by Steve Peterson
Akron-Westfield senior Garrett Wall completed his high school career with an eighth place finish in the Class 1A 3,200-Meter Run at the Iowa Boys’ State Track and Field Meet.
Wall had a time of 10:15.37, which was his new personal best, set at the May 16 meet at Drake University’s stadium in Des Moines.
“He knew what he wanted to do running-wise. He’s a tough runner. He got boxed in early on but fought out of it. From fourth to ninth place, they were pretty close,” said A-W Head Coach Kent Johnson.
Wall was assigned the second lane.
Wall was making
By Julie Ann Madden
Akron-Westfield had a fifth-place score of 337 at the Class 1A District Golf Meet at Spencer on May 16 and did not make the top two teams which advance to the State Class 1A Golf Tournament.
Senior Cory Eskra had the best Westerners’ score with a 40 front nine and 39 second nine holes for a 79. Senior Taylor James shot a 44 and 41 for an 85; sophomore Tavian Banks, 41, 44, 85;
Akron-Westfield seventh grader Courtney Waterbury (pictured at right with her ribbon), placed first in the softball throw and fifth in the 200-Meter Dash at the Hershey’s Track Meet May 19 at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D. She is the daughter of Randy and Joanne Waterbury of rural Akron. The Hershey’s meet is for girls and boys, ages 9 to 14. Local winners may qualify for the State Meet in Spearfish, SD, June 22 and state winners may qualify for the National Meet in Hershey,
By Steve Peterson
Akron-Westfield had one girl advance to the Class 1A regional second round play May 20 at Brookside Golf Course in Kingsley.
Lady Westerners’ junior Dana Hedlund shot a score of 55 for the first round and improved that by 10 strokes to a 45 the second round for a 100 at the Gehlen Catholic first round regional meet.
She tied for fifth
by Steve Peterson
On a great night for a track and field meet and the final meet before the girls’ State Qualifying Meet, the Lady Westerners placed sixth at the Heartland Relays hosted by Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn in Marcus May 6 with 22.5 points.
Katie Johnson gained runner-up honors in the 100-Meter Dash with a time of 14.00 seconds, edging Rylee Negaard of West Sioux’s 14.07 seconds. Haley Grenko of Hinton was first in 13.47 seconds. Robyn Peinke of the
by Steve Peterson
Akron-Westfield boys’ track and field team prepared for the State Qualifying Meet with solid performances at the Heartland Relays held May 6 at Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn in Marcus.
A-W finished fourth as a team in the eight-team meet with 77 points.
A-W distance specialist Garrett Wall posted personal bests in finishing second to Hinton’s Drew Schlitz in both the 1,600-Meter Run with a time of 1:01.82 and 4:51.34 in
by Steve Peterson
Akron-Westfield boys golf team earned the third and final spot to advance from the Hinton Class 1A Sectional on May 10 at Deer Run Golf Course in Hinton.
The Westerners shot a 345 team score to finish behind winner Hinton’s 336 and runner-up Woodbury Central’s 339.
The District Meet will be May 16 at Spencer Golf Course.
On a
by Steve Peterson
Kayla Tindall and Dana Hedlund earned All-War Eagle Conference honors for the Akron-Westfield girls’ golf team, which finished fourth at the WEC Girls Golf Meet, May 7 at Willow Creek Golf Course in Le Mars.
Tindall had a score of 47 the first nine holes and 48 the second nine holes for a 95 and finished 10th overall.
Dana Hedlund had a score of 55 and 50
by Steve Peterson
Two Akron-Westfield boy golfers were named to the All-War Eagle Conference golf teams.
Taylor James was named to the First Team and Cory Eskra was named to the Second Team. Both are seniors.
In final WEC standings, the Westerners had a 6-4 dual match record. Unity Christian won the team title with an 8-2 record in a tie-breaker; Gehlen Catholic was 8-2; Hinton, Remsen Union and West
Akron-Westfield boys baseball squad will open the 2013 season with a home clash with Kingsley-Pierson on May 20. Games begin at 6:00 p.m.
Other early season games for Coach Gordy Johnson’s team are May 21 at Unity Christian in Orange City; May 22, South O’Brien, home; May 24, 5:30 p.m., at West Lyon in Inwood; May 28, at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn; May 29, Remsen-St. Mary’s, home; May 31, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, away; June 1, MOC-Floyd Valley tournament in Orange City, times to be announced.
by Steve Peterson
A little bit of all the seasons awaited athletes and track and field
by Steve Peterson
On one of the rare Spring-like days this month, Akron-Westfield golfers take to
Morningside College unleashed a 12-hit offensive attack in a 9-2 non-conference baseball victory against Dakota State University April 8 in Madison, S.D.
By Steve Peterson
There are 28 students participating in the Akron-Westfield boys’ track and field team
Twelfth-ranked Bellevue kept its winning streak alive with a 0-6 baseball victory over Morningside College on April 1 in Bellevue, Neb.
