Welcome to another installment of Mat Classic - the home for seven separate WIAA state wrestling tournaments (five boys, two girls). On the girls side, this will be the second season of large-school ...

TACOMA, Wash. - The pre-tournament winning checkpoints aligned between Orting and Toppenish. Both have had longstanding state-tournament success - the Cardinals in Class 2A, and Toppenish in Class 1A ...

Orting’s Quentin Harding reacts to his victory over West Valley’s Logan Utecht in the 138-pound 2A championship during day two of the Mat Classic XXXV at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, in ...

In less than two weeks, the best high school wrestlers in Washington will arrive at the Tacoma Dome for Mat Classic XXXVI. It's not hyperbole to say the annual state tournament is bigger than ever ...

The days of the high school boys and girls state wrestling championships existing as a two-day event at the Tacoma Dome will soon be over. Mat Classic, which runs Friday-Saturday, is getting a ...

Feb. 10—Mead wrestling coach Phil McLean didn't shy away from the fact that the Panthers took a few shots to the chin in Friday night's opening rounds of the Region 4 3A state-qualifying tournament at ...

TACOMA — For the first time ever, both the Forks boys and the girls wrestling squads finished in the top 10 at the Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome, with Abraham Montealegre as the Spartans’ latest in a ...

Gonzaga Prep's Lawrence Jackson, right, tries to take down his opponent during the first day of Mat Classic XXXV on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Wash.

Klahowya and South Kitsap wrestlers have already begun the march toward Mat Classic. The rest of West Sound's grapplers will be in action Friday and Saturday, hoping to gain entry into the state ...

These are the most unbeatable high school wrestlers from around the state, which The News Tribune has published annually before the state wrestling championships for more than 30 years running. This ...