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".
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