Mount Ayr Honor Roll

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School Summary

First Year:

Last Year: ACTIVE

State Team Championships: 2

State Team Qualifiers: 37

State Individual Championships: 31

Most successful school year: 2013-14

State Champions

Boy's Golf: 1 Individual State Title

Boy's Track: 1-time Outdoor state champs, 2014 (1A); 22 Outdoor Event Titles; 3 Indoor Event Titles

Girl's Track: 1-time state champs, 1988 (1A); 4 Outdoor Event Titles

Wrestling: 1 Individual State Title

State Qualifiers

(1) Baseball: 2007 (2A)
(5) Boy's Basketball: 1931, 1932, 1953, 1973 (1A), 1975 (1A)
(7) Girl's Basketball: 1920, 1921, 1966, 1998 (2A), 2010 (1A), 2011 (2A), 2016 (1A)
(16) Football: 1984 (1A), 1990 (1A), 1991 (1A), 1992 (1A), 1996 (1A), 2005 (1A), 2006 (1A), 2008 (1A), 2010 (1A)*, 2011 (1A)*, 2012 (1A), 2013 (1A), 2014 (A), 2015 (A), 2018 (1A), 2019 (1A)

(2) Boy's Golf: 1992 (2A), 2002 (2A)
(1) Girl's Golf: 2008 (1A)
(4) Softball: 1982 (Su), 1994 (1A), 2019 (2A), 2020 (2A)
(1) Wrestling: 1998 (1A)

Other Undefeated Seasons

(7) Football: 1931, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1961, 1963

Year-by-Year State Qualifiers, State Champions, and All-Staters

1919-20

Girl's Basketball: 1920 State Qualifier

1920-21

Girl's Basketball: 1921 State Qualifier

1930-31

Boy's Basketball: 1931 State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1930 (4th) T - Dehart, Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 1930 (4th) QB - Kitselman, Mount Ayr

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1931 (3rd) G - John McFarland, Mount Ayr

1931-32

Football: 1931 Undefeated Season

Boy's Basketball: 1932 State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1931 (1st) C - Roy Payne, Mount Ayr

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1932 (3rd) G - John McFarland, Mount Ayr 2nd time

1934-35

Football: All-State 1934 (4th/-) FB - Richard Newton, Mount Ayr

1938-39

Football: 1938 Undefeated Season

Football: All-State 1938 (6th/-) C - Harold Olney, Mount Ayr

1939-40

Football: All-State 1939 (5th/-) QB - Lyle Newman, Mount Ayr

1944-45

Football: 1944 Undefeated Season

1946-47

Football: 1946 Undefeated Season

1949-50

Football: 1949 Undefeated Season

Football: All-State 1949 (5th/-) FB - Braby, Mount Ayr

1952-53

Boy's Basketball: 1953 State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1952 (6th/-) G - Lynn Sickles, Mount Ayr

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1953 (6th/-) F - Dave Culver, Mount Ayr

1954-55

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1955 (3rd/2nd) F - Gene Johnston, Mount Ayr

1961-62

Football: 1961 Undefeated Season

Football: All-State 1961 (4th/4th) T - Bill Warin, Mount Ayr

Girl's Basketball: All-State 1962 (3rd/4th) G - Nancy Blunck, Mount Ayr

1962-63

Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1963 (A) (60y high hurdles) Rick Defenbaugh, Mount Ayr 8.1

Football: All-State 1962 (5th/-) C - Larry Knight, Mount Ayr

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1963 (2nd/2nd) F - Jerry Waugh, Mount Ayr

Girl's Basketball: All-State 1963 (3rd/2nd) G - Nancy Blunck, Mount Ayr 2nd time

1963-64

Football: 1963 Undefeated Season

Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1964 (A) (50y) Gene Ricker, Mount Ayr 5.7

Boy's Track & Field: Indoor Individual Champion 1964 (A) (60y high hurdles) Rick Defenbaugh, Mount Ayr 7.8 2nd time

Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1964 (A) (100y) Gene Ricker, Mount Ayr 10.2

Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1964 (A) (440y) Gene Ricker, Mount Ayr 51.5

Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1964 (A) (120y high hurdles) Rick Defenbaugh, Mount Ayr 14.9

Girl's Basketball: All-State 1964 (1st/1st) G - Nancy Blunck, Mount Ayr 3rd time

1965-66

Girl's Basketball: 1966 State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1965 (4th/5th) HB - Duane Miller, Mount Ayr

1967-68

Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1968 (A) (120y high hurdles) Dan Roe, Mount Ayr 14.9

Girl's Basketball: All-State 1968 (5th/-) G - Edith Minnick, Mount Ayr

1968-69

Girl's Basketball: All-State 1969 (3rd/1st) G - Edith Minnick, Mount Ayr 2nd time

1969-70

Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1970 (A) (440y) Ed Defenbaugh, Mount Ayr 49.7

1970-71

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1971 (7th/-) F - Paul Fell, Sr., Mount Ayr

1971-72

Boy's Track & Field: Outdoor Individual Champion 1972 (A) (shot put) Brent Geringer, Mount Ayr 55-01.75

1972-73

Boy's Basketball: 1973 (1A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1973 (A) (shot put) Brent Geringer, Mount Ayr 55-08.50 2nd time

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1973 (A) (discus) Brent Geringer, Mount Ayr 169-09

1973-74

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1974 (A) (shot put) Brent Geringer, Mount Ayr 60-04 3rd time

Softball: All-State 1974 (4th) P - Dee Dee Frost, Mount Ayr

1974-75

Boy's Basketball: 1975 (1A) State Qualifier

Boy's Basketball: All-State 1975 (6th/4th) G - Rich Johnson, Sr., Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 1975 (2nd) P - Dee Dee Frost, Mount Ayr 2nd time

1976-77

Wrestling: Individual State Champion 1977 (1A) Hwt - Curt Braby, Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 1977 (4th) 2B - Jean Irving, Mount Ayr

1981-82

Softball: 1982 (Su) State Qualifier

Softball: All-State 1982 (4th) U - Mary Ann Weeda, Mount Ayr

1982-83

Football: All-State 1982 (1A/A-2nd/-) DE - Jeff Klene, Mount Ayr

1984-85

Football: 1984 (1A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1984 (1A/A-1st/1st) DL - Clint Riggs, Mount Ayr

1987-88

Girl's Track & Field: 1988 (1A) STATE CHAMPIONS

Girl's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1988 (1A) (shot put) Kim McGinnis, Mount Ayr 40-8

Football: All-State 1987 (1A-3rd/-) P - Scott Walters, Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 1988 (3rd) U - Kim McGinnis, Mount Ayr

1988-89

Girl's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1989 (2A) (long jump) Dawn Huff, Mount Ayr 18-6 1/2

Football: All-State 1988 (1A-3rd/-) DL - Les Martin, Mount Ayr

1989-90

Girl's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1990 (2A) (long jump) Dawn Huff, Mount Ayr 18-11 1/4 2nd time

Football: All-State 1989 (1A-1st/-) DB - Chad Hunt, Mount Ayr
Football: All-State 1989 (1A-3rd/-) LB - Kevin Stewart, Mount Ayr

Girl's Basketball: All-State 1990 (6v6-1st/-) G - Dawn Huff, Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 1990 (3rd) OF - Dawn Huff, Mount Ayr

1990-91

Football: 1990 (1A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1990 (1A-3rd/-) DL - Brad Hartman, Mount Ayr

1991-92

Football: 1991 (1A) State Qualifier

Boy's Golf: 1992 (2A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1991 (1A-2nd/2nd) DL - Brad Hartman, Mount Ayr 2nd time

1992-93

Football: 1992 (1A) State Qualifier

Softball: All-State 1993 (1A-5th) U - Cindy Walters, Mount Ayr

1993-94

Softball: 1994 (1A) State Qualifier

Softball: All-State 1994 (1A-3rd) SS - Cindy Walters, Mount Ayr 2nd time

1994-95

Football: All-State 1994 (1A-2nd/2nd) OL - Chip Brundage, Mount Ayr

1995-96
Football: All-State 1995 (1A--/2nd) OL - Clint Dredge, Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 1996 (1A-2nd) U - Tara Groves, Mount Ayr

1996-97

Football: 1996 (1A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 1996 (1A-2nd/-) RB - Cass Shay, Mount Ayr
Football: All-State 1996 (1A-2nd/-) LB - Cody Cochran, Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 1996 (1A-3rd/-) DL - Ryan Reynolds, Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 1997 (1A-4th) SS - Melissa Eighmy, Mount Ayr

1997-98

Girl's Basketball: 1998 (2A) State Qualifier

Wrestling: 1998 (1A) State Duals Qualifier

Girl's Track & Field: Individual Champion 1998 (1A) (400m hurdles) Melissa Eighmy, Mount Ayr 1:04.37

Softball: All-State 1998 (1A-3rd) SS - Melissa Eighmy, Mount Ayr 2nd time

1998-99

Baseball: All-State 1999 (2A--/1st) OF - Brandon Yoder, Sr., Mount Ayr

1999-00

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2000 (2A) (800m) Brad Elliott, Mount Ayr 1:57.27

Football: All-State 1999 (2A-2nd/-) DB - Jeremy Burmeister, Mount Ayr

2001-02

Boy's Golf: 2002 (2A) State Qualifier

Boy's Golf: Individual State Champion 2002 (2A) T.J. Redding, Mount Ayr 146

2002-03
Football: All-State 2002 (2A-2nd/1st) K - Jesse Mason, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2002 (2A--/2nd) DL - Chance Greenman, Sr., Mount Ayr

2003-04

Football: All-State 2003 (2A--/3rd) LB - David Campbell, Sr., Mount Ayr

2004-05

Football: All-State 2004 (1A-2nd/3rd) WR - Dustin Larsen, Sr., Mount Ayr

Baseball: All-State 2005 (2A-2nd/-) U - Lance Brown, So., Mount Ayr

2005-06

Football: 2005 (1A) State Qualifier

Baseball: All-State 2006 (2A-1st/1st) U - Lance Brown, Jr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

2006-07

Football: 2006 (1A) State Qualifier

Baseball: 2007 (2A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 2006 (1A-1st/2nd) DB - Brian Inloes, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2006 (1A--/3rd) WR - Ben Graham, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2006 (1A--/3rd) DB - Austin French, Sr., Mount Ayr

Baseball: All-State 2007 (2A-1st/1st) P - Lance Brown, Sr., Mount Ayr 3rd time

Baseball: All-State 2007 (2A--/2nd) OF - Kyle Beaman, Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 2007 (2A-3rd) P - Lyndsay Triggs, Jr., Mount Ayr

2007-08

Girl's Golf: 2008 (1A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 2007 (1A-2nd/3rd) DL - Mitch Grose, Jr., Mount Ayr

Girl's Volleyball: All-State 2007 (1A-3rd/-) Kelsey Geist, Sr., Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 2008 (1A-3rd) IF - Tess Myer, Jr., Mount Ayr

2008-09

Football: 2008 (1A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2009 (1A) (discus) Cade Lambson, Mount Ayr 168-01

Football: All-State 2008 (1A--/2nd) DL - Mitch Grose, Sr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

Football: All-State 2008 (1A--/3rd) LB - Jordan Stewart, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2008 (1A-2nd/-) DB - Zach Robinson, Mount Ayr

2009-10

Girl's Basketball: 2010 (1A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2010 (1A) (discus) Cade Lambson, Mount Ayr 174-07 2nd time

Football: All-State 2009 (1A--/3rd) DL - Dylan Lame, Sr., Mount Ayr

Girl's Basketball: All-State 2010 (1A-2nd/1st) U - Becca Pennington, Jr., Mount Ayr

Girl's Basketball: All-State 2010 (1A--/3rd) G - Bailey Myer, Jr., Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 2010 (1A-3rd) P - Erin Budach, Sr., Mount Ayr

2010-11

Football: 2010 (1A)* State Qualifier

Girl's Basketball: 2011 (2A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2011 (2A) (high jump) Braydee Poore, Mount Ayr 6-04
Football: All-State 2010 (1A--/2nd) OL - Dustin Pritchett, Jr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2010 (1A-2nd/-) LB - Cade Lambson, Mount Ayr

Girl's Basketball: All-State 2011 (2A-2nd/1st) G - Becca Pennington, Sr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

2011-12

Football: 2011 (1A)* State Qualifier

Football: All-State 2011 (1A-2nd/2nd) TE/WR - Braydee Poore, Jr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2011 (1A--/2nd) OL - Dustin Pritchett, Sr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2012 (1A-3rd) OF - Megan Doubleday, Sr., Mount Ayr

2012-13

Football: 2012 (1A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 2012 (1A-1st/1st) TE/WR - Braydee Poore, Sr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

Football: All-State 2012 (1A-2nd/1st) U - Jacob Sobotka, Jr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2012 (1A-1st/1st) DL - Joe Ricker, So., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2012 (1A--/2nd) OL - Mason Mercer, Jr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2012 (1A--/3rd) OL - Levi Martin, Jr., Mount Ayr

Boy's Basketball: All-State 2013 (1A--/3rd) F - Braydee Poore, Sr., Mount Ayr

2013-14

Boy's Track & Field: 2014 (1A) STATE CHAMPIONS

Football: 2013 (1A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2014 (1A) (800m) Kyle Dolecheck, Mount Ayr 1:59.28

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2014 (1A) (1600m) Noah Larsen, Mount Ayr 4:34.61

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2014 (1A) (3200m) Noah Larsen, Mount Ayr 9:43.50

Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 2014 (1A) (4x400m relay) Mount Ayr (Kyle Dolecheck, Lincoln Martin, Erik Freed, Jacob Sobotka) 3:26.03

Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 2014 (1A) (4x800m relay) Mount Ayr (Erik Freed, Trevor Anderson, Kyle Dolecheck, Noah Larsen) 8:14.23

Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 2014 (1A) (medley relay) Mount Ayr (Grant Staats, Lincoln Martin, Jacob Sobotka, Erik Freed) 3:36.15

Football: All-State 2013 (1A--/1st) OL - Mason Mercer, Sr., Mount Ayr 2nd time
Football: All-State 2013 (1A-2nd/1st) DL - Joe Ricker, Jr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

Football: All-State 2013 (1A--/2nd) LB - Jacob Sobotka, Sr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

Football: All-State 2013 (1A--/2nd) DB - Erik Freed, Sr., Mount Ayr

2014-15

Football: 2014 (A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2015 (1A) (800m) Kyle Dolecheck, Mount Ayr 1:59.23 2nd time

Football: All-State 2014 (A-2nd/1st) OL - Tucker Winemiller, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2014 (A-1st/1st) DL - Joe Ricker, Sr., Mount Ayr 3rd time

Football: All-State 2014 (A-1st/1st) LB - Riley Weehler, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2014 (A--/3rd) OL - Jake Ricker, Sr., Mount Ayr

2015-16

Football: 2015 (A) State Qualifier

Girl's Basketball: 2016 (1A) State Qualifier

Boy's Track & Field: Individual Champion 2016 (1A) (800m) Kyle Dolecheck, Mount Ayr 1:57.15 3rd time

Boy's Track & Field: Relay Champion 2016 (1A) (medley relay) Mount Ayr (Jacob Taylor, Cal Daughton, Trevor Anderson, Kyle Dolecheck) 3:36.01 2nd time

Football: All-State 2015 (A-1st/1st) TE/WR - Kyle Dolecheck, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2015 (A--/1st) DB - Jacob Taylor, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2015 (A-1st/2nd) DL - Logan Stark, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2015 (A--/2nd) P - Nick Wurster, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2015 (A--/3rd) OL - Lincoln Lutrick, Sr., Mount Ayr
Football: All-State 2015 (A--/3rd) DL - Jed McCreary, Sr., Mount Ayr

Girl's Volleyball: All-State 2015 (1A-3rd/-) Kelcie Shields, Jr., Mount Ayr

Girl's Basketball: All-State 2016 (1A-1st/1st) F - Kelcie Shields, Jr., Mount Ayr

2016-17

Girl's Volleyball: All-State 2016 (1A-3rd/-) Kelcie Shields, Sr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

Girl's Basketball: All-State 2017 (2A-1st/1st) F - Kelcie Shields, Sr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2017 (1A-3rd/-) Caroline McAlexander, So., Mount Ayr

2017-18

Girl's Basketball: All-State 2018 (2A--/3rd) Sam Stewart, So., Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 2018 (2A-2nd/-) Caroline McAlexander, Jr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

Softball: All-State 2018 (2A-3rd/-) Alyssa Johnson, Sr., Mount Ayr

2018-19

Football: 2018 (1A) State Qualifier

Softball: 2019 (2A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 2018 (1A-1st/1st) DL - John Shields, Sr., Mount Ayr

Football: All-State 2018 (1A--/1st) KR - Hunter Haveman, Sr., Mount Ayr

Girl's Basketball: All-State 2019 (2A--/2nd) Sam Stewart, Jr., Mount Ayr 2nd time

Baseball: All-State 2019 (2A-3rd/-/-) U - Keelan Klommhaus, Jr., Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 2019 (2A-1st/-) Caroline McAlexander, Sr., Mount Ayr 3rd time

2019-20

Football: 2019 (1A) State Qualifier

Softball: 2020 (2A) State Qualifier

Football: All-State 2019 (1A--/2nd) DL - Isaac Gross, Sr., Mount Ayr
Football: All-State 2019 (1A--/3rd) TE/WR - Dawson Frost, Sr., Mount Ayr

Girl's Basketball: All-State 2020 (2A--/2nd) Sam Stewart, Sr., Mount Ayr 3rd time

Softball: All-State 2020 (2A-1st/-) Sam Stewart, Sr., Mount Ayr

Softball: All-State 2020 (2A-3rd/-) Alexa Anderson, Sr., Mount Ayr

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