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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. ...
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. ...
Track, golf, tennis, softball and baseball athletes among this week's honorees
Slowly, but surely, the pace of the 2024 high school spring sports season in South Dakota is picking up pace. There were some events again postponed or cancelled because of weather last week, but there were still plenty of events held. Here are some of the top area performers from April 29-May 5. ...
Top performers honored in track and field, golf, boys tennis, softball and baseball
Even with rain slowing down the end of the week schedule, there was still plenty of top area athletic performers for April 22-28. Here goes: Boys Track and Field David VanVeen and Kyson Fayant, Aberdeen Central — VanVeen won the 800 (2:05.69), 1,600 (4:34.11) and 3,200-meter (9:51.54) runs in a dual with Watertown. Fayant...
Two-time state Class A champion topped field in the 15-and-under 57-kg freestyle division
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Watertown High School freshman Gage Lohr has taken his standout wrestling ability from South Dakota to a national stage. The two-time South Dakota state Class A individual champion became a national champion on Friday night when he downed Weston Burgers of Beast Mode Wrestling (Ohio) 14-9 to win the 57-kilogram (around 125 pounds) 15-and-under freestyle championship in the U.S. Open Wrestling Championships. ...
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...
April 15-21 list includes track, softball, baseball and tennis players
Cold weather definitely messed with a number of area high school athletic events last week, but there were still enough to put together a Top Performers List for April 15-22. Breanna Jochim, Herreid-Selby Area —Jochim won the girls' 100 (12.87) and 200-meter (26.71) dashes along with the long jump (16-2) in the Sully Butts Charger Invite.
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.
Neale surpasses Mitch Johnson's as program's all-time winningest coach with 207 wins
The opening weekend of the season for the Watertown Post 17 American Legion Baseball team couldn't have been better. Post 17 combined to win four games on Saturday and Sunday in Iowa and helped head coach Ryan Neale become the program's all-time wins leader in the process. Watertown defeated Storm Lake 6-4 and Iowa...
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). ...
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