The softball team joined several other DHS teams in qualifying for post-season play last week with a 3-1 win over Pembroke

They were looking forward to this game all year long, and viewed it as their best chance yet to knock off perennial powerhouse Westwood High School.

Duxbury baseball picked a bad time for its pitching and hitting to take the afternoon off when it faced Hingham last Wednesday at Chandler Field.

All good things come to an end, and for Coach Chris Sweet and his Duxbury lacrosse team their 99-game winning streak against Massachusetts’s high school teams came to a conclusion on Saturday night in Duxbury when the Dragons dropped a 12-10 decision to #1-ranked St. John’s Prep of Danvers.

Junior Jeff Blout struck out 14 Red Raiders and hurled a five-hitter to lead the Dragons to their fourth straight win in a 4-0 shutout of North Quincy, setting the stage for Wednesday’s Patriot League showdown with undefeated Hingham at Chandler Field in Duxbury at 4.

Since losing a 6-3 decision to Marshfield over school break, Coach Barney Earle’s team has reeled off lopsided wins over four Patriot League opponents, averaging 11 runs per game.

The Duxbury boys’ tennis team faced the soft part of its schedule last week with wins over Randolph (5-0), Rockland (5-0), and North Quincy (4-1).

Lost amid the outstanding seasons being turned in by all of Duxbury’s spring teams is the surprising run by the Lady Dragons’ tennis team under first-year Coach Jutta Rossano.

Duxbury’s American Legion Post 223 is ready to begin its 2009 summer baseball season after a year’s hiatus. Post 223 has a long-standing tradition of producing “dream teams,” combining the best young adult baseball talent from Marshfield and Duxbury. The team will play a vigorous 20-game schedule in June and July against District 10 opponents such as Plymouth, Sandwich, Brockton, Pembroke, Norwell, and Rockland.

The DHS girls’ lacrosse team continues to run roughshod over its opponents, scoring 18 goals in each game in wins over Sandwich (18-4) and Westborough (18-14) during spring vacation week.

The Dragons opened the week with an unfortunate loss to Whitman-Hanson (3-2), and then came back with wins over Hanover (5-0) and Middleboro (4-1) to raise their record to 5-2.

The DHS sailing team went down to Tabor Academy on Saturday for a quad meet with Tabor, Milton Academy, and Manchester & Essex Regional High School. Light and variable winds were predicted, but Mother Nature provided enough of a breeze to sail.