I saw this at 3A 150, 3A 144, and 3A 138. The semi matches were barn burners, and each kid in that match won in the finals easily. When I compared it to the "rankings", most of these matches were
1 vs 2, but the seeds didn't reflect the rankings at all.

It's not that they were way off, but it ended up putting the best kids against each other too early.

The match with the kid from Mercer and Mt. Spokane came down to the final seconds and could have gone either way. Total finals match. The Mt. Spokane kid was seeded 2, and the Mercer kid 6 seed. Both were superior to the 1 seed in the finals. Mt. Spokane kid pinned the 1 seed in the finals easily. The other kid from the semis likely would have too.

Unsure how the 1 seed at 3A 138 made it to the finals. Completely outmatched and must have had an easy route to finals because the Hermiston kid was the 7 seed! Totally outclassed the 1 seed in the finals.

Anyone who compared the seeds to the rankings would see how off they were. Too much fluff in Washington to trust records and the criteria.