Athlete of the Week: Logan Flatt, Butler High School

Name: Logan Flatt

School: Butler

Grade: Senior

Age: 18

Sports: Football, baseball

Claim to fame/honors: Team captain; running back ran for about 1,200 yards scored 21 touchdowns this year; named to All-Greater Western Ohio Conference second team; second team outfielder for Aviators; carries 3.1 grade-point average

Bet you didn’t know … I’ve been playing football for 12 years and have never missed a game

Words you live by: Speak softly and carry a big stick

Toughest opponent: Massillon Perry from week one this year

Biggest influence: My brother, Layton

Game-day rituals: I always wore the same shirt underneath my shoulder pads

What’s on your bedroom walls: Team posters from pee wee football; poster of Odell Beckham Jr.

When I’m bored I like to … play Madden 17

Favorite movie: Talladega Nights

Person who would play you in a movie: Mark Walhberg

Favorite TV show: The Middle

Favorite musical artist: Drake

I can’t live without: Friends and family

I can live without: Cold weather

Event you’d like to attend: Super Bowl

Favorite book: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Favorite home-cooked meal: Spaghetti

Favorite restaurant: Red Robin

Favorite smell: Hamburgers on a charcoal grill

Favorite cereal: Rice Krispies

Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Finish Line

Vegetable you won’t eat: Cauliflower

I’d love to trade places for a day with … Drake

Whose mind would you like to read? All of my football coaches

Place where you’d love to travel? Hawaii

Talent you’d like to have? Singing

Favorite school subject: History

Favorite athlete: Odell Beckham Jr.

Favorite team: New Orleans Saints

Favorite Olympic sport: Baseball

Something in the world I’d like to change: Dictatorships

Favorite sports moment: Scoring game-winning touchdown with seven seconds remaining last year against Stebbins

Favorite junk food: Cosmic Brownies

Best thing about football: The satisfaction of accomplishment when it all pays off

In 10 years, I hope to be … happy and successful

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