I know a wrestler very well that finished the season 25-19 in 6A. In those 46 matches, 25 matches were against wrestlers that qualified for State (3 in 4A, the rest in 5/6A) and nine of those matches were against wrestlers that placed at State. (1 in 4A, the other eight in 5/6A). I am not sure how the Tulsa Union wrestler or the two Missouri wrestlers he faced did in their respective states, but they were pretty dang solid too.

My point is, this wrestler lost almost twenty matches during the year and still placed at State. This is probably because he faced incredible competition all year, not because he had a great record.