Area Sports
Raiders on top of POI after week 1
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Raider baseball team sits atop the Pride of Iowa Conference standings through the first week of games. Mount Ayr won all three of their POI games and also a non-conference game to remain unbeaten at 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the POI going into this week. Last week…
Read MoreTwice as Nice Shaffer repeats as State Champion
By RYAN STONEBRAKER BOONE, Iowa — The champ is back. Literally. Mount Ayr’s Jaylee Shaffer, the defending Class 1A girls individual champion from last year, won the state Class 1A individual title this season at last week’s state meet in Boone. Shaffer won the title by shooting a two over-par for the two-day meet. The junior…
Read MoreMixed Week For Raiderettes In Softball
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr softball team split four games last week to begin games for the summer of 2026. The Raiderettes won every other game they played winning POI games against East Union and Nodaway Valley and falling in games with Clarinda and SE Warren. The Raiderettes record is 2-2…
Read MoreRaiders season ends at Oskaloosa Regional Meet
BY RYAN STONEBRAKER OSKALOOSA, Iowa — The Mount Ayr boy’s golf team saw their season end last week with an 8th place team finish at the Oskaloosa Class 1A Region meet. The Raiders scored 342 points with an eighth place finish. East Marshall won the Regional meet with a score of 309 while Sigourney was…
Read MoreClass 1A Runners-Up!
Raiderettes finish second at state meet, wins 3 events By RYAN STONEBRAKER DES MOINES, Iowa — It was an outstanding trip to Iowa’s capital city last weekend for the Mount Ayr girl’s track and field team as they placed second in Class 1A with 49 team points. There was a fight for second place with…
Read MoreRaiders put bow on 2026 track season with season best times
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…
Read MoreTicket Punched!
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…
Read MoreMount Ayr to compete in 15 events at upcoming state meet
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…
Read MoreRaiderettes take fourth in tight team race at CD coed meet
By RYAN STONEBRAKER LEON, Iowa — The Mount Ayr girl’s track and field team found itself in a tight team race in their final regular season meet last week. The Raiderettes placed fourth with a team score of 90 points in the 10 team event with only 8.5 points separated three teams for second place. Of the…
Read MoreRaiderettes advance, Diagonal ends season at CD Regional meet
By RYAN STONEBRAKER LEON, Iowa — The Mount Ayr girls golf team traveled to Central Decatur last Friday when the Cardinals hosted a Class 1A Regional girl’s golf meet on May 15 with seven teams were in action. There, the Raiderettes placed second at the meet with a combined score of 387. Martensdale-St. Marys won…
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