The Tea Baseball Association’s younger teams had a great showing at their respective state tournaments July 17-19, bringing home four second place finishes. The 3rd grade and 5th grade teams played in Watertown. The 4th grade and 6th grade teams played in Brandon. The older teams will head to state tournaments July 24-26. 3RD GRADE NAVY 3rd Grade Navy went 4-1 at the State Tournament, bringing home 2nd place in the 3rd Grade Class A Upper Division. The Titans handily beat Har

The Tea Baseball Association’s 13U, 14U and 16U teams wrap up their seasons this weekend at their respective state tournaments. The 13U team is headed to Brookings and 14U will play in Pierre. Tea, along with Harrisburg and Renner, is tri-hosting the 16U State Tournament. Twelve teams from across the state are competing in this age group. Tea will hold games Friday (5 p.m./7:30 p.m.), Saturday (10:30 a.m./1 p.m./3:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.) and Sunday (9:30 a.m./Noon). Harrisburg is

The Titans 16U baseball team put together a strong showing at the Buffalo Wild Wings Classic Tournament in Brookings July 10-12, finishing pool play with a 2-1 record before falling in a hard-fought semifinal contest. The Titans opened the tournament with an 11-9 loss to Marshall, Minnesota. Blake Treloar, Egan Geelan and Owen Schramm each collected two hits in the game, while Treloar drove in three runs to lead the offense. The team bounced back in its second pool play game

The Tea Area youth under-12 baseball team captured the league championship with an exciting 8-7 victory over Harrisburg in the title game. The Tea Area under-12 squad finished the season on a high note, demonstrating teamwork, sportsmanship and determination throughout the year to earn the championship. Team members include Kingston Corner, Carter Plott, Noah Lowe, Jamison Baartman, Marshall Kelly, Oliver Matula, Trigg McAmis, Jordon Detloff, Tobin Kirschenman, Eason Baartman

The 14U Titans softball team capped off an impressive season by earning a second-place finish at the state softball tournament. Team members are pictured above and include, from left to right, (back row): Kenzie Koenig, Gracie Gniffke, Kya Rollinger, Mazie Petrik, Norah Brech, Claire Kunz, Emma Hilleson; (front row): Ali Delvaux, Elliet Augustine, Allie Babb, and Brooklyn Earll.

The Tea Steam earned a dominant shutout victory before falling in an extra-inning thriller during a pair of recent games. On Thursday, July 9, the Steam rolled to a 10-0 win over the Volga Cormorants behind a strong pitching performance and timely hitting. Billy Mote started on the mound and struck out six Volga hitters while helping keep the Cormorants off the scoreboard through five innings. Nathan Babb came on in relief to finish the shutout, striking out three. Tea jumpe

The Tea Baseball Association (TBA) has announced tryouts for its 2027 competitive baseball teams, with students entering third through sixth grade invited to compete for roster spots. Tryouts will be held on Monday, Aug. 3, at the Tea Athletic Complex. Player check-in will take place from 9:30 to 10 a.m., with tryouts running from 10 a.m. to noon. The competitive program is open to Tea Area School District students. Teams will compete in weekend tournaments from May through J

The Tea Steam were unable to solve Renner pitching on Monday, July 6, falling 4-0 to the Renner Monarchs in amateur baseball action. Renner struck first in the opening inning, capitalizing on an error to take a 1-0 lead. The Monarchs added two more runs in the third inning to extended its advantage to 3-0. Renner added an insurance run in the seventh, making it 4-0. Tea had opportunities but couldn’t come up with the timely hit. Dawson Portner led off the offense with a first

The Tea Area baseball teams have enjoyed a busy week. Below is the recap for this past week: 13U TITANS The 13U Titans swept a doubleheader against Brandon Valley on Wednesday. In Game 1, the Titans erased a four-run deficit with a five-run fifth inning to complete the comeback. Jax Jacobsma led the offense with two hits, Jack Anderson drove in two runs and Oliver Smith closed the door with 1-1/3 scoreless innings while striking out three. Game 2 was another complete team ef

The Tea Area High School boys basketball team flexed their muscles this offseason by capturing the championship at the University of Wisconsin Team Camp last week. Competing Wednesday and Thursday against teams from multiple states, the Titans put together an undefeated four-game run to claim the tournament title. Tea Area opened the championship bracket with a convincing 71-38 victory over Pecatonica, Illinois, in the Sweet 16 before advancing to the Elite Eight with a 68-40