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Ottawa’s Colby Mortenson has signed on to continue his education at Elmhurst University and his football career at the NCAA Division III level with the Bluejays. Mortenson, a quarterback for the Pirates and a first-team member of the 2023 Times All-Area Football Team, is pictured seated at his signing ceremony bookended by family, with Ottawa football coach Chad Gross standing behind.