I was not a part of the seeding meeting but from what I know:
In the case of Crumbliss, he beat Deshazer from Wichita West and Bingham and Sayers lost to Deshazer at Salina South last week.
As for the rest of the seedings,they are based on criteria: highest state medalist, highest returning newton placer, record, ect. So for example Hill (hts) at 135 and Rhodes (WE)160 were dropped lower because they were not state medalists last year (regardless of the reason). Likewise Norton and Goodland wrestlers, along with people like Sponsel (189) from BC, who did not wrestle in Newton last year had to be leaps and bounds better to overcome that lack of criteria. In the absense of head to head, they use criteria.
As we all know just because one guy got 4th at state at one wieght in 6A, and the other guy got 5th in state in 4A doesn't make the first guy better, but in the absence of anyother criteria that is the deciding factor.
I advocate in a tough tournament like newton, just to do a blind draw because the seedings are always so hard. The only difference is that you would have to allow 3rd to wrestle 2nd if they had not already met. But either way the best will rise to the top.