Maybe it was opening day jitters for a few of the underclassmen or a lack of warm-up time because of the new later release time. Whatever may have been the reason for Duxbury’s opening day loss to Xaverian, the boys’ golf team has been on fire ever since, ripping off five straight wins that included the best team score in the school’s illustrious golf history.

Entering the week with a 1-1 record, the team was facing four straight days of competition that started with annual nemesis Sandwich.

What appeared on paper to be a potentially close match turned into a blowout at the DYC course, as the Dragons established a new DHS six-player team score by knocking off the undefeated Blue Knights, 229-255.

Junior captain Jonathan Stoddard led the charges by shooting an even par round of 36 that included a pair of birdies and five pars, while Curtis Owen (a birdie/6 pars), Billy Curley (7 pars), and Stephan Krall (7 pars) all shot rounds of 38. Freshman Nick Drago (38/6 pars) and James Magner (40/6 pars) rounded out the record-setting performance in which all six Duxbury scorers beat the low score of 41 by Sandwich’s Nick Burke.

Coming off their impressive performance surely had the team on a high, as they traveled to Scituate on Tuesday and crushed the Sailors with a 30-stroke win (231-261).

The highlight of the match came off the club of Drago, who scored the Dragons’ first eagle of the year when he holed out from 120 yards out on the par 5 520-yard ninth hole at Widow’s Walk to go along with a birdie and a trio of pars for a round of 38.

Stoddard (a birdie/7 pars) continues to lead the way for Duxbury, as he teamed up with Magner (3 birdies/3 pars) for medal scores of 36.

Curley (39/a bird/4 pars), Owen (40/6pars), and Cam Daley (42/5 pars) contributed to the rout.

Coach Jack Stoddard continues to display the depth he has on this year’s team, as he shuffled his lineup once again while putting Whitman-Hanson away by a 24-stroke margin, 241-217.

Stoddard continued his hot hand with a 32 (2 birds/7 pars), while Bobby O’Brien (34/2 birds/5 pars) and Kevin Kuckuk (35/8 pars) got some action  and showed that beating the Dragons this year won’t be easy.

Krall (38/a bird/4 pars), Magner (39/a bird/3 pars), and Curley (39/2 birds/2 pars) completed Duxbury’s scoring on the par-34 Ridder Golf course.

Thursday’s match with North Quincy on the hilly President’s Golf course in Quincy was not as easy as the previous three days.

The Red Raiders had beaten the Dragons last year, but were without their top player,  Peter Eley, who was injured in an accident over the summer. Despite his absence, the hosts gave Duxbury all it could handle before dropping a 236-240 decision.

Playing without Stoddard, Owen (2 birds/3 pars) and O’Brien (6 pars) took over with rounds of 38, while Magner (39/5 pars) and Krall (39/5 pars) were right behind.

Kuckuk (41/4 pars) and Curley (41/6 pars) were strong enough to knock off North Quincy’s Jeff Nelson (42) and Justin Keenan (44) that made the difference in the match.

“I think the kids are starting to believe in themselves more,” said Stoddard. “At first they were concerned with shooting a good score because of the competition we have on the team, but now they just seem to be going out there and playing golf and it’s showing in their scores.”

It’s a less hectic week for the Dragons, who took on perennial Patriot League rival Hingham yesterday afternoon, followed on Thursday by another league match with Rockland at the DYC course.