Area Sports
Raiders fall to top ranked Blue Devils, 8-3
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The first meeting with the top ranked Martensdale-St. Mary’s Blue Devils this season went to the visiting team in an 8-3 loss last week for the Raiders. The Blue Devils outscored Mount Ayr 7-0 from the second to the fifth innings to build a lead that was too…
Read MoreRaiders rebound from first loss
By RYAN STONEBRAKER CORYDON, Iowa — The first loss of a season stings, but it is what you do with it that tells how a team is built. After falling to top-ranked Class 1A Martensdale-St. Marys earlier in the week, the Raider baseball team got back on the winning ways with a big 10-5 road…
Read MoreUpset City!
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — It was a strange but good week for the Mount Ayr softball team as they had two games played against state ranked teams, and two games wiped out due to weather. Mount Ayr was to play Murray on Monday, June 8 and play SW Valley on June 11…
Read MoreRaiderettes play two at Murray Tournament
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MURRAY, Iowa — The Raiderette softball team traveled to Murray on Saturday to play in the 46th annual Murray softball tournament. Mount Ayr played in two games, winning one. The victory set Mount Ayr’s record at 4-3 through seven games. The Raideretttes beat East Union 6-0 and lost to Murray 6-2. Mount Ayr hosted Murray…
Read MoreRaiders still on top of POI
By RYAN STONEBRAKER LENOX, Iowa — The Mount Ayr baseball team picked up a big Pride of Iowa Conference road win last week, when they beat Lenox 6-5. The victory kept the Raiders unbeaten in the POI standings with top ranked Class 1A Martensdale-St. Mary’s. The Raiders hosted MTSM on Tuesday (results were not available as…
Read MoreTwo Games, Two Wins For Mount Ayr Softball Team
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Raiderettes softball team picked up two wins in three days last week before playing in the Murray Tournament last weekend. Mount Ayr beat Lamoni 7-5 and Lenox 10-5 to improve to 4-2 in six games. The Raiderettes would beat Lamoni 7-5 after leading the entire game in the…
Read MoreRaiders on top of POI after week 1
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Raider baseball team sits atop the Pride of Iowa Conference standings through the first week of games. Mount Ayr won all three of their POI games and also a non-conference game to remain unbeaten at 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the POI going into this week. Last week…
Read MoreTwice as Nice Shaffer repeats as State Champion
By RYAN STONEBRAKER BOONE, Iowa — The champ is back. Literally. Mount Ayr’s Jaylee Shaffer, the defending Class 1A girls individual champion from last year, won the state Class 1A individual title this season at last week’s state meet in Boone. Shaffer won the title by shooting a two over-par for the two-day meet. The junior…
Read MoreMixed Week For Raiderettes In Softball
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr softball team split four games last week to begin games for the summer of 2026. The Raiderettes won every other game they played winning POI games against East Union and Nodaway Valley and falling in games with Clarinda and SE Warren. The Raiderettes record is 2-2…
Read MoreRaiders season ends at Oskaloosa Regional Meet
BY RYAN STONEBRAKER OSKALOOSA, Iowa — The Mount Ayr boy’s golf team saw their season end last week with an 8th place team finish at the Oskaloosa Class 1A Region meet. The Raiders scored 342 points with an eighth place finish. East Marshall won the Regional meet with a score of 309 while Sigourney was…
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