CHETEK, WI – It was there for the taking, and then it wasn’t. Pulled away by a shot and a whistle as time was ticking down, the hopes and dreams and possibilities of this team, this season were gone – just like that.
Coming into the WIAA Sectionals the Spring Valley Cardinals felt good about the possibilities that lie ahead of them. This team has only taken it one-game at a time all season long, not looking past anyone. They felt like that matched up really well with Turtle Lake for the sectional semi-final game, and on paper it certainly looked that way.
But as anyone will tell you, games aren’t played on paper and in the WIAA Tournament, anything can happen at any given point – that is what the month of March has dictated in basketball long before this season and will continue to do long after 2025.
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