Tacoma Dome, Mat Classic

Mat Classic 2025: WIAA state wrestling 2A, 1A and B championship results, team scores In Tacoma Dome
Both have had longstanding state-tournament success - the Cardinals in Class 2A, and Toppenish in Class 1A (and 2A before that). Both came into Mat Classic XXXVI with big-match champions - ones who came into the weekend on four-peat quests.
Mat Classic 36: List of area champions and medal winners from the Tacoma Dome
Gonzaga Prep's Israel Acosta celebrates after winning his 4A boys 144-pound title match at Mat Classic 36 on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. (Madison McCord/For The Spokesman-Review)
Which 2A, 1A South Sound wrestlers won titles at Mat Classic XXXVI?
The match referee lifts up the arm of Orting’s Madison Watts after she defeated Aberdeen’s Felicia Bell to win the Class 2A, 125-pound state title on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, at Mat Classic XXXVI at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Wash. Pete Caster/Pete Caster / pcaster@thenewstribune.com
Matt Classic XXXVI: Wapato boys top Zillah for 1A title, Wolves' first team state championship in 51 years
Seventeen Valley wrestlers won individual championships in Tacoma and three teams brought home team titles in an onslaught of accolades at Mat Classic XXXVI in the Tacoma Dome.
27 local 1A/2A wrestlers place at Mat Classic
Although Whatcom and Skagit counties did not have a state champion this year, the two combined for 27 athletes reaching the podium, including six wrestlers advancing to their respective championship matches.
Mat Classic XXXVI: Harding, Salguero Jr. guide Orting to fourth consecutive 2A state title
Anderson: “It was meant to be, you know? I could not see Toppenish beating us. ... It just doesn’t go through my mind, taking second.”
Nine Basin wrestlers compete in Mat Classic finals
Nine wrestlers, five boys and four girls, from area schools were set to compete in the finals round at the Tacoma Dome. The matches were not complete as of press time. Mat Classic final matches are ...
Mat Classic XXXVI, Day 2: Capital’s McEwen, Lincoln’s Lee capture state titles in Tacoma
Lincoln’s Tavarre Lee (Boys 3A 132) and Bradley Amsden (Boys 3A 285) captured individual state titles, and the Abes grabbed ...
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Skyview's Madisyn Cardens also captures state title at 235 pounds
Faith Tarrant now stands alone. But it’s not lonely at the top for the first wrestler, boy or girl, from Clark County to ...
Moses Lake student sings national anthem at Mat Classic
Nearly 300 schools were at the first day of the Mat Classic wrestling tournament at the Tacoma Dome on Thursday, with thousands of wrestlers, parents, coaches and fans. But one voice cut through the ...
Mat Classic XXXVI: Orting’s Harding, Salguero Jr. chase elusive fourth state title
The Cardinals returned four reigning individual champions to Mat Classic XXXVI: Dominic Thomas (132), Alan Salguero Jr. (138) ...
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Mat Classic XXXVI: Toppenish girls win fourth straight crown with trio of three-time champions
Sophia Torrez became the first three-time state champion for Toppenish’s girls wrestling program. Twenty minutes later, ...
Mat Classic 36: University’s Libby Roberts proves her ‘untouchable’ status with fourth-straight state title
Roberts became just the fifth girl in state history to win four-straight Mat Classic titles after she pinned Shorewood's ...
Mat Classic 36: Lakeside's Myles Christen caps prep career with first title, 5 win in 1B/2B boys tournament
Myles Christen understands that sometimes you just get beat by a better wrestler. That's what happened last year to the Lakeside standout when he lost in the State 1A 144-pound final to Toppenish's ...