SPRING VALLEY, WI – Sometimes, it’s the quiet ones that lead the way. Spring Valley senior Caleb Bartko is often an overlooked player for the Spring Valley basketball team because he doesn’t have flashy stat lines.
“Caleb does a lot of things on the floor for us that aren’t able to be measured in numbers,” said Head Coach Rob Bosshart. That was a different story for the senior in the Cardinals 69-48 win over Colfax here last week. Bartko dominated on a night when his team needed him to, scoring 29 points and pulling down 13 rebounds in the game, as well as all those intangible things he always does. “Caleb isn’t called on to score like that very often, but it’s good to know that he can when we need him to.”
The Cardinals dominated a Colfax squad that was missing a key player due to injuries, and while starting slowly, the end result was as expected.
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