Two streaks came to an end last Tuesday in Duxbury when the boys’ soccer team gave up its first goal of the season and had its three-game winning streak broken in a 1-1 tie with Whitman-Hanson. The Dragons opened quickly, with Morgan Dwinell dribbling up the middle on the kickoff and sliding a pass on the ground to Daniel Sangster, who made a diagonal run towards goal.

Sangster sprinted in with his marker and fired a low, hard, left-footed blast past the Panther goalie in the first 30 seconds for a 1-0 lead.

Duxbury continued its assault in the Whitman-Hanson end, as Dwinell kept up his attacks and had his own shot denied two minutes later.

Sangster also created some scoring bids, as he drifted back into midfield and chipped a ball over the W-H defense for the speedy Greg Loreaux to run onto. The senior captain had another chance for his second of the game, but his volley from the top of the box was turned aside for a corner.

W-H regained its composure and started to gain some midfield advantage. At the 26th minute, the Dragons were whistled for a foul and the Panthers were given a direct kick about 22 yards away from the Duxbury goal. The Dragons’ defensive wall blocked the kick, with the rebound falling to a Panther player who took a dipping right-footed shot. Duxbury goalkeeper Max Cote was screened, but nearly had a hand on the ball as he watched it get by him to tie the score.

Dwinell and Sangster continued to apply pressure on the Panther defense with the help of the Duxbury midfield led by Tommy Drummy, Justin McElduff, Eric Larson and Dwinell, who continued their solid possession as the half ended 1-1.

Duxbury continued to possess the ball in the second half, but couldn’t get it deep into the W-H zone. The best chance was a ball from Sangster, who laid off a quick give-and-go that sent Drummy in on the Panther net. Drummy slid for the ball as the W-H goalie dove and smothered the ball and both players collided.

The match became more physical as the half progressed, with Duxbury defender Pat Charland getting yellow carded, followed minutes later by a W-H player who was also booked.

The Dragons pressed, but couldn’t find the back of the net and had to settle for a 1-1 tie.

The third streak of the week ended for the Dragons on Thursday afternoon in Duxbury when they knocked off North Quincy, 4-0.

After scoring just one goal in each of their previous four games, Coach Tocci’s troops exploded for four in a good tune-up for Tuesday night’s battle with Hingham.

Midway through the first half the trio of Drummy, Ryan Piesco and Sangster combined for what proved to be the winning goal, as Drummy’s pass found Piesco, who crossed the ball to the back post where Sangster jumped and scored on a first-time left-footed volley. Sangster was shaken up on the play, but returned soon after.

With less than 10 minutes left in the half, Dwinell took a wide ball and dribbled to the goal line, sending a left-footed centering pass on the ground to the top of the goal box where Sangster finished with a right-footed shot for a 2-0 lead.

Just three minutes later a Red Raider clear went to senior back Pat Charland, who played it to Dwinell on the left wing and watched as he dribbled through two defenders and scored on a right-footed shot for a 3-0 halftime lead.

Loreaux put the game away for good in the first five minutes of the second half, as Sangster collected the ball in midfield and passed it on the ground between a pair of NQ defenders. Loreaux ran onto the ball with a nice diagonal inside run and finished with an outside off the right foot.

The visitors had only two shots on the Duxbury goal in the first half, as a solid senior defense of Charland, Steve Blout, David Hemingway and Mark Brady kept possession and moved the ball well. Senior Max Cote played most of the game in goal and got the shutout, while senior goalkeeper Tommy Kazanowski replaced Cote and finished the game.