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Tea Area girls golf returns experienced core, youthful depth for 2026 season
The Tea Area High School girls golf team will open its 2026 season April 16 at Spring Creek Golf Course, with the Titans looking to build on a successful first season in Class AA under third-year head coach Nick Berg. Berg said last season gave the program confidence competing at a higher classification level. “We had a successful first year competing in the AA class of girls golf,” Berg said. “We had multiple girls that competed for placing at numerous events.” The Titans al
Apr 2
Titans return veteran talent, set high goals for 2026 track season
The Tea Area High School track and field teams enter the 2026 season with momentum, returning a large group of experienced athletes and building on lessons learned during their first full year competing in Class AA. The Titans opened the season March 27 at an indoor meet hosted by Mount Marty University and will compete April 6 at the South Dakota State University Indoor Meet in Brookings before traveling April 7 to Lincoln High School. Tea Area’s first home meet is scheduled
Apr 2


Tea Area softball looks to build on growth entering 2026 season
The Tea Area High School softball team is preparing to open the 2026 season with a focus on continued growth, experience and depth as the Titans return much of last year’s roster under fourth-year head coach Emmie Uitts. Tea Area opened it’s season on Monday, March 30 in a 5-2 victory over Sioux Falls Lincoln. Weather permitting, the Titans will host its first home game April 2 against Sioux Falls Jefferson High School. The Titans are also scheduled to host Roosevelt High Sc
Apr 2
Titan baseball to open season this Sunday
The Tea Area High School baseball team enters the 2026 season looking to continue building momentum as the Titans work toward making it to the State Tournament under head coach Rob Schramm. Now entering his third season leading the varsity program, Schramm said the team has focused on strengthening its foundation and taking steps forward during the offseason. “We are on the right track of setting our foundation for growing our program,” Schramm said. “During the offseason wor
Mar 26


Titans cap historic first Class AA State run with seventh-place finish: Gavin Shawd earns All-Tournament honors after leading all scorers
The Tea Area High School boys’ basketball team added another milestone to program history on Thursday, March 19, making its first-ever appearance at the South Dakota High School Boys Basketball State Tournament Class AA State Tournament. While the Titans were newcomers to the Class AA stage, the program entered the tournament with plenty of state experience, having previously qualified for the Class A State Tournament five times and bringing home two state championships, alon
Mar 26


Titans finish seventh in historic first Class AA State appearance
For only the second time in school history, and for the first time in Class AA, the Tea Area High School girls’ basketball team punched their ticket to State last week with a SoDak 16 win over Harrisburg. The victory sent the Titans to the State AA Tournament held in Rapid City on Thursday, Mar. 12 through Saturday, Mar. 14. This marked the program’s first appearance to the State AA, with their previous State trip coming in 2024, when Tea Area finished as the Class A runner-u
Mar 19


Kamps places fifth at State AA Powerlifting
Addison Kamps, a junior from Tea Area High School, competed in the 123-pound class at the South Dakota Class AA Powerlifting Championships held Saturday, Mar. 14, at Sioux Falls Roosevelt. Kamps managed to reach the podium with a fifth-place finish. Her three-lift total was 495 pounds.
Mar 19


Forty-two Tea youth wrestlers qualify for State
Eighty-one Tea youth wrestlers participated in the Region 5 AAU wrestling tournament at Sioux Falls Washington on Saturday, March 14th. The Titans had fifty wrestlers place in the top four at the region tournament. Forty-two of those wrestlers qualified for the SDWCA State Youth Wrestling Tournament to be held in Sioux Falls on March 20th–22nd. The top three wrestlers from each weight class in all age divisions advanced to the State tournament, except for the 14U division, wh
Mar 19


Lightning Strikes Twice: Titan girls and boys qualify for State
Grifin Wiebenga takes the shot during SoDak 16 play in Spearfish and Jaycie Babb powers up for the score in the girls’ SoDak 16 match-up against Harrisburg. =For the first time since moving to Class AA, both the Tea Area High School girls and boys have punched their ticket to the State Tournament. The Titan girls got things done on Friday, Mar. 6 defeating Harrisburg at home 66-60 in the SoDak 16 to advance and the Titan boys got things done on Saturday, Mar. 7 defea
Mar 12


90 Titans youth wrestlers participate in District Tourney
The Tea Youth Wrestling Club participated in the District AAU Wrestling Tournament on Mar. 7 in Lennox. A total of 436 wrestlers competed from Tea, Brandon Valley, West Central, Lennox, Parker, and five Sioux Falls schools. Out of the 90 Titan wrestlers who participated, Tea placed 81 wrestlers in the top eight. Each of these wrestlers qualified for the Region 5 Tournament, which will be held at Sioux Falls Washington High School on Saturday, Mar. 14. This group includes 24 f
Mar 12
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