I'll throw a wrench into your arguement. I found a few .500 or less records that made it to state in 4A this year:
112 Derek McGovern of Towanda-Circle (17- 18) 48.57% 130 Tyler Hand of Tonganoxie (11- 15) 42.31% 152 Charlie Briggs of Spring Hill (14- 23) 37.84% 171 Derek Feist of St. James Academy (11- 13) 45.83%
In 321A the Marion Regional only had 5 wrestlers in the 103 bracket.