YVCC’s women’s wrestlers make history

YAKIMA, Wash. — For Mike Schmitt, the idea was borne of desperation.

For Rachel Segura, it represented something new.

And for Bob Spain, it was a way to preserve something old and very dear to his heart, something he himself had started almost 20 years ago.

One thing the Yakima Valley Community College women’s wrestling team did not evolve from was a master plan. To the contrary, it resulted from Schmitt’s initial, 11th-hour attempt to save the Yaks men’s program, which during the winter of 2008 was on the college administration’s chopping block.

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