Area Sports

Six Mount Ayr girl’s wrestling members began the unofficial second half of the season last Saturday at the Clarinda Girls Tournament. There, the Raiderettes placed 15th out of 18 scoring teams. Creston won the tournament with 172 points and Clarinda was the runner-up with 158.5 points. West Central Valley placed third with 99 points. Brylee…

The result may have been known before the game began, but don’t tell Mount Ayr coach Bret Ruggles that. Ruggles knows that you still have to play the games, and a conference win is a conference win. The Raiders picked up their 5th POI win last Friday at home in an 81-32 win over East…

The Mount Ayr Raiderette girl’s basketball team has an opportunity to take control of the Pride of Iowa Conference girl’s basketball race this week with games over the second and third-place teams in Lenox and Martensdale-St. Mary’s. First, however, they had a home contest last Friday against East Union, a team that was still looking…

The Mount Ayr boy’s wrestling team traveled to Corydon last Friday for the annual Pride of Iowa Conference wrestling meet. There, the Raiders crowned one champion and had another place second to lead Mount Ayr finishers. The Raiders saw Brock Shaha win the 126-pound weight class while Bryson Martin was the runner-up at the 132-pound…

The Mount Ayr girl’s basketball team is going into the Christmas holiday break with an 8-game win streak and a state ranking in Class 1A. The Raiderettes won all three of their games last week to improve to 8-0 overall and 4-0 in the Pride of Iowa Conference. Mount Ayr is the only team in…

The Mount Ayr boy’s basketball team picked up three wins last week to improve to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the POI heading to Christmas break. The wins come after the Raiders only loss this season, a 47-45 setback to Bedford, on December 12. Mount Ayr will be off for Christmas break until their first…

The two teams have been used to playing each other for many years, however, last Thursday’s non-conference game with Bedford was just different. There, the Mount Ayr Raiderettes and Bedford Bulldogs met not as POI members, but in a non-conference game. Bedford left the POI after last school year to join the Corner Conference. Last…

Two longtime rivals met last Thursday in Mount Ayr in a non-conference game for the first time as Bedford came to town. The two longtime rivals put on another good show, but it was the road team that would best the Raiders by two points, 47-45. Bedford and Mount Ayr were both unbeaten before the…