Area Sports
Streit Names District Coach Of The Year
By Ryan Stonebraker MOUNT AYR, Iowa — Mount Ayr head girl’s basketball coach Thad Streit was named the Class 2A Southwest Iowa Coach of the Year. Streit’s Mount Ayr team went 15-1 and defended their Pride of Iowa Conference league crown this year. The Raiderettes shared the 2025-26 title with Nodaway Valley. Both teams were near the…
Read MoreThree Raiders Named To All-Conference POI List
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr boy’s basketball team had three players named to this year’s all-conference list put out annually by the Pride of Iowa Conference. Jackson Ruggles, Tate Dugan and Hayes Stogdill were the Raiders who were selected. Southwest Valley and Mount Ayr tied for the 2025-26 boys title this…
Read MoreMount Ayr hoops programs to be represented in SWCC Senior Games
By RYAN STONEBRAKER CRESTON, Iowa — The postseason all-star basketball circuit will include a few Mount Ayr coaches and players for both programs. The annual Senior All-Star games held in Creston will be on Sunday, March 29 at the Southwestern Community College Student Center. The girl-boy doubleheader will be 4 p.m. for the girl’s game…
Read MoreThree Raiders Named To All-Conference POI List
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr boy’s basketball team had three players named to this year’s all-conference list put out annually by the Pride of Iowa Conference. Jackson Ruggles, Tate Dugan and Hayes Stogdill were the Raiders who were selected. Southwest Valley and Mount Ayr tied for the 2025-26 boys title this…
Read MoreGilbertson named 1st Team All-State
By Ryan Stonebraker DES MOINES, Iowa — Mount Ayr junior forward Izzy Gilbertson already has quite a following and is often the focus of opposing defenses. This past season, the Raiderettes leading scorer turned in her best season of her career and people took notice. Recently, the Iowa Print Sportswriters Association named Gilbertson to their…
Read MoreRaiders compete at State Indoor Track Meet
By Ryan Stoenbraker AMES, Iowa — The Mount Ayr boy’s track team made the trip to Ames and Iowa State University for the 2026 IATC Indoor state meet last Friday. Though the Raiders did not place in the team race in their class, they did get some baseline times and experience. The Raiders will be back…
Read MoreRaiderettes are runners-up at 1A State Indoor Meet
By Ryan Stoenbraker AMES, Iowa — What a start for the Mount Ayr girl’s track and field team. The Raiderettes claimed a runner-up finish at the Class 1A state indoor meet in Ames at Iowa State University last Friday. Mount Ayr scored 47 points, one-point away from tying Council Bluffs St. Albert for the indoor team title. Madrid…
Read MoreTwo First Team and four total Raiderettes named to POI All-Conference Team
By Ryan Stonebraker MOUNT AYR, Iowa — It was a banner year for the Mount Ayr girls basketball team. A 20-win season, a share of the Pride of Iowa Conference title and a state ranking more weeks than not. Those accomplishments were rewarded recently as the POI released its annual honors list last week. On the…
Read MoreMACHS Speech
The MACHS Speech team headed to East Union on Saturday February 28 for the District Individual contest. We took eight programs with seven students performing. Shaylinn Smith delivered the prose piece “God is Love” and received a 2 rating. Nick Triggs wrote his own speech about his aunt Amanda’s battle with invisible diseases and also…
Read MoreMount Ayr Raiders qualify for state
Both Nathan Roemer (wrestling at 150 pounds) and Cordell Clemens (wrestling at 215 pounds) qualified and wrestled in the IHSAA State Wrestling Championship. The event was held Feb. 18-21 at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines.
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