Thursday, November 14, 2019

Varsity Banquet Puts a Cap on the Season; Final All-Star Games

This is the final weekend of the soccer season.  We will be holding office hours in the Gym during Activity Period on Friday.  Players who missed the Soccer Celebration Tuesday night may pick up their team certificates.  We will do a final collection of uniforms and practice gear, and hand out Hanover Soccer shirts to players who have not yet received theirs.

Friday night, the Varsity will gather to celebrate their championship season.  In addition to team honors, All-State and All-Region results, awarded by the NH Soccer Coaches Association, will be announced.  There will be several of them!  These and all team awards for all teams will be published Saturday.  (We said today, but it makes more sense to publish them all together).

On Saturday, the top senior players in NH from all divisions will gather in Concord to try out for Lions Twin State Soccer Cup team.  The top 22 seniors will play against their counterparts from Vermont in July.  The team will be named on Saturday night, and Hanover players selected will be announced Sunday here in the blog. Hanover has a long, proud history of having players selected, and excelling in the game.  Last year, Marauder Captain Liam Collins was the winner of the NH Team Sportsmanship Award.  Amazingly, Hanover has had six Sportsmanship winners in the past 14 years.

On Sunday, Hanover Captains Charlie Adams and Kyle Doucette will travel to Exeter to play in the annual Senior All-Star game.

Between now and the start of Thanksgiving break, all players on all teams are asked to find Coach Grabill for a five-minute conversation.  This is very important for players interested in participating next year.  The feedback received is very important for the continuing functioning of the program.  Players can message Coach Grabill to make an appointment.  Coach Grabill will be available during Activity Period, for one hour after school, and during selected periods to be announced. Interviews start on Monday.

Players interested in playing in the Hartford Futsal League are encouraged to organize teams.  The League begins December 1 and play continues through March.  Games are Sundays at the White River School.  There is room for several teams. The best format is organizing on class lines.  The juniors are pretty far ahead on this.  Here is the contact information for Hartford Rec:

https://hartfordvt.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30085

Please keep checking the blog through Monday, before we disappear.  New material every day!

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