Duxbury High School

Duxbury High School
File:Duxburydragons.png
Established	1959
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Andrew Stephens
Students	963
Grades	9-12
Location	Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Coordinates	42°2′52″N 70°40′45″W
District	Duxbury Public Schools
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Green and White
Nickname	Dragons
Newspaper	The Dragon Flyer
Website	http://www.duxbury.k12.ma.us/dhs.html

Duxbury High School is a public high school in New England, located in Duxbury, Massachusetts a small sea-side town. The superintendent of the district is Dr. Benedict Tantillo, III . The principal of Duxbury High School is Andrew Stephens. The building is located on St. George Street, and classes opened there in 1959.

Academics

For comparison, the state reports results from its standardized test, the MCAS. In the 2005 MCAS, Duxbury sophomores performed such that 90% of test-takers scored "proficient" or above in the English Language Arts section of the test, compared to just 65% of the test-takers statewide.^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

Duxbury has won an extensive amount of league and state titles.

Boston Globe Dalton Award - 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, & 2009

Fall Cheerleading League Champions - 2006

Winter Cheerleading League Champions - 2008

Boys Cross Country:

• League Champions - 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2004, 2005, & 2006
• Eastern MA Champions - 1978

Girls Cross Country:

• League Champions - 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, & 2002
• Eastern MA Champions - 2001

Field Hockey:

• League Champions - 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009 & 2010
• South Sectional Champions - 1976
• South Sectional Semi-Finalists - 2004

Football:

• League Champions - 1985, 1988, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, & 2009
• Div. 2A State Champions - 2005, 2008 & 2010
• Super Bowl Participant - 1997 & 2002

Boys’ Golf:

• League Champions - 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009
• State Champions - 1987, 1988, 1995, 1999, 2006, & 2009
• South Sectional Champions - 1989 & 1994
• Eastern MA Champions - 1996
• Division 2 State Runner Up - 2005
• South Sectional Champions - 2007

Boys’ Soccer:

• League Champions: 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007
• State Champions - 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1994 & 2000
• South Sectional Champions - 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000 & 2002
• Eastern MA Champions - 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990. 1994, 2000
• Eastern MA Finalists - 1969, 1973

Girls’ Soccer:'

• League Champions - 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
• State Champions - 1983, 1994 & 2008
• South Sectional Champions - 1992
• Eastern MA Champions - 2000

Girls’ Swimming & Diving:

• League Champions - 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (2006 first year as winter sport, currently 19 year league title streak)
• South Sectional Champions - 1998, 1999 & 2000
• South Sectional Runner Up - 1993 & 2001

Boys’ Basketball:'

• League Champions - 1969, 1979, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006 & 2009
• State Champions - 1989, 1994 & 2006
• South Sectional Champions - 1997
• South Sectional Finalists - 1992 & 1993

Girls’ Basketball:'

• League Champions - 1986, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005
• State Champions - 1998
• South Sectional Champions - 1997
• South Sectional Finalists - 2005

Gymnastics:

• League Champions - 1988 & 1991

Boys Hockey:

• League Champions - 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, & 2001
• State Champions - 2000, 2005 & 2007
• Super 8 Participant - 2004 & 2006
• South Sectional Champions - 1988 & 1998
• South Sectional Finalists - 2002

Girls Hockey:

• League Champions - 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011
• State Semi-Finalists - 2004 & 2009, 2010
• State Champions - 2011

Boys’ Indoor Track

• League Champions - 2005

Boys Swimming & Diving:

• League Champions - 1984, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, & 2010

Wrestling:

• League Champions - 1981, 1983, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, & 2006
• South Sectional Champions - 1984

` Baseball:

• League Champions - 1983, 2001, 2005, 2006 2007, 2008, & 2010
• Eastern MA Champions - 2010
• State Finalists - 2010

Boys’ Lacrosse:

• League Champions - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010
• State Champions - 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, & 2011
• State Finalists - 2003 & 2010

Girls’ Lacrosse:

• League Champions - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010
• Division 2 State Champions - 2007
• South Sectional Finalist - 2005, 2006 & 2008

Girls’ Golf:

• League Champions - 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2009, & 2010
• State Champions - 2001

Sailing:

• League Champions - 2006, 2008, 2009
• Fleet Racing Nationals Participant - 2004, 2007 & 2008
• New England Team Racing Champions - 2009
• Team Racing Nationals Participant - 2009

Softball:

• League Champions - 1981, 2005, 2006 & 2008

Boys’ Skiing:

• League Champions - 2006

Boys’ Track:

• League Champions - 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987 & 1988
• State Champions - 1985, 1987 & 1988

Girls’ Track:

• League Champions - 1979, 1982, 1983 & 1986
• State Champions - 1986

Boys’ Tennis:

• League Champions - 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006
• State Champions - 1981, 1984, 1990 & 1994
• South Sectional Champions - 1991 & 1992

Girls’ Tennis:

• League Champions - 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 & 2002
• South Sectional Champions - 1993

Boys Soccer holds the National Record for consecutive victories, winning 72 straight games between 1981–85

Boys Lacrosse is considered one of the best programs in the country and won a record 99 straight games before being defeated by rival St. John's Prep.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

• Bill Curley - Class of 1990 - a former NBA forward and stand out at Boston College
• Juliana Hatfield, an indie rock singer
• Claus Raidl (1942– ), CEO Böhler-Uddeholm, President of the National Bank of Austria

External links

• Duxbury High School website