Kyle Venhuizen The Tea Area High School boys’ soccer team dropped a pair of matches last week, falling to Pierre, 3-2, on Monday, Sept. 15, before losing to Sioux Falls Washington, 3-1, on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Against Pierre, the Titans struck first in the opening half. Nathan Hall assisted Reed Cerny, who found the back of the net in the 11th minute to give Tea Area a 1-0 lead. The Titans added to their advantage in the second half when Hudson Hadrick scored on a shot with 3

The Tea Area High School cross country team capped their Homecoming week with a trip to Huron early Saturday morning, Sept. 19 to compete in the Clyde Cotton Invitational. The meet featured over 500 athletes from nearly 20 schools. The varsity girls race opened the day and the Titans turned in strong races. Grace Bialas led the Titan effort, using a strong finish to move up through the field and claim 15th place (20:47.1). Logan Castle had a strong start and finished just o

The Tea Area School Board met Sept. 14 and discussed fuel purchasing options. Superintendent Tonia Warzecha presented information on fuel purchases for the district. She said they reached out to four companies for information. Right now CHS owns the bus fueling station that the district pays $125 per year to lease. They currently use Farm Gas Cooperative for heating fuel at a rate of $1.45 per gallon. The district got a quote from CHS for heating fuel for $1.27 per gallon plu

The Tea Area High School girls’ soccer team faced a pair of tough opponents recently, falling to Watertown and Brandon Valley. The Titans traveled to Watertown Tuesday, Sept. 8, where they dropped a 6-1 decision to the host Warriors. Photos from the match are pictured above, below and at right by Laura Koele-Davis. Tea Area returned to action Thursday, Sept. 10, hosting Brandon Valley. The Titans were unable to find the back of the net and fell to the Lynx, 2-0. Tea Area will

The Tea Area High School cross country team traveled to Yankton Trails Park to participate in another premier Cross Country event, the Nike Heartland Pre-Regional Meet. The Meet featured over 1300 athletes from five states. The Titans turned out a number of amazing performances, recording a high number of personal and season best times, noted as PB and SB. The middle school boys race was the first of the day and the Titans were well represented, with 16 Titans in the field o

The Tea Area High School boys golf team captured second as a team at the Chargers Invitational boys’ golf tournament held early September at Spring Creek Golf Course. Tea Area earned second place with a team score of 290. Vermillion won the team title with a 288. Dakota Valley was third (303), host Sioux Falls Christian was fourth (308) and Tri-Valley (315) was fifth. Tea Area’s Sawyer Slack beat Chamberlain’s Chase McQuirk in a playoff for individual honors, each shooting a

The Tea Area High School football team remained unbeaten Friday night, overcoming a second-quarter surge by Watertown to defeat the Arrows 28-21 on Sept. 11 at the Allen Mitchell Complex in Watertown to improve to 3-0 on the season. The Titans jumped in front in the first quarter as Devyn Rhodes found Mitch Grant for the 81 yard touchdown pass. Landon DeRuyter’s point after gave the Titans the 7-0 lead before the Arrows answered with two second-quarter touchdowns to take a 14

Wildeboer Dairy is located on a fourth generation family farm in Lennox selling raw A2 Jersey milk and cream, bottled on the farm and picked up at the barn daily. Pictured are Julia, Gloria, Jonathan and Stephanie. For 100 years, the Wildeboer family has farmed the land south of Lennox. Today, Johnathan Wildeboer represents the third generation to work that ground and raise cattle there — and this summer, he and his family added a new chapter to the farm’s story by launching

The Tea City Council met Sept. 8 and approved updates to the old police station for use by the museum. City administrator Justin Weiland said they met with a local contractor about remodeling the former police station at 123 South Main. Part of the space will be remodeled into an area for the museum and another area will be made into a meeting room space for around 30 people. Park and rec will continue to use part of the garage space for equipment storage. The whole building

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, Sept. 8. With all members present, the commission heard agenda items including a first reading for an ordinance change, provisional budget discussion, and more. A first reading was held for an Ordinance of Lincoln County, SD, amending the Code of Ordinances of the County by changing the zone of the property described as the North half of the Northwest Quarter (N1/2NW1/4) (except the North 507.22 feet of the West 1030.50 f