There are hot starts, and then there’s what the Nazareth girls basketball team is off to this year.

Following Wednesday night’s 68-32 demolishing of Joliet Catholic , the Roadrunners are now 8-0 on the season. Their closest contest was a 15-point victory over Hononegah.

Their next closest game? A 53-19 drudging of Huntley to open the season. Nazareth had two players reach double-figures in scoring Wednesday before JCA hit double-figures as a team.

“I’m very fortunate that this is a great group of kids that are very self-motivated,” Nazareth coach Ed Stritzel said. “I don’t have to do a lot of the motivating. They want to be great, they share the ball, and they just love playing with each other.

“I’m very lucky for that.”

Wednesday night was no different.

The Roadrunners had 11 po

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