I just feel like there’s something to be proud of here,” Deputy Mayor Kiara Daniels said of a statistic showing a big drop in ...

University's Libby Roberts (110 pounds) and Prairie's Faith Tarrant (235) are the latest wrestlers to win four career WIAA ...

Both have had longstanding state-tournament success - the Cardinals in Class 2A, and Toppenish in Class 1A (and 2A before ...

The WIAA changed the format in 2011 in order to cut its rental costs of the three state tournament sites — Tacoma Dome (4A/3A), Yakima SunDome (2A/1A) and Spokane Arena (2B/1B) — in half. But maybe a ...

Vote for The News Tribune’s Boys Athlete of the Week for contests played between Feb 17-22. Voting will remain open until ...

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 ...

Gonzaga Prep's Israel Acosta celebrates after winning his 4A boys 144-pound title match at Mat Classic 36 on Friday, Feb. 21, ...

Anderson: “It was meant to be, you know? I could not see Toppenish beating us. ... It just doesn’t go through my mind, taking ...

Lincoln’s Tavarre Lee (Boys 3A 132) and Bradley Amsden (Boys 3A 285) captured individual state titles, and the Abes grabbed ...

Vote now for The News Tribune’s Girls Athlete of the Week for contests played between Feb 17-22. Voting will remain open until noon Thursday. The poll is located below. You can read about all of the ...

JIM THRALL / MATFOCUS.COM Elma junior Xavier Espinoza (top) contorts Life Christian Academy’s Elijah Miller during the 1A 113 ...

The state’s top high school wrestlers congregate in Tacoma this week for what has become annually one of the best events in ...