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# Thanks Guy: Hahn gave Sabers a good 'Look'
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/thanks-guy-hahn-gave-sabers-a-good-look/
- Published: 2010-11-24T20:33:48.000Z
- Updated: 2010-11-24T20:33:48.000Z
- Description: Eric Hahn had one goal going into this season, to be a guy the coaching staff could count when it needed him. But the senior was more than that for the Souhegan High School football team.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division III-IV, Fall Sports, Division III, football, Souhegan, Thanks Guy, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

*Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories that will be appearing about the unsung heroes who take the football field every week, the guys who coaches couldn’t get by without. At this time of year, it’s time to say “Thanks Guy.”*

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Eric Hahn had one goal going into this season, to be a guy the coaching staff could count when it needed him.

But the senior was more than that for the Souhegan High School football team.

Along with fellow senior Alex LaPointe and juniors Tyler Hansis and Barry Ewing, Hahn gave the Sabers something that every program needs to be successful – depth on the offensive line.

Having that depth not only allows a team to give starters a break during games, or make a seamless transition when someone gets hurt, but it also helps during practice.

“They’re so important,” Souhegan coach Mike Beliveau said. “In the past, we haven’t had guys big enough or physical enough to give our defense a good read or a good look. Every team, college, pro, high school, you want to that that squad that is going to be able to do what the other team is going to do.”

Not only did those players have to learn Souhegan’s game plans, they had to make sure they had a working knowledge of whatever team the Sabers played against on any particular week.

The coaching staff calls those players the “look squad,” and every week, one of them is recognized by the captains for his efforts.

“We highlight those kids every week at a team dinner,” Beliveau said. “(They get) a pride shirt with a football helmet and tapped bloody hands. It’s a beautiful shirt. It’s our Saber Pride shirt. It’s voted by the captains to the kid that was the best scout squad player.”

What Hahn and the rest of the look squad are called upon to do sounds simple enough, but it changes from week to week.

“We pretend to be the other team,” Hahn said. “That was my biggest role on the team. I prepare the people who are starting, to give them a good look.”

While Hahn was on the varsity and did get to play in some games, Beliveau saw it as a tough situation for any upperclassman.

“Eric was close, he just didn’t quite make it into the starting lineup,” Beliveau said. “It’s hard for them. Let’s say they were sophomores in this role of backup, they’d be getting time in JV games. They’re not putting on the uniform as a starter, so they’re role players on the team. But if we didn’t have them … most JV guys aren’t ready if we get an injury.”

Despite the hard work and commitment that goes with playing football, Hahn believes he wouldn’t trade what he’s been able to experience in the last four years for anything.

“I’m a little upset that the season is over,” he said. “It’s tough. Sometimes we’d say ‘what are we doing here?’ It’s the longest season of any sport. We start before everyone else, we end after everyone else. The winter sports are starting and we’re not even done yet. It’s really time consuming. I’d do it all over again. I’m pretty sure who I am today is kind of directly from being here.”