Area Sports

The Mount Ayr golf program looks a little different this year at the head coach spot. Head coach Kelly Shaffer is entering her first season as head coach of the Raiders and Raiderettes and is joined by Mount Ayr graduate and former Raiderette golf state qualifier Abbey Schafer, at the assistant coach spot. “I am…

One last indoor meet for the Mount Ayr Track Squad was had before the real action begins next Tuesday, March 29. The Raider and Raiderette squads traveled to Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO. Raiderette Results It was a good day for the Raiderettes, leading all teams before settling in at third out of…

The Mount Ayr Raider Track and Field team traveled to Ames on March 11 to participate in the IATC indoor track meet. It was only a handful of runners that went for the Raiders, but they were able to see where they stood against plenty of area schools they will see this upcoming season. In…

Mount Ayr graduate, Alexa Anderson, didn’t wait long to make an impact as a Central College Dutch softball player this past weekend as the Dutch headed to Florida for compeition. Anderson ended her softball career in Mount Ayr last summer, recording a .453 batting average, .512 on base percentage and a .747 slugging percentage, just…

                    The Iowa Girls Coaches Association announced All-District teams this past week. Mount Ayr saw one lone Raiderette on the list, with Maddie Stewart receiving the nod. Mount Ayr’s close neighbor, Diagonal, saw Taylor Lumbard selected as well. Joining the two Ringgold county girls in the…

            Mount Ayr saw three Raiders receive All-Conference nods this past week. On the Pride of Iowa All-Conference First Team, Jaixen Frost received a unanimous selection, along with Hogan Franey of Martensdale-St. Marys and Matthew Boothe of Central Decatur. Joining them on the first team was Boston DeVault of Nodaway…

The Raiderette basketball season came to an end in February with a loss to the Sidney Cowgirls. Mount Ayr finished with a record of 11-10 and saw a lot of improvement throughout the year, led by three seniors in Payten lambert, Maddie Stewart and Halsie Barnes. In the 21 games played, Barnes and Tegan Streit…

Boys Basketball Season Statistics (Bold denotes team leader) GS GP Pts FG 3Pts FT Rebounds Asst Stl Blk Hunter Case 0 2 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 Trevin Victor 0 9 12 4-10 4-7 0-0 1 6 2 0 Riley Stark 22 22 132 45-134 16-64 26-36 39 55 47 0 Ryce…

The Mount Ayr Raiders sent Brock Shaha and Jaydon Knight to the State Wrestling Tournament held at Wells Fargo Arena this past Thursday-Saturday. Shaha was eliminated on Friday, while Knight stood upon the podium on Saturday in eighth place. Brock Shaha (106 pounds) got his first win on the big stage with a 7-1 decision…

NM 66, Mt. Ayr 60 Last Thursday, the Raider basketball team took the court for what would be the last time this season after falling to the North Mahaska Warhawks in a 66-60 contest that went down to the wire. North Mahaska took the lead early in the game, but only by a few points,…