Area Sports

Clarke 15, Mt. Ayr 3 The Raider baseball team had a rough start to their season with a final score of 15-3 against the Clarke Indians. The Raiders held off the Indians in the first inning, with the score being 1-0, Raiders leading at the end of the first inning. The Indians had big sticks…

Mt.Ayr 13, Clarke 2 The Raiderettes opened their season with a win against Clarke on Tuesday night, with a final score of 13-2. After making a state appearance last year, the team was very eager to get on the field and see what they could do, considering their loss of Addy Reynolds, Halsie Barnes and…

The Raiderette golf team traveled to Lynville-Sully to play at Diamond Trail golf Club on Wednesday, May 17 where they looked to compete in making a State Tournament appearance. The Raiderettes in the end came up short. Team Scores 1 Grundy Center 350 2 BCLUW 365 3 Woodward-Granger 409 4 Pleasantville 417 5 Colfax-Mingo 424…

The state track meet was one to remember, with great weather and three days of events which were all well executed by the Raider and Raiderette track teams. Starting on Thursday, the Raiderette shuttle hurdle relay team consisting of Tegan Streit, Aubree Shields, Kaylie Shields and MaKenna Jones opened the state meet with a 12th…

The Mount Ayr Track and Field teams traveled to Corning to qualify for the State Track Meet at Drake University May 18-20. The athletes faced constant precipitation as they attempted to post the best possible times throughout the night in various events. By Friday morning, the Raiders and Raiderettes had 10 events pushed through to…

The Raider golf team traveled to Crestwood Hills golf course on Monday, May 15 where they looked to compete for a State Tournament berth. The Raiders ultimately came up short, by nine strokes. Team Scores 1 South Hamilton 318 2 CAM 325 3 Montezuma 328 4 Mount Ayr 337 5 Keota 339 6 Fremont-Mills 347…

Pride of Iowa Golf Raiderettes The Mount Ayr golf teams traveled to Walden Park in Corydon for the Pride of Iowa golf tournament on May 3. The Raiderettes shot a 434 to place fourth overall, while Southwest Valley took first with a 375. Team Scores 1 SW Valley 375 2 Nodaway Valley 401 3 MStM…

Raiderette Relays Mount Ayr hosted its Raiderette Relays last week, in which the Raiderettes brought home the trophy with a first place finish, seeing Mount Ayr sweep its home relays after the Raiders took first in their relays just a week before. Raiderettes Team Scores 1 Mount Ayr 161 2 I-35 128 3 Wayne 109…

Ryce Reynolds has done it again. Running at the 113th annual Drake Relays in Des Moines, Reynolds set the school record in the 400 meter dash on Friday, April 28, finishing in 48.46, beating the second place finisher by .06 seconds (48.52). The championship finish put Reynolds in elite company, becoming only the third ever…

Raider Relays Mount Ayr hosted its Raider Relays last week in a boys only contest. (The Raiderette Relays are Thursday, May 4). The Raiders finished second overall with 127.5 points, behind Interstate-35 in first place with 165 points and just ahead of Clarke with 85 points. Wayne, Central Decatur, Bedford and Southeast Warren rounded out…