By Cooper Chadwick
Chasing the hope to make it back to state, senior Will Tuttle is excited for his senior year of basketball.
During Tuttle’s sophomore year, he and the Knights made it to the state tournament, now entering his senior year, Tuttle hopes he has done enough work this offseason to get Salina Sacred Heart there, despite a mild injury.
“During the offseason I was recovering from an ankle injury but was able to be back for MAYB nationals in August. I have played with the same off season team since we were in Kindergarten. In addition to MAYB, I also independently work on my skills,” Tuttle said.
Tuttle is the primary scorer for the Knights as well as a skilled shooter, but he still wants to grow as a player.
“An area I want to improve this year is my ball handling. I worked on the in the offseason by dribbling all the time while I was out with my injury. My main goal for this season is to win state,” Tuttle said.
Last year Tuttle averaged 20.6 points per game, 6.7 rebounds per game and 1.5 steals per game. He also earned MVP of the Chapman Tournament, first team all-league and first team all-state.
Despite Tuttle’s accolades, his team still fell short last season.
“Last year we lost in the second game of substate and I was really disappointed. We are returning essentially the same team as last year and I hope our experience and teamwork leads to a deeper run in the state tournament this year,” Tuttle said.
