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.
Kalama, Woodland wrestlers notch championship wins at Mat Classic
Cowlitz County County made its mark on the wrestling world over the weekend, including an emotional win for a Kalama athlete and an exuberant victory for a Woodland senior. Cowlitz County had six individual state champions at the Mat Classic wrestling state tournament, and Kelso girls also won a team title.
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.”
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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Elma’s Espinoza, Hoquiam’s Bryson win state titles at Mat Classic
JIM THRALL / MATFOCUS.COM Elma junior Xavier Espinoza (top) contorts Life Christian Academy’s Elijah Miller during the 1A 113 ...
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Mat Classic XXXVI: Kiyanno Zuniga becomes Toppenish's first four-time, Wildcats' team title streak ends at 5
Doing something unprecedented for Toppenish boys wrestling is an incredibly difficult thing to do, but Kiyanno Zuniga reached ...
Vote now for The News Tribune’s Boys Athlete of the Week (Feb. 17 to 22)
Vote for The News Tribune’s Boys Athlete of the Week for contests played between Feb 17-22. Voting will remain open until ...
Mat Classic 36: Lakeside’s Myles Christen caps prep career with first title, 5 win in 1B/2B boys tournament
Christen, who also won titles this year at the Deer Park Invitational, Mat Animal Invitational and was second at Tri-State, ...
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Mat Classic begins Thursday in Tacoma: Here's what to know to get ready
With Mat Classic now a three-day competition, doors at the Tacoma Dome open Thursday. Wrestling for 4A and 3A boys and girls begins at 9 a.m. and expects to continue until 7:30 p.m. On Friday ...
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Third time’s a charm: Elma wrestler Xavier Espinoza’s journey to an elusive state championship
At the end of last season’s Mat Classic state-championship meet, Elma wrestler Xavier Espinoza was crestfallen. After failing in the title match for the second consecutive season, the Eagles sophomore ...
Jackson’s Emily Ortiz wins state title after stressful morning
TACOMA – All it took was 58 seconds for Emily Ortiz to make history. With her pin against Spanaway Lake’s Karlee Brummett in the Girls 4A 145-pound championship at Mat Classic XXXVI on Feb. 21, Ortiz ...