Area Sports
Raiderettes win three matches
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes had a busy week of matches last week including their first POI matches of the year. In eight matches, they were 3-5 to set their record at 4-7 going into this week. Mount Ayr plays twice this week. Mount Ayr will play at home in a POI triangular meet with Central…
Read MoreRaiderettes led by Larsen at Central Decatur meet
The Mount Ayr girl’s cross-country team traveled to Leon last week on Monday, September 9. There, Mount Ayr did not have enough runners to factor in the team race but had all four runners place in the top-30 finishers. Mount Ayr was led by Kacie Larsen with a 13th-place finish in 23:22. The rest of…
Read MoreRaiders place two in top-20
The Mount Ayr boy’s cross-country team traveled to Leon last Monday to run at the Central Decatur invitational. There, two Raiders finished in the top-20 places to help the Raider team place sixth. Braylon Greenwell led Mount Ayr with a 12th place finish in 19:59 while Jeremiah Gilliland placed 20th in a time of 21:23.…
Read MoreRaiders dispatch Wayne, 27-6
The Mount Ayr Raider football team moved to 2-0 with a 27-6 home win over Wayne last Friday. It was the second straight home win for the Raiders. Mount Ayr will hit the road this week for their first game away from Mount Ayr when they travel to Madrid. The Raiders have won the last…
Read MoreRaiderettes 6th at Wayne XC
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes began their 2024 season at the Wayne cross-country invitational last Thursday. There, Mount Ayr placed 6th out of seven scoring teams at the meet with 141 team points. The Raiderettes were led by junior Kacie Larsen who placed 25th overall in a time of 23:20. Ashlynn Byer and Aubree Clark placed…
Read MoreRaiders 8th at first XC meet
In their first meet of the season, the Mount Ayr boy’s cross-country team ran at the Wayne cross-country invitational last Thursday, at Corydon Lake Park. There, the Raiders placed 8th in the team race with 206 points. Chariton won the meet with 39 points followed by Knoxville in second with 49 points and Albia third…
Read MoreRaiders blitz Wolverines 58-6
Aided by a 32-point first quarter, the Mount Ayr Raider football team dismantled the visiting Nodaway Valley Wolverines last Friday in the 2024 season opener for both teams. The Raiders would take a 46-6 halftime lead on their way to a 58-6 week one win in the annual rivalry game that is played for the…
Read MoreRaiderettes host triangular to start season
The Mount Ayr Raiderette volleyball program hosted a triangular event last Thursday to begin their 2024 season. They defeat Lenox, but fall to Clarinda and Stanton. The Raiderettes came into the match after having had scrimmage matches against Creston on August 15 and Bedford on August 20. At the event, Mount Ayr beat POI rival…
Read MoreRaiders fall in first round to Bedford
The Mount Ayr Raider baseball season has come to an end after a tough 6-3 loss to POI foe Bedford at home last Saturday. The loss was the first in three games by Mount Ayr and just the second in the last 16 meetings between the schools since June of 2016. Bedford improved to 17-10…
Read MoreRaiderette season ends in Lenox loss
The postseason began Monday night at Mount Ayr as the Raiderettes hosted Lenox in a Class 1A Region 3 first-round game. There, the Lenox Tigers sent 17 batters to the plate and scored 12 runs in the top of the third inning to help in a 13-2 win in five innings. The Tigers improved to…
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