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Raiders pick up dual win over Bedford, 30-22
The Mount Ayr wrestling team picked up a Pride of Iowa Conference dual win over Bedford last Thursday, 30-22. The Raiders were scheduled to wrestle last Tuesday in a dual meet with West Central Valley, Clarke, Woodward-Granger, and Lenox, but that meet was canceled. There were five open classes for both teams in the dual.…
Read MoreRaiderettes snap losing streak with two wins
Looking at a three-game week, the Mount Ayr girl’s basketball team came into last week’s games limping off of a pair of losses to state-ranked Martensdale-St. Mary’s and Nodaway Valley and a 6-4 overall record. The losses to their POI foes were the first POI losses for the Raiderettes. Like much of the state, weather…
Read MoreRaiders fall 57-41 to POI leading Bedford
The Mount Ayr boy’s basketball team welcomed the Pride of Iowa Conference leading Bedford Bulldogs to town for a POI showdown last Tuesday. The Raiders had come into the game off of a non-conference game with Murray the previous night, but the game was postponed due to weather. The Murray postponement was the third straight…
Read MoreMiddle school girls play two POI teams
The season resumed last week for the Mount Ayr girl’s basketball middle school team. The squads played a pair of Pride of Iowa Conference teams in Lenox and Wayne. Last Tuesday, January 16, Mount Ayr played Lenox. The first game started great with intense defense and good rebounding. The third quarter was their undoing as…
Read MoreTwo place winners at Harris Invitational
The Mount Ayr boys’ wrestling team made the trip to Corning last Friday and Saturday to compete at the annual John J. Harris Invitational, hosted by SW Valley. The meet is considered one of the premier meets in SW Iowa. There, the Raiders scored 34.5 team points and placed 19th. There were 27 teams at…
Read MoreReynolds shines at Arkansas invite
Mount Ayr Senior Ryce Reynolds competed this past weekend in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the Indoor Arkansas Razorback H.S. Invitational representing the XLR8 Iowa track team in the Boys 400m. Over 300 entries from all over the country signed up for the Boys 400M with prelims firing off at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. Reynolds placed…
Read MoreStewart reflects on recent milestone
A former Mount Ayr standout is doing great things at the collegiate level. After dropping 1,456 career points in her prep career at Mount Ayr, Sam Stewart has eclipsed the 1,000-point milestone again, doing so at Peru State. “It means a lot,” Stewart said of the career milestone. “It shows how much hard work and…
Read MoreFour in a row for Raiders
The Raider boy’s basketball team started the second half of the season with a big home win over Martensdale-St. Mary’s last Friday at home. The Raiders knew that the Blue Devils would be problematic as they came into town on a three-game win streak and were winners of four of their last five games after…
Read MoreRaiders win two duals in Missouri
The Mount Ayr wrestling team traveled to Albany, Missouri last week for a quadrangular dual meet. There, the Raiders won two of their three duals in a successful night of wrestling. The Raiders beat Albany, Missouri 48-24 and North Andrew 48-12. The lone loss was to South Harrison, 60-18. The Raiders were the only school…
Read MoreRaiders claim three placewinners at North Mahaska Invitational
The Mount Ayr boy’s wrestling team traveled to New Sharon on Saturday, January 6 to compete in the North Mahaska Invitational. There, the Raiders placed 11th with 33 team points with 33. Solon won the tournament with 230 points followed by Grinnell with 169, and North Mahaska third with 140. The two top-place winners for…
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