Senior Dalton Straub’s advice: High school is a one-time thing, make the most of it
Launch the media gallery 1 playerYou may know Dalton as a top athlete on the football field, running on the track or competing on the basketball court, but there is another side not everyone sees. Senior Dalton Straub has a funny side.
Jesse Baxter, freshman, said, “Dalton likes to tell jokes, he always seems to lighten the mood by looking at the bright side.”
Straub said, “I just like to portray myself as a funny person. I like to make people laugh and tell jokes and when they tell their friends about me I hope they’ll say that I am a funny guy. I also like messing around with people and scaring them and try to be funny and act goofy to get a smile out of people.”
Baxter said, “If you get hurt, he is going laugh, but will be the first one to pick you up.”
Straub said he’s always been taught to treat other people how you would want to be treated. “I guess that’s how Jesus wants us to be … to be nice and not mean to people. My goal to be kind comes from my example in Christ. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, so I follow that.”
Dalton has received many awards throughout his high school career including, all league football select junior and senior year. All state football select senior year and 8-man all star game select. Dalton was also the top leading tackler for the Indians this past fall. He was team captain for both football and basketball during his senior season. Straub is a three-time league champion at long jump and has lettered in track all four years. Straub was a three-time letter winner for his basketball career.
“His love for the game and his love to compete at his very best,” Rodney Yates, head football coach, said is what he liked most about coaching Straub. He also said his favorite memory of Straub was his junior year when he played linebacker against Atwood and had never practiced that position and still led the team in tackles.
In the fall, Straub plans to go to Fort Hays State University and major in business. “I’ve also thought about physical training,” he said. “It interests me how therapy can take you from being able to not do anything and after physical training can bring you back to where you were before.”
Staub said it’s been fun while it lasted. “It’s been hard knowing my last time playing high school sports,” he said. “I guess it’s obviously a one-time thing and once it’s gone it’s gone and you never get it back again. For all the underclassmen, make the most of it because it goes by fast.”
