Dawson Coach John Hodges has been encouraged with the progress he sees from his Dragon basketball boys. That progress was clearly obvious this past week. Dawson’s boys chalked up their first win of the season Friday afternoon at Southland, thumped the same Eagles, 59-45. Southland earlier had beaten Dawson, 76-38, at Welch. “That’s like a 52-point turnaround. It always helps anytime you can play a little defense,” Hodges said shofollowing the victory. “The last time we played these guys we didn’t play any defense against them, plus we couldn’t hit any shots.” The Dragons, now 1-2, owned a 28-19 halftime lead and outscored the Eagles,