Mount Ayr Community downed the Wayne Falcons 35-6 much to the delight of large Homecoming throng on the Raider field Friday, Sept. 23.  

The win raises the Raiders’ district record to 2-1 with a tough road test coming this Friday in Stuart against the West Central Valley Wildcats.

“We got off to a great start as we scored twice before the Falcons ran an offensive play on Friday,” said coach Derek Lambert.  “We had a god balance between rushing and passing  again against Wayne.”  

“We have a lot of guys injured right now and we definetely need to get healthy before next week,” added coach Delwyn Showalter.  “We got some of our young guys some playing time, but not as much as we wanted as the game goes by quickly with a running clock.”

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 Mount Ayr Community will be facing another tough opponent this Friday on the road against the West Central Valley Wildcats in Stuart.  The Wildcats are also 2-1 in district play after their loss last week to the Central Decatur Cardinals.

  Four sets were needed, but the Mount Ayr Community Raiderettes went down to defeat again in their latest volleyball action.

The girls fell to Lenox 3-1 Tesday, Sept. 20, in their only action of the past week to drop their record to 1-9.

The girls did not play in the Bedford tournament Saturday and postponed their game with Nodaway Valley Tuesday, Sept. 27, because of the tragic death of a classmate early Saturday morning.

Lenox 3, Mount Ayr Community 1

The Lenox Tigers defeated the Mount Ayr Community Raiderettes 3-1 in a volleyball match held in Mount Ayr on September 20.  

“We played well at times, but were not consistent enough to get the match win,” commented coach Brandie Ruggles.

The Raiderettes started well, building early leads in set one.  Mount Ayr Community led 16-12 before losing 13 of the next 15 points to lose the set 25-18.  

Lenox led the entire way in set two, getting a 25-19 victory.  Mount Ayr Community played well in set three, holding on for a 25-23 win.  

The Raiderettes could not get a lead in set four, as the Tigers picked up the match victory with a 25-22 victory.

Paige Daughton led the Raiderettes with nine kills, Amanda Perrigo had the best setting percentage, Logan Wimer led the serving for Mount Ayr Community and also had a team-leading 23 digs on Tuesday.

Next action

The Raiderettes were to play Nodaway Valley in a make-up game tonight (Thursday) there, go to Murray Monday, Oct. 3, and host East Union Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the final home match of the season. They play at Clarinda in a quadrangular meet Thursday, Oct. 6.  

  Mount Ayr Community’s cross country teams ran in two meets this past week -- at Creston Tuesday, Sept. 20, and at Orient Monday, Sept. 26.

Creston meet

Mount Ayr Community’s cross country teams ran at Creston on September 20.  

“It was a perfect night to run and kids competed well,” reported coach Josh Vanderflught.  

Adrian Richards continued her good performances as the freshman medaled for the third consecutive meet.  Richards finished seventh with a time of 18:24.  

Taylor Richie picked up his first medal of the season as he finished 24th in the boys division.  Taylor completed the 5K event in  21:06.

Orient-Macksburg meet

Mount Ayr Community’s cross country teams ran at Orient on September 26.  

“It was a cool and windy night to run and kids did their best” reported coach Josh Vanderflught. “We had only four runners make the trip tonight.” 

Taylor Richie continues to run well as he was 17th in 20:12.  Clint Bounds was 43rd with a time of 23:14.  

For the girls, Neesie Brand completed the girls course in 25:11 and Christiana Overholtzer’s time was 25:33.  The girls placed 37th and 38th respectively.

Next action

The cross country teams go to Nodaway Valley Monday, Oct. 3, for their next cross country meet.

  Mount Ayr Community played their best game of the season in a come-from-behind win over Nodaway Valley on Friday, Sept. 17  in Greenfield.  

The Raiders outscored the Wolverines 21-6 in the second half to spoil Nodaway’s Homecoming again and take a 28-20 victory.

“Jacob Sobotka had his best game of the season as he accounted for over 310 yards in total offense against Nodaway Valley,” said coach Derek Lambert.  “We were able to get our blocking assignments better this week and we were much more efficient in our passing game.”  

“We played good defense against a very good offense this evening,” stated coach Delwyn Showalter.  “We held them to sixpoints in the second half and that TD pass was tipped, but somehow the Nodaway Valley receiver came up with the catch.” 

“We got some leadership from our veterans and the whole team played with much more intensity tonight,” the coaches added.

Mount Ayr Community  will try to get another Homecoming win this Friday when they entertain the Wayne Community Falcons.  

The Falcons are 0-2 in district play after being routed 46-0 last week by West Central Valley.  

  A string of four losses dropped the season record of the Mount Ayr Community Raiderette varsity volleyball team to 1-8 this past week.

The girls fell to state-ranked Bedford 3-0 in Bedford Tuesday, Sept. 13, then lost to East Mills, Winterset and eventual tournament champion Shenandoah in the East Union tournament Saturday, Sept. 17.

Bedford 3, Mount Ayr Community 0

Thirteenth ranked Bedford defeated the Raiderettes 3-0 in Bedford on Tuesday, Sept. 13.  

Mount Ayr Community played well in the opening set before losing 25-15.  The Raiderettes did not play as well in the following two sets and Bedford improved their play, taking set number two 25-11 and set number three 25-12.

East Union tournament

Mount Ayr Community participated in the East Union Tourney in Afton on September 17.  

The Raiderettes faced East Mills, Winterset and Shenandoah in pool play.  

The Raiderettes lost to East Mills 2-1 in their first match.  Mount Ayr Community lost the first set  21-11, won the second 21-18 before dropping the deciding set 15-5.  

The Raiderettes also lost to Winterset 2-1.  The Huskies won set one 21-4, but the Raiderettes came back to take the second set 21-18 to send the match to a deciding third set.  Winterset won that set 15-4.  

The Raiderettes lost to the eventual tourney champion Shenandoah 2-0 in their third match of pool play. The Fillies defeated the Raiderettes 21-4 and 21-12.

Next action

The volleyball girls hosted Lenox Tuesday, Sept. 20, and play in the Bedford tournament Saturday. Tuesday, Sept. 27, they go to Nodaway Valley.

  Mount Ayr Community’s cross country teams ran at Panorama on Thursday, Sept. 15.  

“It was a chilly evening, but our kids ran hard,” reported coach Josh Vanderflught.  

Adrian Richards earned another medal as she finished in ninth place in the girls field. She turned in a good time of 17:22 over the tough Lake Panorama course.  

Chrisitiana Overholtzer finished 53rd, Neesie Brand 54th and Erica Shields 55th for Mount Ayr Community.  

Taylor Richie turned in the best time for the Raiders as he completed the circuit in 21:13,  good enough for 40th place on Thursday.  Zach Zollman finished 61st and Clint Bounds placed 69th.

Next action

The cross country teams were to run at Creston Tuesday, Sept. 20, and go to Orient Monday, Sept. 26, and Tuesday, Sept. 27 to Clarke.

  It was a tough week of volleyball for the Mount Ayr Community Raiderette volleyball squad.

The Raiderettes were swept in three games by three conference foes -- Corning, Wayne and Interstate 35.

The varsity girls are now 1-4 in action so far this season.

Corning 3, Mount Ayr Community 0

Corning defeated the Raiderettes 3-0 in Corning on Tuesday. Sept. 6. 

Mount Ayr Community played well in the opening set before losing 26-24. The Raiderettes seemed to lose focus after the first set dropping set two 25-7 and set three 25-12.

The loss gives Mount Ayr a 1-2 record for the 2011 season. 

“We had trouble after the opening set.” said coach Brandie Ruggles.“I am not sure our stats are right as they showed we had only four kills.”

The Raiderettes had a limited number of kills against the Trojans with Katelyn Warin going 9-12 hitting. Caitlin Giles topped the Raiderettes in sets and serving on Thursday.  Megan Doubleday’s five digs led Mount Ayr in that category.

Wayne 3, Mount Ayr Community 0

Wayne defeated the Raiderettes 3-0 on Mount Ayr Community’s home court on Thursday, Sept. 8.

Mount Ayr Community dropped the opening set 25-18. Wayne also took the second set 25-20 as the Raiderettes had trouble with serve receive. Wayne closed out the match by taking the final set by a score of 27-25.

The loss drops the Raiderette season mark to 1-3.

“We hit the ball much better tonight,” commented coach Brandie Ruggles. “We had trouble with serve receive and also had our poorest night of the season serving.”

Amanda Perrigo led the team in kill efficiency and Madison Hosfield topped the team in the number of kills with seven against the Falcons. Caitlin Giles had 14 setting assists and was 10-12 serving on Thursday. Megan Doubleday’s 13 digs led the Raiderettes and Katelyn Warin had three blocks to top Mount Ayr in that category.

Interstate 35 3, Mount Ayr Community 0

Interstate 35 downed the Raiderettes 3-0 on their home court on Monday, Sept. 12.

The scores were 25-1, 25-9 and 25-16. “We just struggled in all phases the first two set,” stated coach Brandie Ruggles. “We showed a little life in set three and perhaps we can keep it up against Bedford on Tuesday. 

The loss drops the Raiderette to 1-4 on the season.

Katelyn Warin topped the hitters and Caitlin Giles topped the servers and setters on Monday. Megan Doubleday led the team in digs with nine against the Roadrunners.

Next action

The girls took to the road to play Bedford Tuesday night and play in the East Union tournament in Afton Saturday. Tuesday, Sept. 27, the girls go to Nodaway Valley.

  Mount Ayr Community started district play on a negative note as the Des Moines Christian Lions roared to a 34-12 win on Friday, Sept. 9 on the Raider field.  

The victory makes the Lions 3-0 for the season and Mount Ayr Community falls to 1-2 with a tough road test this week at Nodaway Valley.  

“We had trouble handling their overall size and speed,” said coach Delwyn Showalter.  “Veteran quarterback Austin Stubbs did a great job running their offense.”  

“We made too mistakes on offense,” commented coach Derek Lambert.  “We not only turned the ball over, but we were out of position several times in our offensive sets.”

Next action

Mount Ayr Community will have a tough road test this Friday when they travel to Greenfield for another District 7 contest.  

The Wolverines are 2-1 this season with victories over Corning and AHST before suffering a road loss against West Central Valley last week. 

  Mount Ayr Community started district play on a negative note as the Des Moines Christian Lions roared to a 34-12 win on Friday, Sept. 9 on the Raider field.  

The victory makes the Lions 3-0 for the season and Mount Ayr Community falls to 1-2 with a tough road test this week at Nodaway Valley.  

“We had trouble handling their overall size and speed,” said coach Delwyn Showalter.  “Veteran quarterback Austin Stubbs did a great job running their offense.”  

“We made too mistakes on offense,” commented coach Derek Lambert.  “We not only turned the ball over, but we were out of position several times in our offensive sets.”

Next action

Mount Ayr Community will have a tough road test this Friday when they travel to Greenfield for another District 7 contest.  

The Wolverines are 2-1 this season with victories over Corning and AHST before suffering a road loss against West Central Valley last week. 

  The Mount Ayr Community cross country teams traveled to Winterset to compete in their second meet of the season Tuesday, Sept. 6.  

The Winterset meet uses a different format as the runners compete based on their age.  The top seven finishers in each age group received medals.  

Mount Ayr Community ’s Adrian Richards earned one of those medals as she finished seventh in the freshmen division. There were 49 competitors in the freshmen girls division. There were 53 senior boys, 81 junior boys and 59 sophomore boys in competition.

Top finisher for the boys was Clint Bounds, who ran 23rd in his division with a 21:55 clocking.

  Mount Ayr Community participants picked up many placings in the first two rodeos of the season so far.

In the season opening high school rodeo at Moville, three participants placed.

Logan Wimer placed first and eighth in cutting and second in breakaway roping. Riley Weehler placed sixth and 10th in calf roping and seventh in team roping. Morgan Quick was fourth and sixth in cutting and seventh in goat tying.

In the Larchwood rodeo high school events five Raiders or Raiderettes had placings.

Logan Wimer placed fifth and seventh in cutting. Riley Weehler took third in calf roping and second and sixth in team roping. Ashton Johnson had a sixth place finish in breakaway. Kaci Stackhouse took sixth place in barrels. Meanwhile  Morgan Quick was fifth and sixth in cutting and sixth in goat tying.

Two middle school rodeo participants also had placings at Larchwood.

Kirsten Dolecheck placed eight and ninth in barrels, ninth in goat tying and 10th in pole bending. Kyle Dolecheck was second both times in chute dogging.

Next action

Next action for the rodeo teams is set for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17-18, in rodeo action in Osceola.

  In season opening action on their home floor, the Diagonal Maroonettes defeated Seymour 3-0 and fell to Murray 3-0 in action last week.

The girls moved their season mark to 1-1 with the opening volleyball action.

Diagonal 3, Seymour 0

Diagonal’s Maroonettes got the season opened right with a 3-0 victory over Seymour in Diagonal Tuesday, Sept. 6.

The Maroonettes were able to win the game in three, taking the first in a close 25-23 game, winning 25-18 in the second game and then closing out the match with a 25-21 victory.

Murray 3, Diagonal 0

After their opening sweep of Seymour, the Diagonal Maroonettes fell to Murray 3-0 on their home floor Thursday, Sept. 8.

The girls opened with a 25-15 loss in the first game, were thumped 25-13 in the second game, then battled back to make a game of it 25-22 in the final contest.

Next action

Next action for the Maroonettes comes Thursday, Sept. 15, when they travel to Mormon Trail.Thursday, Sept. 22, they play at Seymour.

    Mount Ayr Community will  open District 7 play by hosting the Des Moines Christian Lions at 7 p.m. on the Raiders home field Friday night.
    The Lions are 2-0 and have victories over Pella Christian and EHK-Exira to their credit.   The Lions are big and fast and have to be considered as one of the favorites in District 7. 
    Des Moines Christian started their football program in 2002 as an eight-man team. In 2004 they  made the move to 11-man football.
      The Lions offense is a version of the run and shoot.  They run a modified option attack, similar to Mount Ayr Community’s offense.         
      The Raiders will have to play their best game of the season in order to get off on the right foot in district play.   The Raiders would appreciate a large home crowd cheering them for them this Friday.

    Bedford handed the Raiders their first defeat of the season by posting a 36-34 win on a very muggy evening in Bedford. 
    The Bulldogs Cody Morris had a huge evening as he rushed for over 270 yards and scored five touchdowns. 
    “We could not effectively stop their running game,” said coach Delwyn Showalter.  “Our young guys missed tackles and were out of position several times in the second quarter.” 
    “We did some good things on offense, but we still made too many mental mistakes,” said coach Derek Lambert. The coaches added, “We were pleased with the way our young team refused to give up and came back in the second half.”

    A win over Southeast Warren and a loss to Pleasantville marked the debut of the Mount Ayr Community Raiderette volleyball team this year.
    The girls handled Southeast Warren 3-1 after coming back from a first game loss then fell 3-0 to Pleasantville later in the week.
    The girls are now 1-1 for the season in conference and overall play.

Next action
    The Raiderettes went to Corning Tuesday, Sept. 6, and host Wayne tonight (Thursday, Sept. 8)in the second of four home games this season. Monday, Sept. 12, they play at Interstate 35 and go to Bedford Tuesday, Sept. 13.

    The boys  and girls cross country teams both competed in their first action of the season on a very hot day in Corydon on Thursday, Sept. 1. 
    Mount Ayr Community does not have enough runners to record a team score in either the boys or girls divisions. 
    “Our kids ran hard in very unfavorable running conditions,” said coach Josh Vanderflught.  “It was the first varsity experience for our entire girls squad.”
    Freshman Adrian Richards had the best finish for the Raiderettes as she finished 18th in a time of 18:34.  Taylor Richie had the top finish for the Raiders as he placed 26th with a 20:57 clocking.
    The cross country runners were to go to Winterset for a meet Tuesday, Sept. 6, and run again at Panorama Thursday, Sept. 15.