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To be the best, you need to face the best.

That’s something La Conner High School senior wrestler Delaney Cobbs understands after having gone to the mat four times this winter with one of the elite grapplers in state history.

Cobbs and Marysville-Pilchuck standout Alivia White, the reigning state champion, were paired again on Saturday in the championship round of the girls’ 190-pound division at Mat Classic XXXIII in Tacoma.

White, a junior, completed an undefeated 35-0 season by defeating Cobbs, who had cruised through her side of the state bracket, in one of the more highly antici...