The first area team to make a statement during Holiday Hoops week was without a doubt the Fond du Lac girls basketball team.
By virtue of its 35-22 victory over third-ranked Middleton, these Cardinals proved that early-season losses to Neenah and Appleton East may be abberations.
Fondy may be the best defensive girls team I've ever seen, and I covered the Oshkosh West girls team when it made it to state in 2005 despite shooting like it had one hand tied behind its back all season.
Although Middleton played without its leading scorer, nothing less than current University of Wisconsin superstar Jolene Anderson would have saved those Cardinals. Fondy can really get out and defend.
While the Cardinals do have a two-game deficit to make up in the Fox Valley Association, it has yet to play FVA-leading Appleton West. If this game is a sign of things to come, Fondy could be looking at a three-peat.
Now, if only it can figure out a way to get past Sheboygan North in the sectional.
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