The Tea Area High School boys wrestling team faced stiff competition during a busy stretch of action, competing in a triangular on Thursday, Jan. 22, before traveling to Sioux City for the Bishop Heelan Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 24. On Thursday, the Titans competed against Harrisburg, Sioux Falls Lincoln and Sioux Falls Jefferson. Tea Area earned a decisive 66-17 victory over Sioux Falls Jefferson but came up short in narrow losses to Sioux Falls Lincoln, 41-39, and Harr

On Thursday, Jan. 22 the Tea Area High School girls’ basketball team took on Mitchell in an Eastern South Dakota Conference match-up.  After three quarters of play, Tea Area led 34-32 and with just seven minutes left in the game, the Titans built up a 40-32 lead. However, Mitchell started getting hot from three point land and soon they took the 49-43 lead, and eventually the 59-50 win.  The Titans had their fair share of three pointers in the game, hitting 11. Anna Binde had

On Thursday, Jan. 22 the Tea Area High School boys’ basketball team traveled to Mitchell and used an 11-2 overtime advantage to get the 57-48 victory.  “Back in the day, the ESD Conference was known for its physicality and low-scoring slugfests. That style of play existed in the conference for decades. Our game against Mitchell was a throwback to that era. Scoring was difficult to come by and every possession was a war,” said Titan head coach Drew Weber. “To be able to respon

On Thursday, Jan. 15 the Tea Area High School boys wrestling team competed at Pierre, taking on both Pierre and Watertown.  The Titans fell to Watertown 48-28 and to Pierre 60-12.  The following are the results:  Tea Area 12 vs. Pierre T.F. Riggs 60 106: Noah Horsley (PTFR) over Drake Mitchell (TEAR) (TF 16-1 4:00); 113: Kade Eimers (TEAR) over Daniel Mason (PTFR) (Dec 3-2); 120: Gable Uhrig (PTFR) over Aaron Halbur (TEAR) (Fall 0:47); 126: Bode Minder (PTFR) over Brody Lee (

On Friday, Jan. 16 the Tea Area High School boys’ basketball team broke their seven game winning streak with an 83-55 loss to Sioux Falls Roosevelt. The Titans were right there at the half, trailing only by five (35-30) and stuck close in the third as well, however Tea Area was outscored 24-6 in the fourth.  “Friday was a good eye opener for us after a seven game win streak. Roosevelt is one of the top 2-3 teams in our class and they certainly proved it against us. We played

Anna Binde takes the three pointer during the match-up against Watertown. On Thursday, Jan. 15 the Tea Area High School girls’ basketball team took on Sioux Falls Jefferson and despite leading 26-23 at the half, the Titans suffered the 54-44 loss. The Titans led by six in the third but Jefferson outscored Tea Area 19-9 to put the game away, getting ten second chance scores.  For the Titans, Ellie Clayberg led the way with 11 points in the game. She hit three of five from down

On Friday, Jan. 9 the Tea Area High School girls’ basketball team took on West Fargo Horace during the Border Battle at the Pentagon. Horace jumped out early and the Titans couldn’t recover, suffering the 70-41 loss.  Tea Area was led by Anna Binde who finished with 12 points in the game, going two of four from downtown. Binde also grabbed six rebounds and had one assist. Emma Lingren finished with ten points, going five of seven from the field. She pulled down five rebounds.

On Friday, Jan. 9 the Tea Area High School boys’ basketball team competed against Sioux Center in the Border Battle at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls.  The Titans fought hard and earned a 54-52 victory.  “Talk about a tough, gritty win. Sioux Center is a very good team with a lot of depth and a lot of talent. They did a few things in this game that gave us fits, but we executed down the stretch very well and got some hard-nosed stops when we needed it most,” said Titan head coac

Tyler Woodring captured a championship to lead the Tea Area High School boys wrestling team at the 2026 Mid Dakota Monster, held recently in Presho. Woodring went undefeated on the day to claim first place at 138 pounds. Woodring received a first-round bye before pinning Caden Singrey of Kingsbury County in 2:49. He followed with falls over Luke Olson of Mobridge-Pollock in 0:56 and Witt Myers of Stanley County in just 0:13 in the semifinals. In the championship match, Woodri

This past weekend, the Tea Area High School girls’ basketball team headed out west to face off against Douglas on Friday, Jan. 2, and Sturgis Brown on Saturday, Jan. 3.  The Titans earned victories in both match-ups, defeating Douglas 58-27 and Sturgis 49-31.  Against Douglas, Emma Lingren led the way with 12 points, seven steals, and two rebounds. She went three for three from downtown.  Anna Binde finished the night with nine points, seven rebounds, and one steal. Both Elli