Area Sports

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Mount Ayr junior high girls and boys track teams competed in the middle school coed meet at Corning May 9. girls team results 1) Mount Ayr 115 2) Fremont-Mills 113 3) Bedford 96 4) Lenox 82 5) Stanton 63 6) Southwest Valley 32 7) CAM, Anita 31 8) East Mills 14 9) East Union 7…

Mount Ayr junior high girls and boys track teams competed in the Central Decatur Invitational at Leon April 25. girls team results 1) Mount Ayr 123 2) Wayne, Corydon 117 3) I-35, Truro 87 4) Lamoni 70 5) East Union 56 6) Cent Decatur 43 7) Murray 24 individual results 100m dash 3. EmmaLeigh Creveling…

Mount Ayr junior high girls and boys track teams competed in the junior high Rebel Relays in Mount Ayr April 22. girls team results 1) Mount Ayr 129 2) Bedford 99 3) Lenox 98 4) Wayne 62 5) Nodaway Valley 59 6) Clarke 44 7) Southwest Valley 27 8) Central Decatur 20 9) East Union…

Drew Graham, a sophomore on the Mount Ayr golf team, hit a hole-in-one during a meet at Happy Hollow Country Club in Corning on April 29. Graham finished first among all golfers, carding a course-par 33. He also recorded only nine putts over the nine-hole round. Ironically, Graham’s score did not count toward the Mount…

The Mount Ayr girl’s track and field team hosted a co-ed home meet on May 8 with a 13-team scoring meet. The Raiderettes placed fourth with a team score of 72 points. Interstate-35 won the meet with a score of 136 points while Wayne was second with 106 points and Central Decatur third with a…