Area Sports

A busy week saw the Raiders go 4-1 to improve to 6-1 on the season after games against Stanton, Earlham, Southwest Valley, Martensdale-St. Mary’s and Nodaway Valley. Mt. Ayr 14, Stanton 1 The Raider bats got off to a hot start Tuesday, June 23 in Stanton, scoring four runs and allowing the Vikings to score…

The Mount Ayr Raiderettes saw a busy week as they took down Stanton, Southwest Valley, and Nodaway Valley, while falling to Martensdale-St. Mary’s. Mt. Ayr 15, Stanton 1 Early last week, Mount Ayr traveled to Stanton for a rematch of last year’s contest in which the ViQueens defeated the Raiderettes 5-2 in Mount Ayr. Stanton…

Mt. Ayr 11, SWV 1 The Raiders faced Southwest Valley in a short week that saw them improve to 2-0 after an 11-1 win over the Timberwolves. The game was close through five innings with Mount Ayr leading 2-1 before a monster nine-run sixth inning. Mount Ayr saw 10 hits that included six singles and…

Mt. Ayr 15, SWV 3 The Raiderettes traveled to Corning for a contest against Southwest Valley. As visitors, the Raiderettes took the plate first. Bats were hot for Mount Ayr as they timed up the Timberwolves pitcher, Isabelle Inman. Mount Ayr saw 15 hits against Inman, including four home-runs. Rachel Sobotka led off the home…

Every year, Mount Ayr Community High School recognizes students who participated in one or more athletic activities for four years/seasons. This year, the class of 2020 was well represented with 23 members added to the M Club. In alphabetical order they are: Hanna Ackley, bowling; Abigail Barnes, softball; Madison Birkenholz, track; Cole Clymer, football and…

Monday, June 15 marks opening day for summer sports across Iowa. Mount Ayr baseball and softball will kick things off, after two weeks of practice, with a non-conference matchup against Mormon Trail, in Mount Ayr. The home opener will be varsity only and will see softball start things off with first pitch coming in at…

This summer sports season will not be “business as usual” as the world deals with COVID-19. Recently the baseball and softball schedules were released for Mount Ayr and with that came guidelines. With those guidelines, games will look slightly different this year in Mount Ayr and across Iowa. MACHS Athletic Director Delwyn Showalter has listed…

Zach Doster, a senior at Mount Ayr Community School, was recently accepted to Central College and will continue his golf career during the 2020-21 academic year. Doster’s senior golf season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Doster was a multi-sport athlete at Mount Ayr, playing basketball, golf and baseball for the Raiders.