Area Sports

The Mount Ayr baseball and softball teams are one of the only teams left that have yet to play. Mother Nature has decided to rain on every game day the Raiders and Raiderettes have had. However, on Sunday, Raiderette coaches Bret and Brandi Ruggles prepared them for a Murray Mustang team that they would hopefully…

Raider baseball kicks off this Friday with a game against Bedford, which begins with junior varsity action at 5:30 p.m. The Raiders finished last season 14-8, ending their season in Centerville against Interstate-35. The Raiders graduated Lucas Wurster, Zach Murphy, Brayden Swank, Marcus Daughton and Bradley Wurster. This season they will field one senior, Connor…

Track and golf have ended and school is coming to a close, which means softball and baseball season are upon us. The Raiderettes are looking towards Fort Dodge after falling one game short, losing to Logan-Magnolia who fell to Wilton during their stay in Fort Dodge. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Association released the…

Gracie Mobley kicked things off for the Raiderettes at the State Track Meet at Drake University in Des Moines. The conditions were wet as competitors were kicking up plenty of water as they wound up for the throw. Mobley’s first throw landed out-of-bounds and was marked a scratch. On her second throw, she threw a…

The Raiderette golf team traveled to Atlantic Monday to compete for a State Meet berth, but fell short. The Raiderettes placed sixth as a team, shooting a combined 440, with Boyer Valley and IKM moving on after shooting a 413 and 422, respectively. Individually, Kaitlyn Dolecheck was one stroke off placing in the top six…

Another State Track Meet wrapped up Saturday afternoon with the Mount Ayr Raiders placing 11th out of 96 schools in class 2A. Five of the seven relays that competed broke school records at the state qualifier, prelims and state finals. The Raiders did not just compete against other athletes, they also battled the weather. It…

The Raider golf team competed in the district meet in Shenandoah on Friday, placing third overall with a team score of 352. Tri-Center won with a 341, winning the tie with Clarinda who ended up second. The Raiders were led by senior Myles Greene with an 84, followed by Cayden Lambert with an 88. Dalton…

Senior Raider Josh Cox (center) signs his letter of commitment to wrestle at the University of Dubuque. With Josh are his parents Jay and Lori Cox and coaches John Ford and Kurt Wallace stand behind him.

Two Raiderettes were able to squeeze through to compete on the Blue Oval this week at the State Track Meet in Des Moines. Gracie Mobley qualified in the discus after placing fifth overall with a throw of 111-09, while MacKenzie Shields qualified in the high jump after clearing 5-01. The other Raiderette events struggled throughout…