Area Sports

The Mount Ayr fall sports teams have begun practice in anticipation of their upcoming season openers. The Raider football team will have a scrimmage against Shenandoah tomorrow (Friday) before opening the season August 25 in Greenfield against Nodaway Valley. The Raiderette volleyball team begins their season August 24 when they host Bedford. See complete schedules:…

Mount Ayr’s Jaixen Frost traveled to Carroll on Thursday afternoon to play in the IHSBCA All-Star Baseball Series. The Series was held at Merchants Park from Thursday though Saturday, with two games each day. Frost earned himself a spot in the infield while also putting in time as a relief pitcher for the Small Schools…

Jaydon Knight saw the football field for the first time in months in his 2023 debut playing in the Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Classic. The Bowl hosted 95 student-athletes this year where they were split into two teams. Knight found himself on the South team on Saturday where his team was able to get on…

     Jaydon Knight, a 2023 graduate of Mount Ayr, will be participating in the 51st annual Iowa Shrine Bowl on Saturday July 22 at 4 p.m. at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls.      The Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star game is a football game played in July of every year that features 92 of the best football…

Mt. Ayr 10, GVC 5 The Raiderettes played their first round regional game on Wednesday evening against Grand View Christian where they punched their ticket to another regional semi-final in Truro for what would be their third year in a row. Linsie Barnes had a  phenomenal preformance at the plate for the Raiderettes where she…

Mt. Ayr 3, CRB 2 The Raider baseball team had a strong showing in Coon Rapids on Wednesday evening in their district semifinal against the Coon Rapids-Bayard Crusaders. Both teams were strong on the mound on Wednesday, but Mount Ayr came out on top of the ninth ranked Coon Rapids-Bayard with a final score of…

The Raiders played their first post-season game on July 3 where they came out on top of the Mormon Trail Saints by 10 runs. Morman Trail got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning where they were able to score one run on an error. Both teams came out of the…

The Mount Ayr baseball and softball teams played their final in-season games against Nodaway Valley on June 23, giving them each a full week of preparation for post-season play. The Raider baseball team was scheduled to play their first post-season matchup against Mormon Trail on Saturday, July 1, however, this game was postponed due to…

The Raiderette softball team has been preparing for the regional tournament for a week straight with their first match-up right around the corner, where they will play Grand View Christian at the North Des Moines Girls Softball Complex at 7 p.m on Wednesday July 5. The Raiderettes go into the post-season with a record of…

Mt.Ayr 11, SEW 7 The Raiders were on the road for their first game of the week where they faced off against the Southeast Warren Warhawks on Tuesday. Despite trailing by as many as four runs, the Raiders rallied to beat Southeast Warren with a final score of 11-7. Senior Jaixen Frost had three hits…