Ok so me and my two friends got underage charges in PCB

Well we called the number and the ticket is 417$... Me and my friend have got this crazy idea to go back to pcb for court if it would be worth it. Its bout a good 7 hour drive. I called the number back and she sounded VERY confident that it would be worth the trip back but them we called some friends that live in PCB and they said you will never beat the charge you will have to pay any ways and all that.... So Im asking what would you do or does has anyone experienced this or someone they know? Like I said if it would be worth driving back then we are all for it!