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REARDAN - The first girls wrestler in school history to make the state Mat Classic is going to compete in college. Senior Vaea LaMoureaux signed with Umpqua College in Roseburg, Oregon Tuesday, April 18.

Umpqua College competes in the Northwest Athletic Conference and is coached by Anthony Weerheim.

LaMoureaux said a college athletics career wasn't top of mind until her junior year began to wind down.

"If you told me at the beginning of the year last year that colleges were going to look at me and offer scholarships, I would've laughed," she said. "But it occurred to me toward the end of...