Area Sports
Looking for greatness on the mat
By Dalton Shadle MOUNT AYR, Iowa — As winter sports season begins to ramp up coach Mitch Doolittle is looking forward to the second year of girls wrestling at Mount Ayr. It will also be Doolittle’s first year coaching at the high school level. Despite the newness of both coach and team, the sights are…
Read MoreMount Ayr ready for hoops season
By Dalton Shadle MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr girls basketball team is gearing up for the upcoming season and are looking to continnue its success from last year’s campaign. Coming off a 21-2 record, which included a 15-1 Pride of Iowa Conference record last season, Raiderette coach Thad Streit has set his goals…
Read MoreFive Raiderettes earn All-POI volleyball honors
By Ryan Stonebraker MOUNT AYR, Iowa – The Pride of Iowa Conference released its annual honors list for all-conference volleyball teams recently. Mount Ayr had five athletes receive honors, with four of those being first-team. Senior Aubree Shields was one of only two players who were unanimous all-conference picks this year. The other was Lexi Clendenen from…
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Read MoreDoolittle competes at state meet
By RYAN STONEBRAKER FORT DODGE, Iowa — Mount Ayr senior Addison Doolittle had a weekend last week as she competed at the Class 1A state cross-country meet in Ford Dodge last Saturday. The Raiderette qualified for the state meet out of their Central Decatur state qualifying meet. Doolittle was one of many Pride of Iowa Conference…
Read MoreRaiders fall in playoffs
By RYAN STONEBRAKER GUTHRIE CENTER, Iowa – It wasn’t meant to be. The Raiders fought hard, but could not get enough scoring to pull off the upset of third ranked AC/GC last Friday in the second round of the 2025 playoffs. The Raiders fell behind 14-0 at halftime, and matched the Chargers only score in…
Read MoreDoolittle qualifies for state meet
By RYAN STONEBRAKER LEON, Iowa – The Mount Ayr girls cross-country team will send one runner to this year’s state Class 1A state meet this Saturday in Fort Dodge. The Raiderettes Addison Doolittle broke through and qualified for the state meet by placing in the top-10 finishers at the qualifying meet in Leon last Thursday.…
Read MoreRaiderettes fall in regional quarterfinals
By RYAN STONEBRAKER TABOR, Iowa – The Raiderettes fine volleyball season came to an end last week at Fremont-Mills in the Region 4 quarterfinal. The Knights beat Mount Ayr in four sets to advance to the Region 4 semifinals. The Raiderettes season ends with a 28-11 record while Fremont Mills improved to 22-18-1. The Raiderettes…
Read MoreRaiders advance with shootout win
Mount Ayr mounts large comeback By RYAN STONEBRAKER COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The Mount Ayr football team used a potent rushing attack last Friday night to get past Council Bluffs St. Albert 55-47 in the first round of the Class A playoffs on the road in Council Bluffs. The Raiders rushed for nearly 700 yards…
Read MoreMount Ayr Boys cross country season ends
By RYAN STONEBRAKER LEON, Iowa – The Mount Ayr boy’s cross-country team saw their season come to an end last Thursday, at the 1A state qualifying meet in Leon. The state cross-country meet is this Saturday in Fort Dodge. There were a pair of state ranked teams at the meet. Earlham was the highest ranked…
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