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.

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 / [email protected]

The 2A, 1A, 2B/1B boys’ and 2A, 1A/2B/1B girls’ state wrestling championships commenced Saturday at the Tacoma Dome. The 2025 Mat Classic XXXVI qualified only the best wrestlers

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.”

Orting's Quentin Harding (2A 157) defeated Cardinals teammate Will Lowery for his fourth Mat Classic title, the 27th four-time champion in state history.

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.

The Cardinals returned four reigning individual champions to Mat Classic XXXVI: Dominic Thomas (132), Alan Salguero Jr. (138), Quentin Harding (157), and Levi DiCugno (175). Also back are a pair of runner-ups from last year in sophomores Laithan Lawson and Ty Satiacum Jr.