Beeson has a good point and it has to do with the change from days of competition to the points system in the early 90's. Back in the day a high school wrestler was restricted to 10 days of competition, a maximum of four of those days could be used for tournaments; a two day tournament used two days. The total number of competition days did not count post season competition.

As coaches became more "savvy" with the point system scheduling began to maximize the number of matches for the points. This led to the increase in scramble and dual tournaments, both geared to get the wrestlers the maximum five matches per day. This, and a growing lack of full teams, led to a major downturn in dual competitions. Most schools keep duals with their traditional rivals only.

Several years ago at the Hoxie Tournament their 1972 state champions were honored. The team members were introduced and their records given. No one on the team had more than 25 matches for the season. Now many wrestlers have 25 matches by mid-January.