Area Sports

  The Raider E-sports team placed fifth at the winter state competition held last week in Marshalltown. Team members include Rolland Adkisson, Trace Knapp, Calvin Main, and Rylan Larsen. In the first round, the Raiders fell to Okoboji, 3-0, to send them to the consolation bracket. “The kids played really well,” said coach Isaac Vos.…

  The annual honors list by the Pride of Iowa Conference was released last week as the POI All-Conference girls basketball honors list was sent out. On that list were four Mount Ayr Raiderette basketball players in sophomore Izzy Gilbertson, senior Breya Nickle, senior Jaxy Knight, and sophomore Dannie Stewart. Mount Ayr finished the season…

Raiders fall to Coon Rapids-Bayard, 67-41 For the seventh time under Raider head coach Bret Ruggles, a Mount Ayr team played for a district title. Coming into the latest District Final game in Ruggles 18th season, the Raiders were 3-3. Now 3-4, as the Raiders couldn’t overcome 6th ranked Coon Rapids-Bayard, 67-41 at West Central…

The outstanding career of Mount Ayr’s Brock Shaha came to an end last week at the 2025 Traditional State Wrestling tournament after Shaha collected a fifth-place finish in the 120-pound weight class in Class 1A. Shaha finished the season with a record of 53-4. Shaha was the third seed in the 120-pound weight class. Shaha…

Mount Ayr defeats East Mills, Lenox on tourney trail before falling to Stuart The Mount Ayr Raider boy’s basketball team has advanced to a district final for the second time in three seasons after winning a pair of postseason games last week at home. The Raiders beat Lenox 64-50 on Monday, February 17, and then…

Two out of three usually isn’t bad. It’s not bad when you make two of your three three-pointers for example or hit safely in two of your three plate appearances in softball. The Raiderette basketball team had a rough offensive night in their Class 1A Region 6 semifinal against 1A No. 15 Lenox. The Raiderettes,…

Mount Ayr’s Brock Shaha will end his season at Wells Fargo Arena this week at the 2025 traditional state tournament. This comes after Shaha won the 120-pound weight class at the Class 1A District meet at Riverside High School in Oakland. Shaha improved to 49-2 with two wins at the weight class to advance to…

The Mount Ayr boy’s basketball team advanced along the tournament trail Monday night, beating rival Lenox 64-50 at home in the quarterfinal round of the Class 1A district 7 tournament. The Raiders improved to 19-3 and sit on the cusp of a 20-win season for just the fifth time since at least 2007 and first…

The Mount Ayr Raider wrestling team had their last meet before this week’s state qualifying meet last Saturday at East Union High School. The Raiders were in six duals and won one of those, a 36-30 win over Bedford. The Raiders also wrestled Central Decatur, East Union, Chariton, Lenox, and SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas. Mount Ayr will…

Only three people knew that career win No. 300 was on the line during last week’s Mount Ayr game at Central Decatur. In a tech world where keeping a secret is nearly impossible, Mount Ayr head coach Thad Striet did, instead turn the focus on his dynamite team as they closed in on the 2024-25…