On Friday, Oct. 17, the Tea Area High School football team traveled to Yankton to take on the 6-2 Bucks. Yankton scored twice in the opening quarter — a 36-yard field goal and a 72-yard touchdown. The Bucks added another score in the second quarter after a Titan fumble was recovered for a Yankton touchdown, giving the Bucks a 17-0 lead at the half. In the third quarter, Yankton extended their lead with a two-yard touchdown run to make it 23-0. However, the Titans got on the b

With all members present, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, Oct. 14, in the Lincoln County Boardroom. Chairwoman Tiffani Landeen started the meeting with the first reading and staff briefing — an ordinance of Lincoln County, SD, amending the code of ordinances by revising Chapter 155, Joint Zoning Regulations for Lincoln County and the City of Sioux Falls, Section 155.010: Boundaries of Joint and Platting Jurisdiction.  Planning Director Toby Brown provid

The Tea City Council met Oct. 20 and held a public hearing on the comprehensive plan. They heard from Confluence about the city’s comprehensive plan. Confluence’s Chris Shires hit the highlights of the plan that has been in the works since 2023. Goals of some of the plan include: •Land use plan goal: Promote a mix of land uses that enhances quality of life and promotes economic development •Housing goal: Create and maintain healthy residential neighborhoods that provide a hig

Tea Area High School will compete in the Class AA State Cross Country Meet  this Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron. “We are excited for the chance to compete at the upcoming AA State Meet. Our goal is to compete as best we can and represent our school and community well. We’ve got a great group of athletes and they have worked hard all season to be ready for the State Meet, ” said head coach Ryan Decker.  In AA, each school sends a full team to th

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