My son has had the same problem in the past.
They tell me that there were 7 in the bracket at
Haysville. However, I do not know the weights of the kids. We have just started practice, but are going to Ark City. I know how frustrating it can be! Most tournaments divide the kids to make "sutible"? brackets at each tournament not going by the state brackets, so if your kid weighs 1 pound more than 15lbs of the other kids in the bracket they may separate him and put him in a bracket with one kid. If you would have known ahead of time that your boy only needed to lose a pound he could have wrestled a 7-8 man bracket.
This is a big problem with the local tournaments that needs to be adressed! When you go to sub-state you have a choice of 110 or 125 and you have to make the weight! Why are we not doing this at the local tournaments? All of the other weights offered have to make weight. Also, to get more matches you may have to wrestle 10 & Under if your area does not have kids in your weight. I suggest when you enter a tourn. not to include you childs weight and when they call you to get it ask what the brackets look like so you know what weight to enter your kid.
