 We're just days away now from some holiday basketball tournaments where some teams hope to continue their hot starts. One of those teams, the Pequot Lakes Boys Basketball, who are 4-0 and rolling Clayton Castle has more. We are three weeks into the high school boys basketball season and one of the teams emerging as an unstoppable force are the Pequot Lakes Patriots, who are off to a hot 4-0 start to the 2017-18 campaign. 4-0 is pretty awesome. I mean we've been playing together as a team pretty well. Very, very good defense. We've been scoring quite a few points, hold defense to very few points, which is going to win games. We've been shooting pretty well. Both players and coaches alike say that the team's success is built upon defense until last night's offensive barn burner against Staples Motley that Patriots hadn't given up more than 45 points in any contest this season. It's mainly from our defense. It all starts from our defense that leads to how our offense plays. And I think it's one of those things where as long as you're disciplined enough and you do it every night, sometimes you're not going to shoot it so well, you're still going to have a chance and if you don't, you might not. But just because the defense is so strong, that doesn't mean it takes away from the offensive skill set. In yesterday's win over the Cardinals, the Patriots put up a whopping 92 points. You know, I think the biggest thing for us is we really stress ball movement and finding the right shot, finding the shot that fits the guy that's taking it. So for our three point shooters, it's a squared up three pointer after some ball reversal. For other kids, it might be a layup, but you know, we really stress moving the basketball, finding the shot that's fit for whoever has the basketball at the time. And so far we've done a nice job of that. The team doesn't like to talk about end goals for the season, but the players and coaches both say that expectations are high for this team this season. Obviously, we set high expectations for ourselves and we obviously try our hardest to match them. The Patriots will next travel to face Grand Rapids on Friday night. Reporting in Pequot, Lake's Clayton Castle, Lakeland News. Thanks, Clayton, as he says, a big one Friday night. They look to stay unbeaten against four and one Grand Rapids. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.