St. Charles North likes to play with a punch-first mentality.

Whether it’s through a commanding offensive presence, or causing havoc with their full-court press, the North Stars always try to use it as a way to put the pressure on their opponents.

And when facing off against a Batavia team Friday they had lost six straight games against, both of those factors came into play early in the contest.

The North Stars used a quick start on both offense and defense to build up a 17-point lead by the end of the first quarter, one they would not falter for the rest of the contest to get a 48-27 victory over the Bulldogs.

“We found some things at the beginning of the game that we thought were going to be successful, and what we saw was what we thought we would get,” said North Stars coach Gran

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