HHS Boys Varsity vs Fall Mtn, Sept 5

The Hanover varsity improved to 3-0 on the young season with a 9-0 victory against a young Fall Mountain team. What a difference a year makes! The last time these two teams met in the NHIAA quarterfinals last October, the Marauders had to fight for their lives before a Jeff Levin goal in the dying minutes of the match game Hanover a 3-2 victory. Since then, Fall Mountain graduated 16 seniors and is in serious rebuilding mode, and the Marauders appear ready to make another postseason run.

Ben Rimmer opened the scoring in the fourth minute, knocking in the rebound of a Henry Caldwell shot. Yosef Osheyack upped the score to 2-0 nine minutes later, converting a sick assist from Aussie Cyrus for his second goal of the season. Matt Wetherell ventured into the box and headed in his third goal on a corner kick from Lou Gemunden, who had also assisted on Wetherell's other two goals. Twenty seconds later, Henry Caldwell knocked in his first career goal to make the score 4-0 after 24 minutes. Coach Grabill cleared the bench at this point, and there was no more scoring before the break.

It took the Marauders less than two minutes to get on the board in the second half, with Ben Rimmer passing up an easy scoring opportunity to feed Eric Barthold for a far post tap-in, giving the senior midfielder his third goal in three games. Two minutes later Barthold notched the first of his two helpers on the day, lofting a cross for Henry Caldwell to head home. Every starter made for the bench at the game's 45 minute mark, but the Hanover reserves continued the onslaught. First up was Paul Burchard, playing in his first game of the season (and his career) after rehabbing a broken foot for more than half a year. The senior midfielder hit a 20 yard screamer into the upper ninety
to announce his return. Two other seniors also made their debuts, each following preseason injuries. Dylan Riessen and Erik Barth both played with panache, and showed that they wil be contending for playing time as the season progresses. The final two goals of the match were tallied by Eric Jayne, who has made the most of his playing time in the early season. The Marauders' only freshman settled a cross from Caldwell
and hit a ripper for his second career goal, and then tipped in a pass from Barthold, who took over the team scoring lead with his fourth assist on the season.

Sam Gest recorded a nice save on Fall Mountain's only shot of the game to preserve Hanover's third shutout of the season.

Next up of rhte Marauders is a home match on Saturday against an improved Milford team. The Spartans are 3-1, and have outscored their opponents 29-5. Kickoff is at 1:00 p.m.