Raiders, Raiderettes win at Bedford
The Mount Ayr boy’s golf team collected meet win No. 9 this season with a triangular meet win at Bedford on Monday, May 12. Boys’ Team Scores: 1. Mount Ayr 149, 2. Bedford 183, 3. Lenox 188. Medalist: Dylan Graham (MA) 35 Runner-Up Medalist: Tanner Streit (MA) 37 Individual Team Results: MOUNT AYR (149): Dylan…
Read MoreRaiderettes one step away from state
The Mount Ayr girl’s golf team sits one meet away from the Class 1A state tournament. This comes after the Raiderettes won their regional meet at Lenox on Wednesday, May 14. The Raiderettes beat five other teams at the meet to finish first with a team score of 390. East Union gave the Raiderettes a…
Read MoreRaider golfers capture sectional title
The 2025 POI champion Mount Ayr Raiders will play for a bid to the state meet this week. This comes after the Raiders captured a sectional meet championship on Wednesday, May 14 at home. The Raiders won the meet with a team score of 232, winning by a landslide over runner-up East Union, which had…
Read MoreWillie Baker a 4-Event State Qualifier
Mount Ayr senior Willie Baker will end his senior track and field season where many dream of getting to, but few do. That place is the state meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. This comes after Baker qualified for four events out of the state qualifying meet at Corydon last Thursday, May 15. Baker…
Read MoreMount Ayr State Meet Qualifiers
Ambulatory Boys Willie Baker, Shot Put, 100m, 200m, 400m Girls High Jump Aubree Shields Girls 200m Emma Reynolds Girls 400m Tatum Friedrich Girls 4×100 Relay Brittlyn Nickle, Emma Reynolds, Jaxy Knight, Aubree Shields Ashlyn Murphy, MaKel Jones, Kyleigh Conklin, Breya Nickle Girls 4×400 Relay Aubree Shields, Tatum Friedrich, Ashlyn Murphy, Emma Reynolds Kate Newton, Jaxy…
Read MoreTrio of wins for Raiders at Central Decatur Co-Ed
The Mount Ayr boy’s track team picked up three event wins at their last meet of the regular season on Monday, May 12, at Central Decatur. The Raiders won the 400-meter dash, the 4×400-meter relay, and the 4×100-meter relay. The meet winner was Chariton with 123 points, while Lenox was second with 118 points. Mount…
Read MoreRaiderettes win 4X400 relay in final regular season meet
The Central Decatur girl’s track team ran at their last regular season meet last Monday at Central Decatur. The Raiderettes would place fifth at the 10-team meet, scoring 65 points. Mount Ayr was led by their 4×400-meter relay team with a first place finish. The team of Aubree Shields, Tatum Friedrich, Ashlyn Murphy and Emma…
Read MoreRaiders load up relay events to send to State
The Mount Ayr boy’s track team loaded up its relay events at last week’s state qualifying meet, and it paid off. Six of the seven relay events for the Raiders will run at this week’s Class 1A state meet. Relays that are going to state are the 4X100, 4X200, 4X400, the sprint medley, the distance…
Read MoreSeven events off to State Meet for Raiderettes
Seven Mount Ayr girl’s track events will make the trip to Des Moines this week for the 2025 Class 1A girls state meet. This comes after a night of good competition at the Corydon, Class 1A State qualifying meet on Thursday, May 15. The Raiderettes had three events qualify automatically, and four events got to…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
I got this week’s picture from both Jeff Klein and Lolly (Beaman) Summerwill. Jeff is the great-grandson of Mr. Downie and Lolly is Downie’s granddaughter. The picture came with the information that Everal Sumner Downie is seen driving his Cartercar with Burr Newton as his passenger. I question the identity of Mr. Newton as Burr…
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