By Cooper Chadwick
After winning the Class 4A Tournament last season, this young McPherson Bullpups team has some big shoes to fill, but head coach Kurtis Kinnamon believes they can do so.
McPherson is led by senior Gabe Pyle, who last year averaged 17 points per game and 5 rebounds. Pyle earned CO-4A Player of the Year and other honors.
Pyle is not the only returner for the Bullpups. Kinnamon believes that senior Ian Razak and junior Jett Pyle will also make a difference for a young and inexperienced McPherson team.
Kinnamon, who is entering his 30th year being the head coach for the Bullpups, believes that his team can go far if they do the right things night in and night out.
“I expect we will compete hard every night. We will have to develop some depth throughout the season and hopefully can avoid injury,” Kinnamon said.
Pyle reiterates this as well and he believes that to win he just needs to do what Kinnamon says and he will help his team get where they want to go, the state championship game.
“Some individual goals are just to do whatever Coach Kinnamon needs me to do this year in order to win. If it is me having to guard the other team’s best player, I will do it. If it is scoring, I will do it. All I am focused on is winning and taking each game one by one,” Pyle said.
