Following their 12-7 drubbing at the hands of St. John’s Prep; their second loss to the Eagles in a year, the Dragons caught a break in their schedule before taking on top-ranked Billerica last night in Duxbury.

Wins over North Quincy (17-2) and Whitman-Hanson (15-1) provided good exercise and practice for Duxbury as they headed for last night’s confrontation with one of the three teams that Coach Chris Sweet envisions has a possibility of dethroning his Dragons.

Last Tuesday’s win over NQ saw the Dragons jump out to a 5-0 first quarter lead before extending it by halftime to 10-0.

The lead grew to 14-0 after three quarters, and the Red Raiders finally got on the board in the fourth quarter to prevent the shutout.

Will Siefert was the big gun for Duxbury with four goals, while Paul Hellar and Tim Matthews contributed two goals each.

Two days later, junior midfielder Bryan Barry scored three first half goals to contribute to a 7-0 halftime lead over Whitman-Hanson.

Third period tallies by Seamus Connelly, Sam Sweet, John Ricciardi, and Nick Woodgate had the Dragons ahead 11-1 after three quarters.

Barry notched his fourth of the game in the final 12 minutes of running time, while Sweet scored his third of the game and Lance O’Donovan also got on the board.

Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. the team will take on Xaverian in Westwood.