Duxbury is running amok

Duxbury displays finishing touch - The Boston Globe

   My old school has been on a roll. Usually, we only win soccer, golf and tennis. This year, the football team took a Division 2-A Super Bowl, something that never happens. Now, we have our greedy little hands on the state boy's (I could only find a girl's team pic... sorry) basketball championship, thanks to a 60-57 victory over St. Bernard's.

   It's our first boy's hoop title since the Bill Curley era, although the girls win now and then. Duxbury has no/few black kids at all, so we usually suffer mightily when the tournament brings us up against a city team. This year, it didn't matter. We even beat local powerhouse Catholic Memorial. Sometimes, it's just a Green Dragon year.

   We didn't win soccer this year, but we usually do. We did a lot better when Foster Cass was coaching. Cass is like the Coach K of local soccer- his teams are favored to win even if no one can name a single player on them (like I can't). Cass and Pat Shea have done a lot to secure Duxbury's standing as a local soccer factory.

   Spring sports interest me less, although Chris Sweet and Tony Fisher seem to be building a lacrosse dynasty for the Drag. Lacrosse is a lot of fun to watch, although I prefer the old guy leagues where you may actually see a fist-fight (lacrosse tends to attract hockey-minded individuals here in New England).

   Tennis and baseball are coming up, too. We never win baseball, but we've been pretty good at tennis for most of my life. Rich white towns tend to own tennis around here, while the more blue collar towns run baseball. I have no idea who wins track, although I'd venture that it is the team with the faster kids.