Area Sports

Last week, the 2020 high school football schedule was released. Aug. 28 – vs Albia Sept. 4 – at NV Sept. 11 – at Atlantic Sept. 18 – at Panorama Sept. 25 – at Pville Oct. 2 – vs Colfax-Mingo Oct. 9 – vs Pella Christian Oct. 16 – at I-35 Oct. 23 – at…

With spring sports still in the air and the return to school date sitting at May 1, a petition appeared online with, at the time of this writing, over 30,000 signatures with a goal of 35,000. With no outline on how to deal with the current situation, different agencies are working together to give the…

The Mount Ayr wrestling team held it’s end of the year banquet on March 11, just before the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down last week. The banquet allows the coaches to award the wrestlers for their hardwork throughout the season and to honor the athletes and thank them. This season, the wrestlers saw four compete…

Last week, Academic All-Conference was announced. Unfortunately, the list inadvertently omitted Cayden Lambert from that list. Lambert was selected as Academic All-Conference and played for the Raider basketball team this season.

Last week the sports world came to a grinding halt across the country due to COVID-19, or the coronavirus. Not only did professional sports such as the NBA, NHL and MLB suspend their seasons, the NCAA cancelled “March Madness” in what is now being called “March Sadness”. Shortly after professional and college sports navigated unfamiliar…

  Last Monday at the Mount Ayr Community School board meeting, Derek Lambert’s resignation as head football coach was accepted, just months after his co-head coach, Delwyn Showalter, announced his retirement from all MACS activities, leaving the Raider football team looking for its first head coach in 19 years. Lambert, a Worth County High School…

Mount Ayr was well represented across all sports in the Academic All-Conference teams. Seven Raider basketball players were named including: Erik Trujillo, Payton Weehler, Rhett Larson, Isaac Grose, Dawson Frost, Dalton Elwood and Jordan McAlexander. The Raiderette basketball girls had eight named: Jaycee Knight, Sam Stewart, Alexa Anderson, Rachel Sobotka, Hope Whittington, Halsie Barnes, Payten…

An athlete with ties to the community finished strong in his junior season at Saint Thomas Academy. Garrison Solliday of Eagan, MN placed third in the 220 lb division of Minnesota State Wrestling. His lone loss was to a nationally ranked wrestler. He also helped lead St. Thomas Academy to its second consecutive state runner-up…

Following Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announcements on Sunday to suspend school classes for four weeks, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and Iowa High School Athletic Association have decided to suspend any sporting activities for the time being. “Based on new information today from the Iowa Department of Public Health, now is the time…

The Raiders finished out their season 21-3 following a loss to Martensdale-St. Mary’s at substate. Despite falling short of a State Tournament bid, the Raiders put up impressive numbers throughout the season, along with a few individual records being set. The team was led by senior Dawson Frost who joined the 1,000 point club as…