HS wrestling agate question -- ASAP

Was questioned by a desk guy tonight in wrestling agate.
I've always listed, when a team can't fill a weight class, as "won by void."
He thought it forfeit... and I cant find in stylebook.

Which is it?

 

we have always used forfeit

 

Good enough for me...

 

Agree with spirited. Forfeit.

 

Never heard of void (in that context), I'd go with forfeit as well.

 

In Michigan, it was the way everyone -- including the MHSAA -- wrote it. And it makes sense, void means the other side was empty, but forfeit can have the meaning of disqualification..

But I'm not IN Michigan any more...

Final Match Summary--Dundee vs. Union City
103-BJ Locker (UC) pin Nathan Daggs, 4:20, UC 6-0
112-Jerry Thenen (UC) dec. Mike Tremonti, 4-3, UC 9-0
119-Nick Roof (D) dec. Eric Gruner, 5-1, UC 9-3
125-Greg Mason (D) won by void, 9-9

 

Count me in the won by forfeit crowd. If the wrestler got dq'd, you say won by disqualification instead of won by forfeit.

 

I'm in as big a wrestling state as any, and we all use forfeit around here.

 

Actually, forfeit can't mean the same as disqualification.

119-Bob Wilson D p Joe Jones 5:45
126-Randy Mackey B won by forfeit
132-Greg Long D won by disqualification over Mike Martz 3:22

 

I wrestled for six years, spent another two covering the HS for the local rag and now might be an ast. coach. It's been a forfeit as long as I can remember. Or at least in NJ

 

Four ways of earning six points for your team.

• Fall: You know what that is.
• Forfeit: Nobody on other team at that weight.
• Disqualification: Joey Badknees kicks you in the balls.
• Injury default: You kick Joey in the balls, nobody sees that you did it, and he can't continue.

Forfeit is the only one that doesn't require a second wrestler.

 

Technically, injury default is redundant. The only reason to default is because of injury. Anything else would be a DQ.