The Tea Area High School track and field teams delivered a historic performance at the 2026 SDHSAA State AA Track and Field Meet, held May 28-30 at Howard Wood Field. Leading the way was junior Sydney Stahlecker, who etched her name into the Titan record books with a pair of State championships. Stahlecker captured first place in both the girls 400-meter dash and 200-meter dash, becoming the first Tea Area athlete to win an individual state championship since the school moved

The Tea Area High School track and field team turned in several strong performances at the Howard Wood Last Chance Meet on Thursday, May 21, at Howard Wood Field, as athletes made final preparations ahead of the State AA meet. The Titans were led by several top-three finishes, including a pair of event victories and multiple podium performances. Junior Sydney Stahlecker highlighted the meet for the Titans by winning the girls 100-meter dash in 12.18 seconds. Her performance

The Tea Baseball Association is hosting the inaugural Titans of the Diamond Tournament May 29-31 at the Tea Athletic Complex. In addition to TBA teams in 3rd-6th grade, the tournament is bringing in teams from Pierre, Sioux City, Harrisburg, Vermillion, Brandon, Sioux Falls and West Central. Games will be played on fields B, C, D and F Friday-Sunday. A complete game schedule can be found at teaparkandrecreation.com/tba. Scores will be updated throughout the weekend. The publ

The Tea Area High School softball team saw its season come to an end Tuesday, May 26, falling to Rapid City Stevens High School, 10-6, in the SoDak 16 match-up in Rapid City. With the victory, Stevens earned a berth in the Class AA State Softball Tournament. The Titans came out strong early, using timely hitting and solid defense to build a 4-0 lead through the first three innings. After a scoreless opening frame, Tea Area broke through in the top of the second inning. Kaylyn

Four members of the Tea Area High School girls golf team have qualified for the 2026 South Dakota Class “AA” State Golf Tournament, set for June 1-2 at Cattail Crossing Golf Course in Watertown. Qualifying for the Titans were junior Taylor Lowe, sophomore Makenna Vavra, and freshmen Camie Powell, and Rylee Loe (pictured above). The quartet earned the opportunity to compete against the top golfers in the state at the two-day, 36-hole tournament. “I am excited to watch these fo

The No. 16 seed Tea Area Titans saw their 2026 baseball season come to an end on Friday, May 15, as they traveled to face top-seeded Harrisburg in the Class A Super Regional Tournament. In the best-of-three series, the Tigers swept the Titans with 5-1 and 7-1 victories to earn a berth in the South Dakota State Baseball Tournament. In the first game, the Tigers broke through in the bottom of the second inning. After Treydon Hofer was hit by a pitch and Griffen Schlapkohl drew

The Tea Area High School track and field team turned in an impressive performance at the Eastern South Dakota Conference Track and Field Meet on Saturday, May 16, highlighted by two individual conference champions and one winning relay team. Leading the way for the Titans was junior Sydney Stahlecker, who captured the girls 200-meter dash conference title in a personal-best time of 24.44 seconds. Her mark ranks No. 1 in both South Dakota and Class AA this season. Stahlecker a

The Tea Area High School softball team came up just short on Thursday, May 14, falling to Rapid City Stevens 4-3 on a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning. Tea Area struck first in the opening inning. After Kaylyn Hall singled and courtesy runner Lillian Turek moved into scoring position, Brynn Kline lined a double to left field to bring home Turek and give the Titans an early 1-0 advantage. Rapid City Stevens answered in the third inning when Audrinna C

The Tea Area High School softball team faced a challenging stretch of competition last week, dropping games to the Sioux Falls Washington Warriors and the Sioux Falls Roosevelt Rough Riders before bouncing back with an impressive 8-1 victory over the Mitchell Kernels on Monday, May 11. On Tuesday, May 5, Tea Area was held scoreless in a 6-0 loss to Sioux Falls Washington. The Warriors took a 1-0 lead in the opening inning and added another run in the third. Washington broke t

The Tea Area High School girls softball team faced a challenging stretch of games over the weekend, dropping contests to the Harrisburg Tigers and the Sioux Falls Jefferson Cavaliers before bouncing back with a win over Pierre T.F. Riggs Governors. Tea Area opened play Friday, May 1, falling 16-1 to Harrisburg. The Titans struck early in the top of the first inning when Kaylyn Hall delivered an RBI double to score Ava Opland and give Tea Area a 1-0 lead. Harrisburg responded