Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, January 29, 2015
2014 - 2015 Raider bowling team
The Mount Ayr Raider bowling team includes:
Front Row, L-R: Samantha Crawford, Brittany Mastin, Mercadez Birkenholz and Kevin Ralston;
Second Row, L-R: coach Deb Ayres, Michaela Mueller, Blake Roberts, Nathan Roberts, Laura Campbell and coach Mike Zarr.
Not pictured: Ty Pollock, Logan Eaton and Cheyenne Percifield.
Photograph courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2015
Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, February 26, 2015, Page 10
MAC bowlers named all-district
The Mount Ayr bowling teams closed out their seasons last week with action at Class 1A State Qualifying tournament held Tuesday, February 18 in
Council Bluffs. Mount Ayr Raiderettes finished in third place in the five-team tournament. The Raiders finished fourth
among five teams in the tournament. Mike Zarr is their coach. Girls' Team Scores
1. Shenandoah | | 2,554 |
2. Red Oak | | 2,385 |
3. Mount Ayr | | 1,878 |
4. Lenox | | 1,840 |
5. CB-St. Albert | | 1,532 |
Boys' Team Scores
1. Red Oak | | 2,873 |
2. CB-St. Albert | | 2,578 |
3. Shenandoah | | 2,558 |
4. Mount Ayr | | 2,177 |
5. Lenox | | 2.084 |
Season statistics for the Mount Ayr bowling teams have been released by coach Mike Zarr.
Girls' District 7
1. Clarke | | 12-4 |
2. Lenox | | 9-3 |
3. Mount Ayr | | 11-4 |
4. Nodaway Valley | | 3-5 |
5. Lamoni | | 4-10 |
6. Central Decatur | | 0-14 |
Junior Samantha Crawford led the Raiderettes in many categories. She totaled 2,909 pins for a
132 average. She also rolled the high game (179), high series (330) and high series average (264).
Boys' District 7
1. Lenox | | 903 |
2. Central Decatur | | 9-5 |
3. Clarke | | 9-7 |
4. Mount Ayr | | 5-10 |
5. Nodaway Valley | | 2-5 |
6. Lamoni | | 3-11 |
Nathan Roberts led the Raiders with his 3,277 pin total through 22 games. However, Ty Pollock recorded
3,077 pins in only 16 games. Pollack also paced the Raiders in average (192), high game (256), high series (481) and series average (481). Several
members of the Mount Ayr bowling team were named to the All-District 7 honor teams. For the Raiderettes, junior Samantha Crawford was named to the firest
team, and junior Cheyenne Percifield was given honorable mention. On the boys side, senior Blake Roberts was included on the second team while senior
Ty Pollock as given honorable mention.
"Even though both teams did not make it to state, they did get the win over conference foe Lenox, whom they had close losses to in the
Pride of Iowa tournament."
These four senior Raider bowlers closed out their careers at last week's state qualifying tournament. They include (L-R) Kevin Ralston,
Blake Roberts, Ty Pollock and Nathan Roberts. (PHOTO by DARLA SOBOTKA)
Photograph courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2015
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