Article: Muskogee holds off Del City.

Byline: Matt Patterson

Feb. 11--TULSA -- The Del City Eagles had hoped to take Muskogee to the brink in the first round of the Class 5A Dual State Wrestling Tournament on Friday night at the John Q. Hammons Arena. They did that -- but it wasn't enough as the No. 3-ranked Roughers edged No. 7 Del City 33-27. Muskogee advanced to face No. 2 Ponca City at 1 p.m. today.

It all came down to the 145-pound match with Muskogee leading 30-27. Del City needed a win to tie, but the Eagles' Kyle Hernandez lost to Muskogee's Alfred Walker 7-3. "We wanted to take it down to that last match, and we did," Del City coach Ronnie James said. "The kids fought ...

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