Area Sports

By RYAN STONEBRAKER DES MOINES, Iowa — The old athletic adage is that you want to be playing or competing at your best in the postseason. That rang true late last week for the Mount Ayr boy’s track and field team as they competed in the Class 1A State meet last Thursday through Saturday. Although the…

By RYAN STONEBRAKER NEW SHARON, Iowa — There was a small doubt, but ultimately, the Mount Ayr girl’s golf team’s depth prevailed last week at their Class 1A Regional tournament in New Sharon. The Raiderettes won the eight team meet to advance to the state meet. Mount Ayr claimed the Regional team title with a combined score…

By RYAN STONEBRAKER LEON, Iowa — The Mount Ayr track and field programs combined to send 15 combined events to the state track and field meet this week in Des Moines. The state meet will be Thursday through Saturday. Automatic state qualifiers and district champions for the boys were Drayden Thompson in the 200-meter dash and…

By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Air golf teams are playing well right night. Both teams had meet wins. The Mount Ayr boys won a three-team meet with Lenox and Bedford. Mount Ayr was led by meet medalist Jaxson Greene with a score of 38 while Avery Wolfe was the runner-up medalist with a…

By RYAN STONEBRAKER LEON, Iowa — The Mount Ayr boy’s track and field team won four events and placed 5th as a team at the Central Decatur co-ed last week. The Raiders scored 66 points at the meet. Chariton won the meet with a team score of 116.5 while Bedford was the runner-up with 93 points…

By Ryan Stonebreaker MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The regular season is quickly getting to the postseason part of the schedule for high school golf and the Mount Ayr boys and girls golf teams hosted one last regular season meet last Thursday. The Mount Ayr boys team placed second and the girls third at their respective meets.…