When Parkside junior Michael Daugherty wakes up in the morning, he dreams about walking into his kitchen and feasting on a breakfast spread of pancakes, sausage, bacon and eggs.
Instead, Daugherty normally goes into his cupboard and finds a granola bar for his morning meal, waiting until lunch for a salad before eating plain chicken most nights for his final meal of the day.
“Nothing too fancy,” Daugherty said with a chuckle. “I try to watch how many carbs I have.”
He said it can be hard, especially when he hangs out with his friends and watches them chow down on junk food like cheeseburgers and fries, but it’s the life Daugherty has chosen and it’s the one he’s lived for nearly a decade.
Daugherty is a member of the Parkside wrestling team, competing in the 138 weight class. He has wrestled since he was 6 years old, when his father asked if he wanted to get involved in one of the local programs on the Shore.
Finding an immediate love for the sport, Daugherty spent the next several years learning and training, hoping to compete in the state tournament at the high school level, and eventually go on to wrestle in college.
- Mr Riley Anderson- Chairman of Cruiserweight Tuesday Wrestling-
