Area Sports

The Raiders opened their season with a meet win at the Eagle Relays in Afton last week. Chase Henry saw himself take first in the shot put and discus for the best finishes of the Raider field events. On the track, the Raiders saw Nathan Hauge take first in the 800 meter with a time…

The Mount Ayr golf teams hit the links for the first time this year and fought a decent northeasterly wind. The Raiderettes found their first win of the year at home against Nodaway Valley and Martensdale-St. Mary’s Monday night. The Raiderettes shot a 217, beating out Nodaway Valley who had 270. Kaitlyn Dolecheck took top…

The Raiderettes went north to Truro for the I-35 Girls Relay. Mount Ayr finished second with 108 points while Nodaway Valley took the meet win with 121 points. Adalyn Reynolds showed her speed with a first place finish in the 100 meter dash in a time of 13.94 and a first place finish in the…

  The Mount Ayr Raider track team is entering it’s 11th season with coach Brad Elliott along with assistant coach Daniel Showalter and volunteer coach Bill Huntington. The Raiders return 22 letterwinners from last years 2nd place conference team after graduating seven. “We have a good group of last year’s state qualifiers returning to campaign…

Head coach Scott Giles enters his 25th season with the Mount Ayr Raider Golf team. The Raiders finished 4-4 during their 2018 campaign, placing first in the conference. The Raiders return all their golfers this season, with Myles Greene, Dalton Elwood and Cayden Lambert. New to the squad are Zach Doster and Isaac Grose. “Weather…

Coaches Deb and John Larsen are entering their 20th year coaching Mount Ayr Raiderette track and field. Last season the girls finished as Pride of Iowa Conference champions and have taken multiple events to the state level. Last years 2018 graduated multiple state qualifying athletes in Bailey Anderson, Caylie Hickman, Alyssa Johnson, Sara Winemiller as…

Monday night saw the Raiderettes in action for the first time this season as they battled there way to a meet win in Greenfield. The Raiderettes had multiple first place finishes and podium finishes from rookie runners and field event participants to get off on a good start. Adalyn Reynolds took first in a heavy…

The Raiders traveled to Ames for the Iowa State University High School Boys Classic at the Lied Rec Facility. Chase Henry has continued to throw his person best in eight consecutive meets dating back to Council Bluffs last season. The top event on the track for the Raiders came in the 1600 meter medley with…

The Raiderettes took a partial squad to participate at the Northwest Missouri State University High School Open on March 16. The Raiderettes had one third place finish with MacKenzie Shields in the high jump in which she cleared 4’10”. Adalyn Reynolds finished fourth in the 60 meter dash with a time of 8.53. The next…

Coach Brad Elliott took the Raider track team to Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville for their first indoor meet of the year, competing against over 25 schools from Missouri and Iowa. “Several athletes earned personal best performances in their first competition,” said coach Elliott. “It’s not very often you see kids perform this well…