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Yeah it was a mess.  The kid actually tried choking him 5 times. At that particular time my son said he blacked out for a second he don’t remember any of that. It was pretty sad that parents from other schools was yelling at the ref and that kid. When we was in the bleachers and can see his face changing colors but the ref doesn’t notice it is a big problem not to mention everyone in that area was yelling at him trying to get his attention. Then he punched him. Some guy that we don’t even know said he would’ve crossed faced that kids nose off if it was him.  
Yes he wrestled his next match it was his last match of the day. He said he felt fine just had a headache and a black eye. 
My son does wrestle year round and plays football. 
Yes i agree most refs do a really good job. I’m not sure what was going on with this ref we’ve had him many of times and never had any issues that I can recall.

Just curious,  did your kid go through concussion protocol?  You mentioned he passed out and had a headache after the match, but wrestled again.  Both of those are concussion symptoms.  I  hope somebody at least checked him out.   Maybe another learning moment here.

Pretty sure you are talking about our wrestler and no he isn’t ranked. Probably should be though. We don’t coach dirt. We coach intensity. Sorry your son was undefeated until he wrestled our kid but I saw absolutely nothing illegal. I never saw a choke. Now the punch your coach complained about was a cross face that didn’t work because your sons face was planted too hard on the mat. I can understand the complaint from your coach but he verbally berated the ref. You don’t get anywhere doing that. That was normal wrestling at that level. 

That almost sounds too amazing to true.    So a kid choked your kid which is illegal, and ref didn't see it.  Ok, possible.   Then more obviously, ref doesn't see a fist punch to the eye, which is flagrant misconduct. How did the ref miss that?   Then you're kid blacks out and ref doesn't stop it (which he should of)  and you're kid doesn't get pinned while being blacked out?   How does that work?  Just curious,  did you let your kid wrestle any more matches after that match?
I'm going contrarian to this post.   I think compared to when I wrestled 30 years ago,  there's a lot less dirty/shady unsportmanslike crap going on now as compared to then..  I remember guys used to do nasty stuff back in the day.  I wrestled in a different state,  and  maybe my perception is off, but there was some physical crap going on back then.    I think referees do a great job of cleaning up the  dirty stuff most of the time now and step in when it gets chippy, and there are a lot  more moves that are illegal now that used not to be.   I know the top wresters are physical (not dirty), and that can be tough. 
The real reason wrestling participation is lower is due to sports specialization.    Most kids only play one sport and they participate in the off season in that sport.  Everybody played multiple sports back in the  day and didn't have the pressure to participate year round.  And we were better off  for it.     The top kids wrestle year round,  don't play football, track or cross country anymore.    So the problem is that the top kids are so far ahead of the multi-sport athletes, it discourages the multi sport athlete as there chanced of success is lower.  Also,  the other sports are going year round, and are pressuring kids to not wrestle in the winter and play the sport year round.  Its a cannabilizing cycle.  Wrestling is not the only sport with lower participation problems.