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More than 250 local dancers set to perform at Great Plains Lutheran High School
The Grace Dance Academy's annual student showcase is scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Great Plains Lutheran High School in Watertown. The showcase — called "The Greatest Show" — will feature more than 250 local dancers. Sessions are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Friday and at 11 a.m. (ages 3-5), 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, visit https://gracedancewatertown.com. This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: More than 250 local dancers set to perform at Great Plains Lutheran High School
Watertown, Lake Norden and Aberdeen Central grads among 14 greats to be inducted in August
Half of the 14 former standouts who will be inducted into the South Dakota High School Basketball Hall of Fame on Aug. 24 have Watertown or Aberdeen area connections. The former area standouts set to be honored include 1978 Watertown High School graduate Kay (Stormo) Freund, 1954 Lake Norden graduate Dale Jacobsen, 2004 Aberdeen Central graduate Derrick McCauley, 1953 Aberdeen Central graduate Wayne Fix, 1994 Hitchcock graduate JoEllen (Hofer) Salmen, 1967 Glenham graduate Dennis Smith and 1978...
Justin Remmers' second-place finish at No. 3 singles leads Watertown to fifth
SIOUX FALLS — A runner-up finish at No. 3 singles by Justin Remmers sparked Watertown High School's boys tennis team to a fifth-place finish in the two-day Eastern South Dakota Conference tournament that concluded on Tuesday. The tourney was slated to be held at Pierre, but was moved indoors to Sioux Falls because of the forecasted weather. ...
A group of area high school athletes are among the candidates for the weekly honor
It's the start of another week and you know what that means. You can help us decide the Public Opinion's Athlete of the Week for April 29-May 5. Take the time to vote. Voting runs through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. ...
A second story on some of Watertown best Legion and high school baseball players since 1984
Editor's Note: Sports writer Roger Merriam is compiling a "20 Favorites" series highlighting some of his favorite athletes in a variety of high school sports since he started working at the Watertown Public Opinion in December of 1984. The series is about northeastern South Dakota athletes, but some played at colleges all over the state and others have moved to other areas. The series recently received a second-place honor in the Best Sports Series (for multi-day publications) in the 2023 SDNA Better News Media Contest). ...
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