CANDO — A mostly dominant victory for North Star ended in some wackiness on Thursday.

The Bearcats (13-7, 4-1) kept their solid season going with a district win over St. John (6-15, 1-4) at North Star High School. They won 3-0, with set scores of 25-11, 25-8 and 25-22.

“I asked them to come out and serve tough. They did just that,” North Star head coach Kirstin Ahlberg said. “They came out with confidence and energy, which was great. And they closed out the games like I asked them to.”

Senior middle blocker Annabelle Staus led the Bearcats with 13 kills. She came in averaging 2.42 kills per set.

Her consistency has been the centerpiece of the North Star attack. On the outsides, Claire Jorde and Genevieve Ahlberg added seven and six kills, respectively. Ashley Nikolaisen helped out with

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