The A-W girls wrestling team picked up a win against Woodbury Central in the Sioux City East quad meet on Dec. 3. 

Khai and Isabella Utesch picked four wins on the night, along with Aniston Gravenish and Kaylee Hebert won three matches.

The Akron-Westfield boys wrestling team picked up a win against Sioux City East in a quad meet on Dec. 3 held at Sioux City East High School.  

It didn’t look pretty at times for the Akron-Westfield and Gehlen Catholic girls on Dec. 6. Both squads struggled to score, but in the end Gehlen was able to escape with a 29-27 win over the Westerners.

The A-W boys basketball team felt they let one get away in their season opening loss against Westwood on Dec. 2.  The next night, the Westerners made sure it didn’t happen again as they played a solid fourth quarter to pick up their first win of the season 48-46 over West Sioux.

The Akron Hometowner 

By: Sabrina Escalante

Since the early 1990s, the Akron-Westfield School and Immanuel Lutheran Church have received annual donations of handmade mittens. Joy Dirks, currently 89, was born and raised in Akron and has been hand-making mittens for the youth of the Akron-Westfield community since 1992.

The Akron Hometowner 

By: Sabrina Escalante

Western Iowa Tournament at West Monona (11/23)

The Akron-Westfield girls wrestling team took part in their first match in school history when they participated in the Western Iowa Tournament at West Monona on Nov. 23.  The Westerners finished in 9th place with 56 points.

The Akron-Westfield girls basketball team came into the season with very high expectations. The Westerners were coming off a 14-8 season and ranked 8th in the Class 1A pre-season poll.