Area Sports
Hartman vying for athlete of the year
By Jeff Snyder Mount Ayr – Kolter Hartman, a local 10-year-old Beaconsfield resident, and junior baseball player, has advanced to the semi finals of the 3Brand sponsored Athlete of the Year competition. The competition is nationwide and benefits the V Foundation named after the legendary college basketball coach Jimmy Valvano, who lost his battle with…
Read MoreGreenwell leads Raiders at I-35 meet
By Ryan Stonebraker TRURO – Mount Ayr senior Braylon Greenwell led Mount Ayr finishers last week at the Interstate-35 cross-country invitational. Greenwell, ran to a 17th place overall finish in 21:00 to lead three Raider finishers. Earlham won the meet with 27 points followed by Creston in second with 51 points and Des Moines Christian…
Read MoreRaider comeback falls short at Pleasantville, 33-22
PLEASANTVILLE – The Mount Ayr Raiders were looking to rebound from a week two district opening loss to Riverside on September 5 when they traveled to Pleasantville for a non-district game. It didn’t work out. However, that will have to wait one more week. An early Pleasantville lead and eight Raider penalties were too much…
Read MoreMount Ayr cross-country teams compete at Central Decatur meet
LEON – The Mount Ayr cross-country teams made the trip to Leon last Tuesday to run at the Central Decatur cross-country invitational. Both Mount Ayr teams did not have enough to score as a team. Both teams will run at a meet hosted by Interstate-35 Thursday at East Lake County Park and RV Park in…
Read MoreMount Ayr wins two of three at Shenandoah tournament
SHENANDOAH – The Mount Ayr volleyball team picked up two more wins last Saturday, September 13 at the Shenandoah volleyball tournament. Mount Ayr went 2-2 in four matches at the event. The Raiderettes beat Bedford, Shenandoah, and fell to Fremont-Mills and Missouri Valley. Mount Ayr saw their win total for the week go to six…
Read MoreMount Ayr wins both matches at Pleasantville Triangular
PLEASANTVILLE – The Mount Ayr Raiderette volleyball team hit the road last Thursday, going to Pleasantville to play their second triangular of the week. Mount Ayr beat Pleasantville out of the West Central Conference 2-0 and beat Clarke out of the South Central Conference 2-0. Against the Trojans, Mount Ayr won by twin scores of…
Read MoreRaiderette volleyball improves to 11-6
Raiderettes on a roll with six wins last week MOUNT AYR – The Mount Ayr volleyball team picked up six wins last week in a busy stretch of high school volleyball action. The Raiderettes won their 11th match of the season with the wins. Mount Ayr will be back in action this week on Tuesday…
Read MoreSports shooting to make return at SWCC for 2026-27
Creston, IA—Following a one-year hiatus, the sports shooting program for men and women will return to Southwestern Community College (SWCC) for the 2026-27 academic year. A contract for Mark Johnson of Mount Ayr, SWCC assistant sports shooting coach from 2022-24, was approved at the August 2025 SWCC board of directors meeting, this time as the…
Read MoreMount Ayr goes 3-2 at Clarke Tournament
OSCEOLA – The Mount Ayr Raiderette volleyball team made the trip to the Clarke volleyball tournament on Saturday, September 6. At the event, the Raiderettes played five matches and went 3-2 in five matches to improve their record to 5-4 overall. The Raiderettes will play their first Pride of Iowa Conference triangular meet on Tuesday…
Read MoreMount Ayr cross-country teams begin season at Wayne Invite
CORYDON, Iowa – The Mount Ayr cross-country teams started their season last week at the Wayne Falcon Invitational. There, the Raiderette girls placed fourth and the Mount Ayr boys did not have enough runners to score as a team. On the girl’s side, Mount Ayr had five runners at the meet and placed fourth with…
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