It happens. If nobody is there to argue for a kid or the coach can't remember match ups then a kid can get seeded lower. I saw some coaches trying to bully others for a seed or other coaches not speak up and then complain why somebody didn't get seeded. It's a crap shoot and lots of times the priority is to seperate 1 and 2 and not give a lot of thought on 3 and 4. Sometimes coaches who yelled a name out got a seed if nobody said anything. That's not right but that's how it went for some weight and age groups.

Things don't go the way we want but it usually works itself out on the mat. One year my boy got seeded 4th when he should have been 2. Coach just didn't know the names of kids he beat head to head. I am sure the opposing coaches weren't volunteering info. In the end it worked itself out at state by beating our districts #2 seed to make the finals.

I'd say don't beat yourself up about seeds. At the national level, seeded kids get knocked off all the time. Good wrestlers find away.