Hanover Soccer Schedule Friday and Saturday/ Uniform Deadline/Grassroot Soccer

 The Marauder Varsity boys, delighted by the 1-0 victory at Bedford by the Hanover girls, will now be training on the turf on Friday from 5:45 - 7:30.   The girls' win over Concord presaged the boys' epic 2-1 win.  Will form hold with Bedford?

Hanover hosts Bedford on Saturday at 2:00 in the NHIAA Quarterfinals.  The winner will host the semifinals on Wednesday.

This is Hanover's 9th year in Division One.  During that time period, four schools have established themselves as the top teams:  Manchester Central, Concord, Bedford and Hanover.   Exeter and Pinkerton are close, but the numbers don't lie.  In the last nine years, Central, Concord and Hanover have won two titles.  Bedford has won once, and had more first-place finished in the regular season than anyone.

In 2012, Hanover's first year in Division One, coming off of a season which saw them win only 11 times and lose at home on penalties in the D2 quarterfinals, the Marauders beat Central in the regular season and then made it all the way to the D1 finals, where they lost to Central.  The following year, Hanover ran the table (19-0-1) and won the D1 title.  The only tie was with Concord, but the Marauders got revenge by beating Concord in the semifinals.

Hanover made the final four two more times in the intervening years before their Cinderella run to the title last year, when they beat both Central and Bedford on PKs in the semifinals and finals.  In the regular season, they beat both Central and Concord, and lost by a goal to Bedford.

Fast forward to 2020, and thanks to the random draw by the NHIAA, the Marauders are seeing the big boys earlier than usual.  The beat Concord, Champions in 2015 and 2017, in a cracking good game last Wednesday.  Ancient history.  Now they host Bedford in the quarterfinals.  The Bulldogs were undefeated Champions in 2018, and were undefeated again last year until Hanover beat them in the finals.  The winner of Saturday's game will host either Central or Windham.  This tournament is matching the best against the best, only all prior to the final. No worries.  Each game is a blessing and an opportunity to embrace history.

Uniform Deadline:  All subvarsity players must return uniforms on Friday.  We will begin billing families for the replacement cost of uniform on Monday. Players have had five days to do this, and repeated reminders.

The Grassroot Charity Fundraiser was a resounding success.  More than 54 donors gave more than $2,100, surpassing the goal. We also gave Grassroot the opportunity for local product placement in the Valley News, and some national twitter publicity.  Thanks to all who supported this very worthy cause!



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