Area Sports

Mount Ayr 3, I35 0 Friday  night, the Raiders traveled to Truro for a battle against the Interstate 35 Roadrunners. The Raiders have had a small rivalry with the Roadrunners, not having defeated them since 2008. The teams stayed between the 30 yard line throughout the night as the defenses held the offenses and penalties…

Bedford 3, MA 0 The Raiderettes kicked off their season in Bedford last week in a triangular against the Bedford Bulldogs and the Central Decatur Cardinals. The Raiderettes came up short against Bedford, despite leading by 10 points in some sets, to take their first loss of the season. “Many times we were up by…

Mount Ayr 28, NV 6 Last Friday night, the Raiders faced a confident Nodaway Valley team in the Battle of the Rock. After scoring 22 points in the first half and keeping Nodaway Valley off the board, things looked up for Mount Ayr. The second half, proved to be an uphill battle as the Raiders…

The Raiderette volleyball squad travel to Bedford tonight to face the Central Decatur Cardinals amd Bedford Bulldogs. The Raiderettes are coming off a 16-11 season, while the Cardinals are coming off a 15-12 season. Central Decatur is without their star athlete, Emma Atwood this year and also took losses with Alliey Boswell, Erica Kauzlarich, Emmy…

The Mount Ayr Raider football team takes the field this Friday night against the Nodaway Valley Wolverines for the Battle for the Rock. The contest was first held in 2012 and has been in the hands of the Raiders since. Mount Ayr holds an 8-0 record along with a combined score of 320-46. The Wolverines…

  The Raider and Raiderette harriers are looking to go the distance this year with 19 runners out for the cross country team this season. The team is coached by Debbie Larsen and Sally Young. The teams bring back plenty of experience this season as the coaches look to improve the runners times from last…

The Raiderettes are set to begin their 2019 season after a 16-11 finish last year and the departure of five seniors. This year, the Raiderettes return a host of experienced seniors and will begin their season on the road with a trip to Bedford on Thursday, August 29. The Raiderettes are entering their sixth season…

August is nearing it’s end and with that end comes the first days of school and Friday nights under the lights. Last year, the Raiders competed in class 2A, finishing the season 7-3 and graduated 13 seniors. The 2019 campaign sees Mount Ayr drop to class 1A. This year, co-head coaches Delwyn Showlater and Derek…

The Raiders ended their season with a loss to the eventual 2A State Champion Van Meter Bulldogs. After a 14-6 record, the Raiders finished their season in third in the Pride of Iowa Conference. Raider bats were led by Connor Eaton with a 0.409 average, 27 hits that saw 23 runs and five doubles. Eaton…

Coming off the best finish in school history, the Raiderettes put up some impressive numbers in a season that saw the first half of the schedule cancelled or rescheduled, going on to play 30 games in total which including an undefeated Pride of Iowa season, as well as Conference champions and third place state finishers.…