Area Sports

SEW 7, Mt. Ayr 3 The Raiderettes played their final in-season away game on Tuesday night in a conference matchup between Mt. Ayr and Southeast Warren. The Warhawks are currently ranked third in 1A behind North Linn and Martensdale St. Marys, so the Raiderettes and all Mt. Ayr fans anticipated a tough game. Zoey Larsen…

Mt. Ayr 7, Lenox 2 The Raiders faced off against the Lenox Tigers on Tuesday evening where they made quite the statement. Senior Jaixen Frost was dominant on the mound, as the starting pitcher collected 12 strikeouts in the Raiders 7-2 victory over Lenox  where he also allowed three hits and only one run over…

Exira-EHK 19, Mt. Ayr 8 Mt. Ayr was on the Road Saturday morning for Giswold’s annual softball tournament.  The Raiderettes first game on the day did not go their way, as Exira-EHK got ahead early and the Raiderettes couldn’t recover in a 19-8 loss to the Spartans.  The Raiderettes  evened things up at two in the…

Mt. Ayr 7, Lenox 1 The Raiderettes had a full schedulde last week, starting off with Lenox Tuesday night. The Raiderettes came out on top early in the game, putting up two runs in each of the first three innings, where the Tigers were only able to score one run compared to the Raiderettes six.…

The Raider baseball team played one game this week out of their two scheduled, due to weather postponing their game against the Wayne Falcons that was supposed to take place on Tuesday. The Raiders faced off against Nodaway Valley on Friday night in Greenfield, where the bottom of the lineup helped Mount Ayr capture a…

The Raiderette softball team had four games scheduled for the week, starting off on Tuesday with Wayne. This matchup got postponed due to weather, but has since been rescheduled to take place on Monday, June 19th at 11:30 a.m. Mt. Ayr 12, NV 2 Friday evening the Raiderettes went on the road for their game…

Mt. Ayr 12, Lenox 5 Tuesday evening the Raiderettes competed against the Lenox Tigers after seeing a busy schedule last week. The team went into Tuesday night’s game off of two losses from the day before, hoping to find their groove again. First to score was the Tigers, putting two runs on the board in…

Representing Mt. Ayr Junior High school, sixth grader Wyatt Collier, of Grand River has qualified to compete in bull riding at the world’s largest Junior High National Rodeo in Perry, Georgia on June 17-24. Wyatt is the son of Shayla and Camron Collier of Grand River and grandson of Mack and Jeanine Greene, Doug Collier,…

Lenox 12, Mt. Ayr 2 Tuesday night marked the second home game for the Raiders where they competed against the Lenox Tigers. The Raiders kept the score pretty tight throughout the first few innings, with the score after the fifth being 5-2, with Lenox leading but also with two more innings to go. Inning six…

Wayne 6, Mt.Ayr 0 Monday morning started the Raiderette softball team off on their second week of games, where they played Wayne at 9:00 sharp. The Raiderettes faced off against the long-time rival with both teams coming off state tournament apparances. The Falcons put up three runs in the top of the fifth inning, no…