Area Sports

The Mount Ayr Raiders dropped two games to the Lenox Tigers and the Martensdale-St. Mary’s Blue Devils recently to fall to 10-7 on the season with one game left on the schedule.   For more on this story, sign in to the e-edition.

The regular season for the Raiderettes has come to an end, with the Mount Ayr girls securing 2nd place in the Pride of Iowa Conference.   For more on this story, sign in to the e-edition.

The Raiders had a short week recently with three games on the schedule. The Raiders defeated  Bedford, but fell to Interstate-35 and Earlham.   For more on this story, sign in to the e-edition.

Successful. That is one of many words to describe the Raiderette softball season this year, after the girls snagged two more single game wins and a tournament championship in Bedford this past weekend as the regular season begins to wind down with only a handful of games left and regional play beginning July 2. For…

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Association has released the regional pairings for the upcoming softball post season.      For more on this story, sign in to the e-edition.

The Raider baseball team was 2-1 through three games this last week. The Raiders faced East Union, Murray and Central Decatur.   For more on this story, sign in to the e-edition.

Six more games have come and gone for the Raiderettes and through those six they were five of six, dropping the second game in a double header to Earlham by a score of 10-8. The Raiderettes currently stand at 14-5.   For more on this story, sign in to the e-edition.

Mount Ayr will host the annual Softball Classic on Wednesday, June 27 and Saturday, June 30 with eight teams coming to town.   For more on this story, sign in to the e-edition.

The month of June has been a busy time for the Raiders as they finished out three more games on the schedule and winning all of them, including one that headed into 11 innings. The Raiders now sit at 7-2.   For more on this story, sign in to the e-edition.

A busy week saw the Raiderettes face six opponents. The Raiderettes kept the home field busy with back to back games Monday through Friday before heading to Creston on Saturday for the Creston Classic where they dropped their first game of the week to Bondurant. The Raiderettes improved to 9-4.   For more on this…