One thing you have to like about Briana Connolly is that her wheels never stop turning. Wednesday night at The Bog the sophomore forward used her speed and skating ability to rescue her teammates by scoring the winning goal with 54 seconds left in the game to lift Duxbury to a 2-1 win over Dedham.

Freshman Mike Slattery (DHS ‘07 and Northfield Mount Hermon ‘08) is currently on the Southern New Hampshire hockey team. St Mike’s beat SNHU, 4-2, in a NE-10 semifinal match, ending the SNHU season. Slattery assisted on SNHU’s first goal…

One thing you have to like about Briana Connolly is that her wheels never stop turning. Wednesday night at The Bog the sophomore forward used her speed and skating ability to rescue her teammates by scoring the winning goal with 54 seconds left in the game to lift Duxbury to a 2-1 win over Dedham.

They had a lot more confidence than they did in last year’s tournament opener with Wellesley. However, in the end the Lady Dragons couldn’t translate that feeling into points, as they were eliminated from postseason play in a 52-44 opening round loss to #6-seeded Dighton-Rehoboth.

There is a reason they call it the city, and it was on display last Wednesday night in Duxbury, as the #2-seeded Dragons were out-played by the #15 seeded Academy of Public Service (Dorchester High School) and fell to the Bears, 77-66.

Senior attack Alec Siefert (DHS ’05) scored seven goals and added two assists in a 12-6 victory for the No. 7 Ithaca men’s lacrosse team (2-0) Saturday at Scranton (1-2). Siefert set career highs in goals and points for the game.

American Legion Post Number 223 announced that Ryan Kane, a Pembroke resident, has been chosen to serve as head coach for the Duxbury American Legion baseball team for the 2009 season

They may be the youngest program on the winter sports scene at DHS, but right now the girls’ hockey team is carrying the torch by being the last team with any possibility of making some noise in post-season play

Registration for spring programs at the Duxbury Recreation Department will be held from March 2-13, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The #1-seeded DHS Lady Dragon hockey team placed six players on the 2008-09 SEMGHL All-Star team.

Registration is still open for Duxbury Youth Soccer’s Minisoccer.  Minisoccer is fun, healthy, team-based and instructional, and is designed with young kids in mind.  Minisoccer is for players in the following age groups:

Back by popular demand, Duxbury Youth Softball is again offering Preseason Softball Clinics. Girls in grades 3-6 can now register for Softball Fridays, scheduled for March 6-27 at Baseball Plus in Marshfield.

Holy Cross lacrosse senior tri-captain Sam Hallowell (DHS ’05) scored her first collegiate goal and it proved to be the game winner in the Crusaders’ 11-7 opening-season victory over UMASS last Tuesday…

Molly Beatson and Angie Goldman of Duxbury won medals at the Eastern Sectional Synchronized Skating Championships held in Morristown, NJ.

The DHS boys’ and girls’ swim teams proved once again that Duxbury continues to churn out top swimmers. The boys competed with 32 other teams at MIT for the Central/South Sectional title just before winter break, with Duxbury’s nine super-swimmers racking up 68 points to take eighth place, while the Lady Dragons placed fourth out of 28 teams in the girls’ Central/South Sectionals the following day by scoring 120 points.