Area Sports
Raiders runners-up at home
Raiders runners-up at home golf tournament The Mount Ayr boy’s golf team finished second at a three-team meet at home on Monday, April 15. There, the Raiders scored 173 points, second to meet champion Wayne who won with a team score of 169. The Falcons were led by the medalist and runner-up medalist finishers. Nash…
Read MoreShaffer wins medalist honors, Raiderettes win meet
For the second time in as many meets, Mount Ayr’s Jaylee Shaffer collected medalist honors at a meet. This time, at the large MoHawk Invitational last Thursday where there were eight teams and 49 individual golfers. Shaffer won the meet with a low score of 76. As a team, the Raiderettes picked up an impressive…
Read MoreTwo season best times in relays for Raiders
A week before the Drake Relays, the Mount Ayr boy’s track team had a pair of meets last week. The Raiders traveled to West Central Valley last Thursday for the second of two meets. There, the Raiders would place seventh with 46 points. AC/GC won the meet with a team score of 114 points. Panorama…
Read MoreRaiders third at Lenox Co-Ed
The Mount Ayr Raider boys track team placed third at the Lenox Co-Ed last Monday, April 15. There, the Raiders scored 76 team points to place third. Riverside won the meet with a team score of 117 points while Shenandoah was the runner-up team with a score of 102 points. Lenox was fourth with 69,…
Read MoreRaiderettes place third at Lenox Co-Ed
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes were paced by three event wins at the Lenox co-ed meet on Monday, April 15 as part of their third-place tying team finish at the 11-team scoring meet. The point total for Mount Ayr was their third-highest of the season. Mount Ayr won the high jump, the 4×400-meter relay, and the…
Read More17 season-best performances at Creston
It was quite a start to the week on Monday, April 8 for the Mount Ayr boy’s track team. The Raiders collected 17 season-best performances on their way to a third-place finish at the Creston Panthers meet. The Raiders scored 108 team points for third, behind meet champion Creston with 139 and runner-up SW Valley…
Read MoreRaiderettes score 82 points at Creston meet
The Mount Ayr girl’s track team opened a two-meet week by placing third at the Creston Panther Track Invitational on Monday, April 8. There, the Raiderettes scored 82 points at the meet, a season-high so far. At the meet, Mount Ayr athletes had 19 season best performances among the events. Atlantic won the meet with…
Read MoreShields wins high jump At Knoxville meet
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes traveled to Knoxville late last week to take part in the 8-team Panther Relays April 11. There, Mount Ayr would score 39 points and place eighth in the team race. The Raiderettes won one event at the meet. Aubree Shields won the high jump with a top jump of 5-feet, zero…
Read MoreRaiderette golf wins pair of meets
The Mount Ayr Raiderette girl’s golf team played in three meets last week, winning two of them. The Raiderettes won their home quadrangular meet last Monday, April 8, and then finished the week winning a dual against Pride of Iowa Conference foe Wayne. In between, the Raiderettes played at a tournament in Shenandoah. This week,…
Read MoreRaider golf wins two of three meets
The Mount Ayr Raiders had a busy week of action and came away with two meet wins in three outings. The Raiders won meets on Monday, April 8, and Tuesday, April 9. In the other meet, the Raiders placed second. The Raiders were at Central Decatur Monday afternoon and were back home on Tuesday, April…
Read More