The Tea Area High School girls’ soccer team faced a pair of tough opponents recently, falling to Watertown and Brandon Valley. The Titans traveled to Watertown Tuesday, Sept. 8, where they dropped a 6-1 decision to the host Warriors. Photos from the match are pictured above, below and at right by Laura Koele-Davis. Tea Area returned to action Thursday, Sept. 10, hosting Brandon Valley. The Titans were unable to find the back of the net and fell to the Lynx, 2-0. Tea Area will

The Tea Area High School cross country team traveled to Yankton Trails Park to participate in another premier Cross Country event, the Nike Heartland Pre-Regional Meet. The Meet featured over 1300 athletes from five states. The Titans turned out a number of amazing performances, recording a high number of personal and season best times, noted as PB and SB. The middle school boys race was the first of the day and the Titans were well represented, with 16 Titans in the field o

The Tea Area High School boys golf team captured second as a team at the Chargers Invitational boys’ golf tournament held early September at Spring Creek Golf Course. Tea Area earned second place with a team score of 290. Vermillion won the team title with a 288. Dakota Valley was third (303), host Sioux Falls Christian was fourth (308) and Tri-Valley (315) was fifth. Tea Area’s Sawyer Slack beat Chamberlain’s Chase McQuirk in a playoff for individual honors, each shooting a

The Tea Area High School football team remained unbeaten Friday night, overcoming a second-quarter surge by Watertown to defeat the Arrows 28-21 on Sept. 11 at the Allen Mitchell Complex in Watertown to improve to 3-0 on the season. The Titans jumped in front in the first quarter as Devyn Rhodes found Mitch Grant for the 81 yard touchdown pass. Landon DeRuyter’s point after gave the Titans the 7-0 lead before the Arrows answered with two second-quarter touchdowns to take a 14

Abby Boom gets the dig in the Titans’ match-up against West Central. The Tea Area Titan volleyball team split a pair of matches last week, falling to West Central at home before bouncing back with a sweep of Pierre on the road for their first win of the season. Tea Area hosted West Central on Tuesday, Sept. 1, with the Trojans earning a hard-fought 3-1 victory by scores of 25-12, 25-18, 20-25 and 25-23. West Central jumped out to a quick 7-1 lead in the opening set and exten

The Tea Area High School boys’ soccer team battled through a pair of matches last week, earning a tie against Sioux Falls Roosevelt before suffering a 5-0 loss to Aberdeen Central. The Titans opened the week Tuesday, Sept. 1, against Sioux Falls Roosevelt. Tea Area struck first when senior forward Dawood Toto found the back of the net with 3:58 remaining in the first half. The Rough Riders answered late in the match, to even the contest at 1-1. Both teams made frequent substi

Emma Hilleson fights for control during the Titans’ match-up against Roosevelt. The Tea Area High School girls’ soccer team split a pair of matches last week, earning a 2-1 victory over Sioux Falls Roosevelt before falling to undefeated Aberdeen Central by the same score. The Titans opened the week on Tuesday, Sept. 1, defeating Roosevelt 2-1. Janessa Kuipers and Ada Klemisch each found the back of the net to lead Tea Area to the victory. Tea Area returned to action Saturday

Alayna Mann fights for possession in the Titans’ match-up against Yankton last week. On Aug. 25 the Tea Area High School girls’ soccer team traveled to Yankton and suffered the 3-0 loss. The Gazelles entered the game unbeaten at 3-0. Tea Area came into the match-up at 2-2. Yankton controlled much of the possession early and capitalized on its opportunities in the attacking third. Yankton went up 1-0 early and added another goal before halftime, giving them 2-0 advantage. Yan

The Tea Area High School boys’ soccer team traveled to Yankton in a doubleheader on Tuesday, Aug. 25, with Tea Area boys earning a hard-fought 2-2 draw. The Titan boys came from behind late to earn the draw against the Bucks. Yankton struck first to give the Bucks a 1-0 lead. Tea Area answered later in the first half when freshman Reed Cerny played a long ball forward to senior forward Dawood Toto. Toto got behind the Yankton defense and was able to poke the ball over the ch

Devyn Rhodes eyes the endzone during the Titans’ match-up against Huron last Friday. Two top-five teams in Class 11AA took to the field on Friday, Aug. 28 when the Tea Area Titans hosted the Huron Tigers in their opening football game of the season. Tea Area opened up with a 21-0 lead early as Hayden Bialas ran it in from 13 yards out and Mitch Grant found Beau Werdel for the 28-yard touchdown, all in the opening quarter. In the second quarter, Grant connected with Adam Bergl