Is he or is he not a Cathedral alumni and program supporter?
Its flat-out wrong, if the above questions about the ref are true, for that guy to be officiating a match with a Cathedral kid wrestling. That’s not just common sense, but is also the ethical thing to do.
The main reason? Because in a close match, no matter what, the ref giving “his kid” a mystery point to tie it up is going to have the appearance to many as homering the call...and costing a kid a state title and potentially an entire team a championship.
He could be the most ethical guy in the world, but you don’t put yourself in that position, period.
so yes, when the organizers and that official put themselves in that position then people are going to question it.