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Four Raiders named All-District
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The postseason awards keepin rolling in for the Raiders. Four Mount Ayr baseball players were named to the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association’s Class 1A Southwest All-District team. The Raiders honored were Drew Graham, Adler Reed, Rowan Sackett and Hayes Stogdill. Mount Ayr was 8-5 this season in the Pide…
Read MoreTrio of Raiderettes named to POI All-Conference list
MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr softball team placed three players on the 2026 Pride of Iowa Conference all-conference teams recently when the conference announced its yearly honors list. The Mount Ayr picks were Alba Friedrich, Dannie Stewart and Keeley Wasteney. The Raiderettes were 8-5 in the POI this summer, a half-game behind third place…
Read MoreHalf dozen Raiders named to POI All-Conference teams
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The recently wrapped up season by the Mount Ayr baseball team was one where they reached the district final round for the second straight season. The solid season saw the Raiders have six players named to the 2026 Pride of Iowa Conference all-conference list. They were Rowan Sackett, Adler Reed,…
Read MoreRaiderettes season ends with loss to Rockets
By RYAN STONEBRAKER EDDYVILLE, Iowa — The season is over for the Mount Ayr Raiderette softball team. This comes after a 11-2 loss to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont in the regional quarterfinal game last Wednesday in Eddyville. Mount Ayr ends the 2026 season with a 12-9 record. The Raiderettes scored the first run of the game in the top…
Read MoreMount Ayr Can’t Rally Late, Season Ends In District Final
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr baseball team had the tying and winning runs on base in the bottom of the seventh inning, but could not score in their 5-4 district final loss to Lenox last Saturday. The game was the second time in as many years that the Raiders and…
Read MoreGraham homers twice in district win
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa – After beating Essex in their first postseason game, the Mount Ayr Raiders beat POI rival Southwest Valley 14-3 on July 7 at home to advance along the tournament trail. The Raiders out-hit SW Valley 13-3 in the ball game and won the game by the mercy run rule.…
Read MoreMount Ayr beats Essex
Advances in postseason By Ryan Stonebraker MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr baseball team made short work out of its first round Class 1A district foe last Friday, beating the Essex Trojans 19-0 in four innings. The Raiders improved to 12-7 overall and hosted SW Valley on Tuesday night in the next round (results…
Read MoreRaiderettes Beat SW Valley To Win 12th Game
Postseason Starts This Week By Ryan Stonebraker CORNING, Iowa — The Raiderette softball team enters the postseason with 12 wins under their belt. This comes after a 19-1 win at SW Valley on June 29 to sweep the season series between the two schools. In the other game of the week, Mount Ayr fell to state…
Read MoreRaiders win two of three games On the verge of 10-win season
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr baseball team picked up two wins in three games last week to capture win number eight and nine on the season. The Raiders won conference games over East Union and Nodaway Valley decisively, by scores of 11-0 and 11-1. The other game was a tough…
Read MoreRaiderettes pick up a pair of conference wins
By RYAN STONEBRAKER LIBERTY CENTER, Iowa — The Mount Ayr softball team won two of the three games they played in last week. The Raiderettes improved to 8-5 overall and 5-3 in the Pride of Iowa Conference. The Raiderettes are a half-game back of Martensdale-St. Mary’s in the conference standings going into this week. The week ended…
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