No matter how far away the girls’ hockey team travels, road games don’t seem to faze Coach Friend Weiler’s squad.
Traveling to Babson College last week, the Lady Dragons faced one of their toughest games of the season, as they took on No. 5-ranked Wellesley HS in a MLK Day matinee.
Duxbury trailed in the first period for one of the few times this season, as they fell behind 1-0, but tied it at 1-1 before the period ended. Despite grabbing a 2-1 lead in the second period, the Raiders came back and tied the game at 2-2 after two periods.
The Lady Dragons found themselves behind the eight ball in the third period, as they trailed 3-2 with less than five minutes to go in the game. But Lily Connolly (4:30) and Briana Connolly (1:53) scored for a 4-3 win over the Raiders, lifting their record to 8-1.
On Saturday the team took the boat ride to Martha’s Vineyard when they manhandled the Islanders, 7-0.
Outshooting the hosts 54-6, the Lady Dragons surprising led by just a goal after the first period and exploded for five goals in the second stanza before finishing up with goal number seven in the final 15 minutes.
Hannah Murphy led the way with a hat-trick, while freshman defenseman Ally Hammell, freshman forward Liz Collins, Briana Connolly, and junior forward Colleen Leddie rounded out the Duxbury scoring.
Sophomore Tori Sanchez saw action in goal in the third period and made a huge save to preserve the shutout win for Duxbury.

The Duxbury girls’ basketball team traveled to Scituate on Monday afternoon to take on Scituate HS in what was billed as their biggest Patriot League challenge to date. Taking along their 7-1 record, the Lady Dragons were ready to face an undefeated Sailor team that was 9-0 and the talk of the South Shore.

The State D III State Relays were held at the Reggie Lewis Center on Saturday and the Duxbury boys’ took first-place in the distance medley with a time of 10:53 to beat Medfield (10:54) and Pembroke (10:59 Greg Bray led off (1,200 meters), followed by Brett Sahlberg (400 meters) and Jason Angell (800 meter), with Jonathan McKinley (1,600 meters) anchoring the winning team.

It was a case of David vs. Goliath last Wednesday night in Duxbury when the Dragons played host to Hingham in a Patriot League dual meet.  Boasting 46 wrestlers on their roster, the Harbormen have plenty of depth, and are solid in every weight class. 

What looked like Duxbury’s sixth tie of the season turned out to be its third loss on Saturday night at The Bog, when St. John’s of Shrewsbury rallied with 5:33 left in the game to break a 1-1 tie and go home with a 3-1 victory.

Big wins over Hingham and Marshfield, followed by a week layoff due to last week’s snow storm, didn’t seem to affect the DHS girls’ hockey team, as it continues to roll along in its quest for the program’s first state championship.

The boys’ swim team started the week in stylish fashion by winning every event in a victory over Randolph.  They got off to a great start with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, as teammates Steven Kravitz, Barry Su, Ian Wilson and Keelan Murphy finished with a time of 2:04:18.

The Duxbury girls’ swim team continued its winning streak last week with wins against Randolph and Quincy, remaining unbeaten in Patriot League action with a 6-0 record.

They seemed to have their act together in the first two periods, but the wheels fell off their wagon in the final 15 minutes of their game with Bridgewater-Raynham on Saturday night at The Bog, resulting in Duxbury’s 2-1 loss to the Trojans.
After playing their last four games to ties, it looked like the Dragons were on their way to a win while nursing a 1-0 lead late in the third period. But an undisciplined style of play took over, costing the Dragons a game that looked headed for the victory column.

 

At the Whitman-Hanson Invitational on Saturday, the Duxbury wrestling team proved that they are a tournament-style team. Eight Dragon grapplers placed at the tournament that featured some of the best teams in Southeastern Mass. The strong showing for Duxbury comes on the heels of two more injuries to a team that has one of the smallest rosters in years.

The Lady Dragons hockey team had a big win last Thursday afternoon at The Bog, as they got head coach Friend Weiler his 100th career win as the only coach in the history of the girls’ hockey program.