ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Peggar's journey to get back on the mat
"Not as nervous as I used to be freshman year, it's kind of
just, it will be here. Let it come and I'll fight through it."
Fighting is not a new concept to Michael Peggar.  "For about
three months when he was so ill, I just kept saying to myself,
'he's dying. I feel like I'm watching my son die in front of
me," said Michael's mother, Tammy Peggar.  In July 2010, Michael
was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colotis, a disease that affects
the lining of the large intestine. When symptoms worsened in
November of 2011, doctors removed Michael's colon.  "Puts things
in perspective when you have health versus no health," comments
Michael's father, Nate Peggar. "You don't take that for granted
anymore."  Although, Michael was in pain, losing weight, and
weakened, he watched practice from the sidelines.  "Watching
other people, some of them just not really want to wrestle and
they kind of give up, where I'd do anything to be there," says
Michael.  We may take fo