Area Sports

Track athletes received a break last week when their state qualifier was moved to Friday, which turned out to be a beautiful night for track. The Raiders would go on to qualify seven events, all of them happening to be relays which is a first time in school history that the team qualified every relay.…

POI Conference The Raiders came home Pride of Iowa Champions Monday night after a long day at The Preserve at Honey Creek at Lake Rathbun. The Raiders scored a 360, beating out Bedford who shot a 370. Cayden Lambert led the way for the Raiders with an 88 and a fourth place finish. Dalton Elwood…

The Raiderettes battled sickness and injury last Thursday, missing six girls from their lineup, but still taking second in the meet just behind a tough Nodaway Valley team. The Raiderettes were most notably missing speedster Adalyn Reynolds who noticed some issues during the POI Conference meet last week. A stress fracture was found and she…

The Raiders took the gold last Thursday at the Southwest Valley Invite with a score of 118 points, beating out CAM who had 91. The Raiders saw plenty of first place finishes in the meet to help them return home with the win. Hunter Arends sped to first place in the 100 meter dash in…

POI Meet The Raiderettes were unable to secure back-to-back POI championships Monday night after being nudged out of the meet win by Nodaway Valley. The Lady Wolverines finished with 131 points to Mount Ayr’s 114. Addy Reynolds saw her usual 100 meter dash win with a time of 13.17 and the Raiderette team of Ryann…

On Tuesday, April 23, the Mount Ayr golf teams traveled to Southwest Valley with both Raiders and Raiderettes winning their matches. The Raiders scored 169 to Southwest Valley’s 226. Myles Greene of Mount Ayr was medalist, scoring a 41 with Cayden Lambert from Mount Ayr scoring a 41 as well. Other scores for the Raiders…

POI Meet The Raiders participated in the Pride of Iowa track meet in Corning Monday night and came home tying the school record for most points scored in a meet with 209. Hunter Haveman was the individual points leader for Mount Ayr with 25. The Raiders took first and second in the 100 meter dash…

The Raider golf team recently improved to 4-0 on the season after defeating Wayne and Nodaway Valley. The Raiders won with a score of 180 with Wayne finished 2nd with 202 and Nodaway Valley at 288. Senior Raider, Myles Greene, had a four over par with a 39 to medal with runner-up Seth Sheriff from…

Despite a very windy night, the Raiderette track team ran ahead of the competition in Lenox Monday night. The Raiderettes scored 156 team points to win the meet. Immediate results were not available at time of press, however, the girls placed first in multiple events. Addy Reynolds continued to show speed, winning the 100 meter…

The Raiders traveled to Leon last week to participate in the Central Decatur Cardinal Relays. The Raiders won, scoring 141 points to knock out Woodward Academy who scored 118 points. Chase Henry started off the night with a win in the shot put and second in the dIscus. On the track, Isaac Timmerman ran to…