Marauders Beat Bedford 1-0, Host Playoff Semifinals Wednesday
Jacob Kubik-Pauw scored the only goal of the game in the second half and Hanover beat a strong Bedford team 1-0 in the NHIAA Division 1 quarterfinals Saturday in Hanover. The Marauders will now host the semifinals on Wednesday, and will play unbeaten Windham, who upset unbeaten Central 2-1 (3-2 penalties). Hanover and Bedford last met in the 2019 Finals, and produced another top-flight match that was dead even until the 66th minute of the match, when senior striker Henry Aspinwall, Hanover's leading scorer, slid a pass to Kubik-Pauw at the top of the penalty area, freeing him for a shot just inside the left post. It was the junior's second goal of the season. Hanover's sophomore goalkeeper Ty Nolon played a strong game in goal for the Marauders, making four saves to earn his third shutout of the season. He made a spectacular diving save early in the game on Bedford's Ricardo Foltron, a constant threat on the left wing for the Bulldogs, whose only loss of the sea