

We have scheduled the supper in conjunction with the Martion Cross School's Holiday Concert at 7:00 that evening, and are working with Principal Bill Hammond, who will be suggesting this dinner as a pre-concert option for MCS families.

We have arranged for the planning expertise of the 2014 Captains' Parents.  The Strohbehns and Kazals have done this sort of thing before, and we are grateful for their help.  We would love to begin the process of enlisting the help of other parents and players for that evening.

We need volunteers to help!  We would love to have assistance from parents and players from any/all of the HHS boys' teams.  This is a busy time of year, but a few hours and/or a few dollars will help us raise a lot of money in a short while for the Haven.  Please be in touch with me if you are willing to help, or would like more information.  Thank you!