Mount Ayr Community’s Raiders ended the regular season with a bang, then fizzled out in the first round of the Class 2A boys baseball tournament to close the season this past week.
The Raiders handled Orient-Macksburg 15-4 in Orient Wednesday, July 7, then finished up the Pride of Iowa conference season with a 17-2 win for a 7-8 conference mark and a seventh place finish.
The Raiders then went on to host the opening round of the boys tournament and lost a heartbreaker 9-8 when Central Decatur rallied for four runs in the seventh inning to win the game and end the Raider season mark at 16-9.