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Dakota Gold Academy gymnasts perform well in state, region championships
WATERTOWN — The Daktoa Gold Academy gymnasts of Watertown wrapped up another successful season with strong performances in the South Dakota State USA Gymnastics Championships at Rapid City and Region 4 Championships in Iowa. The state meet produced two state championship teams, 36 regional qualifers and 64 top-3 podum finishes for DGA athletes. Dakota Gold has won four state team titles in five years under owners Bobby and Liz Linneman. ...
Twelve high school athletes up for consideration for Athlete of the Week for April 22-28
It's just another voting Monday. That's right. It's time for you to vote again in the Public Opinion's Athlete of the Week Poll for April 22-28. There's 12 candidates to choose from this week. ...
SDHSAA revises state's Class 11AAA and 11AA schedules for this fall
PIERRE — Hold on a second. The 2024 Class 11AAA and 11AA high school football schedules released by the South Dakota High School Activities Association last week have been revised. That includes the schedules for area Class 11AA teams Watertown and Aberdeen Central. Since the Rushmore Bowl in Rapid...
Arrows and Golden Eagles' high school and middle school teams compete in added meet
ABERDEEN — Watertown and Aberdeen Central's track and field teams didn't get to compete last Friday in the Watoma Relays in Watertown, but made up for it with a combined high school-middle school dual on Monday. The 60th Watoma Relays meet was called off because of cold weather on...
Ten area athletes among the candidates for the weekly honor
It was really cold most of last week and wiped out a good portion of the area high school athletic schedule. There was still enough stuff early in the week to come up with a list of candidates for the Public Opinon's Athlete of the Week Poll for April 15-21.
Some of Watertown's best American 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). ...
Area athletes already recording strong performances early in the spring season
There were a lot of high school sports happenings in the area April 8-14 and here's some top performers:. (Note: Results for area track and field results can be found by visiting www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/SouthDakota/). Chloe Raw, Arlington — Raw won the girls' 100 (12.59) and 200 (25.72) dashes and also ran...
Arrows getting ready to face some of the state top teams in the coming days
WATERTOWN — Watertown High School's boys tennis team tuned up for a tough stretch by posting 9-0 wins over Aberdeen Roncalli and Sioux Falls Roosevelt in a triangular Tuesday at Highland Park. The Arrows are slated to host highly-regarded Sioux Falls Washington at 12:30 p.m. on Friday before hitting the road next week to face Harrisburg and O'Gorman on Monday at Harrisburg, Brandon Valley and Sioux Falls Christian on Tuesday at Brandon and Yankton and Brookings on...
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