WATERTOWN — It couldn't have been easy for Kaden Rylance to follow in the footsteps of one of the greatest all-around athletes in Watertown High School history — his father Heath.

But the younger Rylance has already made his mark and could put a big exclamation point on his own stellar athletic career this week when Watertown Post 17 hosts the 2025 South Dakota State Class A American Legion Baseball Tournament at Watertown Stadium.

Rylance is the ace pitcher, and also pretty-noted hitter, for a Post 17 team that is hosting the state tourney for the first time in 34 seasons and hopes to challenge for the program's first state title in 94 years.

"I think there's been some pressure for us going all the way back to the high school season when we were ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll,"

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