P.O. Sports

@PO_Sports

The Watertown Public Opinion sports department, Roger Merriam. Contact me at [email protected]

Watertown, SD

Joined August 2011

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · 9 h

Photos of Lake Norden Lakers and the Milbank Firechiefs in District 1B amateur baseball tourney thepublicopinion.com/picture-galler…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Photos of game in District 1B amateur baseball tournament before rain suspends play.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · 10 h

State Class A American Legion Baseball tournament opens Tuesday at Watertown Stadium thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/2…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Watertown Post 17's American Legion Baseball team hopes to challenge for program's first state championship since 1931.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · 11 h

Legion Baseball: Watertown hosts state A July 29-Aug. 5 & Milbank state B Aug. 1-5 thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/2…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Voters asked to picked who they think will win the State A and B American Legion Baseball tourneys being held in Watertown and Milbank.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 27

Photos from the 2025 USA Softball of South Dakota State Youth Slowpitch Softball Tournament thepublicopinion.com/picture-galler…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Forty-nine boys and girls teams competed for state titles in USA Softball of South Dakota Youth Slowpitch tourney.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 26

Legion baseball tourneys run July 29-Aug. 2 at Watertown (Class A) and Aug. 1-5 at Milbank (Class B) thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/2…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Watertown Post 17 set to face Pierre on Tuesday in state Class A American Legion Baseball tournament at Watertown Stadium.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 26

Taking a look at many of Clark & Willow Lake's top high school athletes since December of 1984 thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/2…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Roger Merriam's Gimme 5 or 10 series continues with a look at some of the top athletes from Clark and Willow Lake the past 40 years.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 26

Photo gallery of top athletes for Clark and Willow Lake the past 40 years thepublicopinion.com/picture-galler…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Gallery of photos to be used with Roger Merriam's Gimme 5 or 10 series story on Clark and Willow Lake's best athletes since December of 1984.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 25

Watertown Area Swim Club takes second, Aberdeen Swim Club fourth in state long-course meet thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/2…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Watertown Area Swim Club swimmers won 22 individual events and eight relays on the way to another runner-up finish in the state long course meet.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 25

Area sports highlights feature youth slowpitch softball, golf and horseshoes thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/2…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Charlie Appelhof wins the 2025 Masters golf tournament at the Prairie Dunes Golf Course in Goodwin.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 24

Postseason play set to open for Class A-B Legion, Junior Legion, amateur & S.D. Class A baseball teams thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/2…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Postseason or state-tournament play set to begin for most of the area's summer baseball teams.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 23

Paisley & Ryan Neale of Watertown, Genevieve & Nathan Golz of Aberdeen win in SDGA Adult-Junior tourney thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/2…

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 23

Photos of Watertown women racquetball players Sue Nilsen and Rachelle Thorson thepublicopinion.com/picture-galler…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Sue Nilsen and Rachelle Thorson of Watertown are compete in women's racquetball singles July 26-28 in the National Senior Games at Des Moines, IA.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 23

Watertown's Susan Nilsen, Rachelle Thorson ready to play women's racquetball on national stage thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/2…

PO_Sports's tweet card. After years of playing against each other on the court, two Watertown women's racquetball players set to compete in national event at Iowa.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 21

Readers asked to pick which of the area's 23 Class B volleyball teams will lead way this fall thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/2…

PO_Sports's tweet card. Readers asked to decide which of the area's 23 Class B volleyball teams will be the best this fall.

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · 5 m

Storm threat postpones opening ceremony for state Class A American Legion Baseball Tournament @Post17Baseball until Tuesday.

PO_Sports's tweet image. Storm threat postpones opening ceremony for state Class A American Legion Baseball Tournament @Post17Baseball until Tuesday.

P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 26

Here's the official bracket for the 2025 South Dakota State B American Legion Baseball tournament that opens Friday in Milbank. #sdpreps

PO_Sports's tweet image. Here's the official bracket for the 2025 South Dakota State B American Legion Baseball tournament that opens Friday in Milbank. #sdpreps

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 26

Other expected first-round games in the state B American Legion Baseball tournament at Milbank include Groton (25-7) vs. Winner-Colome (16-2) at 5 p.m., followed by Scotland-Menno-Freeman-Canistota (15-11) vs. Milbank (10-10). The official bracket will come out soon. #sdpreps

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P.O. Sports@PO_Sports · Jul 26

Still waiting for confirmation but here are the unofficial pairings for the State B American Legion baseball tournament that opens Friday in Milbank. Clark-Willow Lake (16-6) vs. Dell Rapids (17-4) at 10 a.m., followed by Parkston (14-11) vs. Dakota Valley (17-6).

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