Area Sports

Sam Stewart and Channler Henle were selected to the All-Conference Pride of Iowa basketball first team recently with Stewart being a unanimous selection. Rachel Sobotka was selected to the second team while Jaycee Knight was an honorable mention. Stewart recently broke the school record for All-Time scoring with 1,456 points scored in her career, and…

Girls Basketball Season Statistics (Bold denotes team leader) Pts    FG    3Pts    FT    Rebounds    Asst    Stl    Blk Sam Stewart    568    244-411    12-39    68-107    82    70    106    6 Channler Henle    220    81-219    26-99    32-47    113    53    41    15 Rachel Sobotka    202    74-167    9-25    45-68    155    40    29    11 Maddie Stewart    149    48-146    11-44    42-71    58    56    53  …

MStM 46, Mt. Ayr 41 The Raiders season came to an end Saturday night in Creston with a close battle against  Martensdale-St. Mary’s. Mount Ayr trailed for most of the game, but led the second half in scoring, tying the game in the fourth with just a few minutes left on the clock. “The goal…

Mount Ayr was well represented at Wells Fargo this last week with four Mount Ayr Raider wrestlers competing at the State Tournament. Brothers Trae and Drew Ehlen finished seventh overall, while Bryce Shaha and Jaydon Knight came home with eighth place medals. This was the first time in the 60 years of Raider wrestling that…

State Tournament At the State Tournament in Waterloo, Dolecheck placed 16th overall with her first game 15 pins above her average with a 160 and rolling a better game in the second with a 183. Dolecheck only had one split in her two game along with leaving five pins on the lane altogether. In game…

LoMa  48, Mt. Ayr 35 The basketball season came to an end for the Mount Ayr Raiderettes in the gym their season began, Red Oak. Only this time they were facing The Logan-Magnolia Panthers for a shot to go to the finals for a State Tournament berth. In the low scoring affair, in which both…

Mt. Ayr 71, CA 19 The Mount Ayr Raider basketball team started the post-season with a dominating win over the Clarinda Academy Eagles. The Raiders only allowed the Eagles three points in the first half, while they scored 33, most of which came from Dawson Frost who also broke the schools All-Time scoring record that…

Dawson Frost (seated) recently signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Simpson College. Frost is joined by his coaches Jeff Levine and Bret Ruggles on the left and his parents Justin and Jess Frost on the right. Frost is a standout athlete for the Raiders competing in multiple sports. Frost recently joined the…

Mt. Ayr 72, Bedford 65 The Raiders finished out their regular season with a victory over the Bedford Bulldogs. Against Bedford, Cayden Lambert accounted for 19 points, shooting six-of-seven shots from the arc for 18, with the 19th point coming off a free throw. “Cayden Lambert was fantastic tonight,” said coach Bret Ruggles. “He hit…

Southeast Warren Mount Ayr hosted the Southeast Warren Warhawks in their last game of the season. West Central Valley was supposed to attend, however, with the coach out with sickeness they were forced to sit out. The Raiderettes won with a score of 1,940 and Southeast Warren had 1,731. Leading the way for the Raiderettes…