Akron-Westfield was the 46-39 winner over Elk Point-Jefferson when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Akron-Westfield Westerners were just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 58-57 to the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies. While losing is never fun, the Westerners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 274th in Iowa, while the Huskies are ranked 82nd in South Dakota).
Akron-Westfield has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-11 record this season. As for Elk Point-Jefferson, their victory bumped their record up to 5-8.
Akron-Westfield has already played their next matchup (against Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Elk Point-Jefferson has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Tri-Valley.
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