Girls basketball assignments
The Raiderettes will host Earlham on February 18 in their first post-season matchup. The winner will advance to Red Oak on Friday, February 21 and play the winner from Logan-Magnolia.
Read MoreBowlers staying busy on the lanes
Lenox, Lamoni, MA Lenox took first with 2,058 pins to Mount Ayr’s 1,748 and Lamoni’s 1,489 pins. Leading the Raiderettes was Kaitlyn Dolecheck with a total score of 304 followed by Andrea Sickels with a 301. Dolecheck finished with games of 156 and 148, whereas Sickels bowled a 146 and 155. In the bakers, the…
Read MoreRaiderettes fall to Wolverines, down Bulldogs, Roadrunners
NV 61, Mt. Ayr 46 Mount Ayr fell out of the rankings last week after a shocking loss to the Nodaway Valley Wolverines. The Raiderettes and Wolverines were neck and neck in the beginning, with Nodaway Valley slowly pulling away throughout the night. Sam Stewart led the Raiderettes in scoring with 23 points, however, it…
Read MoreMount Ayr vs Interstate-35 to be known as ‘Beat Cancer’ game
Mt. Ayr 60, I35 39 On Monday night, the Raiders hosted the Interstate-35 Roadrunners. Before the game began, the Raiders introducted Roadrunner head coach Nate Rankin’s wife, Katy Rankin, who was recently diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. The Raider team was sporting new warm-ups in the form of t-shirts that read “4KTY” on the…
Read MoreWrestlers make Regionals for first time since ‘98
Mount Ayr grapplers had a nice outing in Truro last Saturday during sectionals. With seven teams in the tournament, all 11 Raider wrestlers placed in the top six with Drew Ehlen, Bryce Shaha, Trae Ehlen and Jaydon Knight placing first. Jarrett Webb and Donovan Morales placed second. Those six wreslters will advance to Districts February…
Read MoreHigh Point Methodist Episcopal Church around 1910.
I’m back from Costa Rica where I joined the MOVE (Men Of Vision Evangelize) Ministry team to build an Open Bible Church at Nazareth, Costa Rica. I hope to write about this effort next week. The High Point M. E. Church was located five miles east of Wishard Chapel or one mile west of Blackmore…
Read MoreSupport the state fair!
To the editor: Thank you Iowa for making the 2019 Iowa State Fair a record-breaker in so many ways! And thank you, too, for your support of the Blue Ribbon Foundation that for the past 27 years has put your generous donations to work preserving barns and buildings across the fairgrounds. From the first fair…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 10, 1920.) Parent-Teachers Association formed. A fine audience of fathers, mothers, teachers and children were present at the first Parent-Teachers meeting held Tuesday evening in the high school auditorium. The teachers were in the rooms from 7-8 o’clock receiving the parents. Shortly after 8,…
Read MoreSchool board hears student performance profiles
The latest Student Performance profiles from the Iowa Department of Education took center stage at the Monday, February 3 meeting of the board of directors of the Mount Ayr Community Schools. Elementary report Elementary principal Chris Elwood reported that for the third consecutive year, Mount Ayr Elementary was rated as a “high performing” school, the…
Read MoreAlmost perfect
Chloe Saville, a sophomore at Mount Ayr Community High School, scored 297 out of a possible 300 at an archery competition at East Union recently. She placed first among 121 girls competing at the meet. Saville, a member of the Diagonal High School archery team, is the daughter of Joe Saville of Mount Ayr and…
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