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Raritan High School 215-pounder Mia Lazaurs stands with coach Christopher Villa after winning her first state championship on April 10 at Phillipsburg High School. PHOTO COURTESY OF RARITAN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING PROGRAM
Raritan High School senior Mia Lazaurs always said she was going to be a state wrestling champion. Even before New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association administrators sanctioned girls wrestling as a high school sport three years ago, Lazaurs was determined to outduel the boys on the mat and win a state title.
Lazaurs, who has been wrestling since she was in the sixth grade at the Hazlet Middle School, dreamed of being a state champion.