Young Reserves Tame Ravine of Despair, Fall Mountain 2-0

In the spirit of SAT words this week, I will try to use some aptly to make my summaries pellucid and satisfactory.  

   The sun was bright, but fall had definitely arrived as we made our way onto the Fall Mountain pitch.   The warm up was relatively uneventful, except for the ravine of despair where overshot balls disappear.  There was a net there, but it had been lowered due to a porcupine's untimely demise in it earlier. We did lose a ball in the ravine, but a new and different ball was found searching for the first one.  

    Once again the young guys faced a slightly larger group in Fall Mountain's JV.  Hanover got on the board early though.  Joe Brennan made a pass to Andrew Enelow who dribbled in from the baseline and his attempted cross managed to create a goal.

   The second goal looked was an attractive one.  Theo Sparks won the ball in midfield and placed a pass to Joe Brennan.  Joe then calmly and sagaciously presented a thru ball to Andrew Enelow who one touched into the back of the net.  Both those goals were scored in the first 10 minutes.  Hanover continued to press, but no goals were forthcoming in the half.  

   There were no goals in the second half, but it was not lacking in highlights.   The emergence of the Deutsch duo of Moritz Klinke and Vinzent Moesch  had some great 1-2 combinations and properly executed back heel passes that left a couple of hapless midfielders wondering where the ball went. A near goal happened as well as Moritz dribbled his was through three players and made a perfectly paced cross to Andrew who struck it on frame, but also into the waiting arms of the keeper.  

  I would be remiss if I didn't mention Lucas Brock was a linchpin in midfield winning the ball and allowing his attacking midfielders and forwards to really get in the game.  The defense and goalkeeping of Eric Seltzer was once again rock solid and a foil to any serious threat on net.

The Old Reserves host Oliverian at Dresden on Thursday at 4:30, and the Young Reserves take to the highway on Saturday for a rematch with Sunapee an Noon.  Bus departs at 10:00 sharp.