Let's head to the Kolf!

If you're a fan of high school basketball in the Fox Valley, this weekend, may be the most exciting of the season, even more exciting than the actual state tournament. It's the Division One Sectional at UW-Oshkosh's Kolf Sports Center. I've been to many Sectionals in all divisions over the years in Wisconsin, and nothing compares to a jam-packed Kolf! As Fondy coach Dick Diener calls it...."A mini-state tournament" It helps that many times you get heated FVA rivals squaring off for a third time in a season so the rivalries are there. Tonight, Oshkosh North will try and pull the upset on unbeaten rival Oshkosh North and Fondy returns after a year away taking on West Bend East. The experts would say that West is the prohibitive favorite to win this weekend and advance to the state, but you just never know. I've seen Fond du Lac teams come in there and upset a favorite or get upset by another team. I can still remember Neenah's Aaron Shaw and Sam Oatman shooting the lights out in the Sectional Final and denying Travis and Drake Diener a trip to state their junior season, or Fondy denying heavy favority Oshkosh West a trip to state a few years later. It's the 2nd Friday Night in March, and there is no other place I would rather be than the Kolf Sports Center.

My Picks: Oshkosh West 54 Oshkosh North 49 & Fondy 48 West Bend East 43.
Sectional Final: West 63 Fondy 51. The Wildcats return to state.