Junior Varsity Beats Laconia 4-3

The Junior Varsity jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 4-3 victory over Laconia Thursday, stretching its season-opening win steak to four games. Hanover looked right at home on the Merriman-Branch turf, taking a 1-0 lead on a Connor Gordon goal, assisted by Alex Dodds. After Laconia tied the score at 1-1 the Marauders responded quickly, regaining the lead when Dodds ran onto a lead pass from Gordon and five-holed the Laconia goalkeeper. Ian Strohbehn stretched the lead to 3-1 on a assist from Peter Bensen, and Ryan Brigham tallied on Bensen's second helper of the half, shortly before the interval. Laconia made it interesting with two second-half scores, but the defense tightened in front of goalkeeper Andrew Brown to conch the win and improve Hanover's record to 4-0. Coach Callanan's squad returns to action Tuesday with a home game against Plymouth at 4:30 on Tuesday on the HHS grass field.