After two cancellations this week the Marauder reserves were anxious to play a real game, but after the long bus trip the side was a bit sleepy and let the Blackbirds take an early 1-0 lead. With the wake up call clearly received Hanover quickly realized that they were facing an over the top and sprint offense. The back line of Kuehlert, Estes, Leonard, and Gardner backed off the sprinting man child of a striker from Keene and gave him space to lose the ball to the likes of David White and Miles "monster" Campbell in midfield. After three or four blazing runs one v one against the keeper Philip Caffrey chose not to try to chip the ball directly at the keeper for the third time and put it far to the left post corner and in to tie the game at 1-1.
The second squad striking pairing of Robert Wild on the left and Andrew "hipcheck" Huizenga sped at the Keene defense repeatedly getting stopped by the lone Keene defense men or the Keene net minder who played out of his skull. With three minutes to go Wild found Huizenga on a wide run and after knocking over half of the Keene team as well and the goalie Huizenga scored with an open net tap in from one foot out to give Hanover a 2-1 lead. Calls of "ANTI" screeched across the pitch and the Marauders bunkered down to contain until the end of the half. At the first whistle the score stood in Hanover's favor.
Excited and very pleased with their performance so far, the Reserve Boys congregated to gather their thoughts and rehydrate for the second half. Coach Michael Callanan arrived at the half for the extra help and support that was needed to carry the game through to the end.
The second squad returned to the pitch to start half number two in a full 5-2-2-1 or what quickly became a 5-2-3 formation. Alex Brown continued to bomb down the left wing striking at goal when open and reclaiming lost balls when needed. It only took Brown ten minutes to finally blast a ball into the near right corner of the net passed the Keene goalie who was relieved that he never put his hands in the way of the shot. The score was now 3-1 for Hanover.
Played continued to be dominated by Hanover relentlessly sending ball after ball in and onto the feet of Caffrey, Wild, and Huizenga. Robert Wild finally got past the 8 foot 4 Keene sweeper only to pass the goalie for another easy tap in goal, making the score 4-1 for the Marauders.
Didier I mean Philip Caffrey knocked home the final goal of the game with another passing shot into the corner past the diving keeper to make the final score of the game 5-1 for Hanover. This was Caffrey's 8th goal in four consecutive games. The boy does not know the meaning of Hat trick and has graciously requested his number be changed from 11 to number 2. The Keene freshmen team played hard to the end but the Reserves only played poorly for a good minute. Like it has been said in the past five games "This was our best game so far".
The regular season is over for the reserve boys but there is a jamboree on Saturday at Hartford with three teams competing. Stay tuned for details. Thanks to all the traveling supporters and fans. The players appreciate your support and put on a great show.
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