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Travlos, Kruse pace Lake Zurich

Lake Zurich’s boys basketball team bolted to a 26-4 lead after one quarter and never looked back en route to a 79-48 nonconference win over host Johnsburg on Friday night.

Mike Travlos and Brad Kruse scored 21 and 20 points, respectively, for Lake Zurich (5-3), which was up 40-12 at halftime. Kruse was 5 of 6 from three-point range after going 3 of 3 from beyond the arc against Lake Forest on Wednesday.

Steve Dixon scored 17 points for Johnsburg.

“We came out very hot and played good ‘D,’ ” Lake Zurich coach Billy Pitcher said. “It was great that everyone got in the first half. We were able play a lot of guys tonight.”