By Matt Browning

Dai’Mont Mucker of Valley Center was chosen as the Wichita Driving School Athlete of the Month for October. Mucker has been one of the top running backs in the area this season.

“I feel like our season has been good so far, but our best is yet to come,” Mucker said. “Once we got our offense and defense going in the same game, we’re going to be a hard team to beat.”

Mucker has been playing football for a long time and he attributes his success this season to a vast knowledge of
the sport.

“I think a big part of me knowing the game so well is because I’ve been around the sport since I was four years old watching my brother David Brooks play,” Mucker said. “I learned a lot even though I was little. By the time I was old enough, learning to play the game was easy.”

It has been a long time coming for Mucker because of the injuries he has had to overcome the past couple of seasons.

“I was involved in an accident and was injured last year at the beginning of the season,” Mucker said. “I had to have two surgeries for my injuries, which left me on the sideline for most of the season.”

After high school, Mucker wants to play college football and major in physical education.