Last year at Sub-districts, D1 South had a loaded 16-man bracket (15 wrestlers) while D1 North had four in the same age/weight. The fifth place wrestler from D1 South got to wrestle as an alternate at Districts since one of the four from D1 North didn't move on. He not only qualified for State, but went on to win two matches at State. Had this same wrestler finished 5th in Districts if he were allowed to wrestle 5th/6th, he would not have been able to wrestle at State even though there were byes from other Districts that did not send four. Again, I believe that this is the "State" Championship tournament and not just the "Only 4 Wrestlers from Each District" Championship tournament when some Districts can't field four spots.