As the tournament host, I agree that it's unfortunate for a wrestler to go undefeated but not win an individual award. Historically, and again this year, the tournament was set up to be a two day event with eight teams. In this set up, all teams wrestle each other over the two day period. This year New Palestine dropped out with limited notice and we were unable to find a replacement team. Despite the late drop out, the tournament was still scheduled as a two day event. However, at the request of several coaches, we changed it to a one day tournament to accommodate their wishes. The problem with a seven team, one day dual tournament is that in order for all teams to get at least five matches, one team must wrestle all six rounds. This poses a problem because according to IHSAA rules, individuals are only allowed to wrestle five matches per day. Perry Meridian graciously offered to wrestle all six rounds with their JV wrestling one round. As a result of the last minute change to a one day tournament, the possibility exists for two wrestlers to go undefeated. Perry Meridian chose to wrestle their JV against Warren Central. When two power house teams don't wrestle their varsity against each other, the chances increase of multiple wrestlers in the same weight class going undefeated. Coaches understood that this could happen and were still in favor of the one day tournament. If we had the traditional two day tournament, this situation would not have occurred.
We are exploring the option of making this a 16 team individual tournament for next year.