Rule 6 Section 4 Art. 4 Any coach of the contestant or the contestant has the prerogative to default a match at any time prior to the conclusion of wrestling by informing the referee.
There is not a requirement to be ill or injured. You can simply default. Everyone was on board with making sure the proper procedure was handled. Mark Lentz was there to approve the instructions and procedure. Both wrestlers checked in to the table and at that time the coach informed the official that the respective wrestler would be defaulting. Proper procedure was followed.
This is NOT the first time this has happened. It occured at the Iowa state tournament last year when a wrestler, not a school, made the decision, because of personal religious preferences, defaulted to her.
This tournament is OVER as this stream should be too.
