The Watertown Civic Arena is the site for the nineteenth annual state competition for cheer and dance. Competition for Class A will be held on Friday, Oct. 24, with opening ceremonies beginning at 5:00 p.m.(CT) Class AA competition will begin at 11:00 a.m.(CT) on Saturday, Oct. 25.   Class A has 20 schools entered in the competitive cheer competition with 6 in the competitive dance competition. In Class AA, 18 schools will compete in competitive dance, with 19 set to compete

Tea Area High School volleyball took on Sioux Falls Lincoln on Thursday, Oct. 9 and fell 0-3. On Monday, Oct. 13 the team took on Madison won 3-1 (25-22, 25-21, 21-25, 25-23). The Titans will host Mitchell this Friday, Oct. 24. Pictured at left moving clockwise:  Remington Bechard goes up for the kill; Avery Franzen with the dig; Chloe Christensen hits it over the Sioux Falls Lincoln defender; and Ellie Clayberg sets the ball for the Titans.

The Tea Area High School cross country team traveled to Mitchell on Saturday, Oct. 11, to compete in the ESD Championship Cross Country Meet. The event featured 433 athletes from the ten ESD schools across six races. The Titans turned in several outstanding performances throughout the day. The varsity girls opened the meet, facing an incredibly competitive field that included 17 of the top 26 runners in Class AA. The Titans ran strong from start to finish and placed fifth as

Mitch Grant follows his blockers during the Titans’ match-up against Watertown last Friday night. On Friday, Oct. 10 the Tea Area High School football team hosted Watertown and after leading 7-3 early, Tea Area was unable to hang on in the second half as Watertown scored once in the third and once in the fourth to get the 15-7 win over the Titans. Tea Area scored in the opening quarter on a Mitch Grant pass to Grifin Wiebenga for 23 yards. The kick after by Cameron Hillestad

As a Tea Area student, Lauren (Hill) Diede was involved in many activities. As a 2013 Tea Area graduate, Diede participated in track, volleyball, basketball, band, choir, FCCLA, HOSA, student council and National Honor Society. Diede was one of five to be inducted into the Tea Area School District Hall of Fame during homecoming in September. “It’s a really huge honor, especially because I got to see the school itself grow and we got to watch individuals and then teams succeed

The Tea Area School Board met Oct. 13 and heard about the annual levy trend. Superintendent Tonia Warzecha presented a levy trend report. The board reviews it every year at this time. She said the district’s levy has gone down. The bond redemption levy has gone down 24 cents since last year. They are strategic in the bond redemption to leave room to build in the future. Last year the district’s bond redemption levy was $2.66; this year it’s $2.42. Out capital outlay fund levy

With all members present, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, Oct. 7 in the Lincoln County Boardroom to discuss agenda items including a public hearing, bridge plans, and election precinct boundary changes.  Chairwoman Tiffani Landeen started the meeting with a second reading and public hearing for an Ordinance of Lincoln County, SD, amending Section 1 of Ordinance 0904-06, Section 1: Organization; The Airport Board shall consist of seven (7) individuals as

The Tea Area High School Marching Band had an incredible day at the March to the Meridian competition in Yankton on Saturday, Oct. 11, bringing home an impressive seven awards — including first place in both the parade and field competitions, as well as the coveted Sweepstakes title. “This was our third year competing at the March to the Meridian,” said Band Director Stephanie Wranek. “This year we came home with seven awards on the day. It was an outstanding day for our grou

The Tea Area Titans made the short trip to Lennox on Thursday to compete in the Oriole Invitational cross country meet, which featured...

Carter Brown rushed for over 100 yards against Brookings The Tea Area High School football team delivered a dominant performance on both...