Prior Lake
SPORTS
FOX 9 Town Ball Tour heads to Elko on July 3
ELKO, Minn. (FOX 9) - Elko is next at bat for the FOX 9 Town Ball Tour on Wednesday, July 3. FOX 9 will be live at Fredrickson Field in Elko starting at 5 p.m. as the Elko Express take on the Prior Lake Jays at 7 p.m. Baseball has...
Formula One Event Coming to Minnesota this Fall
Formula One racing continues to grow in popularity in the United States, and fans of the high speed sport will get a chance to experience the power of F1 in a new event coming to Minnesota this fall. Back in the late 90s, Minneapolis was home to the Grand Prix...
St. Paul's Suni Lee makes U.S. Women's Gymnastics Olympic team
MINNEAPOLIS — St. Paul native and Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee will again represent the U.S. as part of the Women's Gymnastics team at the Paris Games this summer.Lee will be joined on the five-woman team by Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera.Lee was second only to Biles in all-around scoring at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials this past weekend in Minneapolis, and she scored the highest on the uneven bars. The hometown crowd gave Lee plenty of love at Target Center."I thought it was absolutely insane, it was so fun," Lee said. "I was super, super...
Journey to Paris | Shane Wiskus
MINNEAPOLIS — Despite finishing third in the all-around competition at the USA men's gymnastics trials over the weekend... "I had the best two days of competition of my life, so it's all I can do," said Olympic gymnast Shane Wiskus. The Spring Park native was part of the core...
3 Minnesotans headed to Paris on U.S. Paralympics swimming team
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota will be well represented in the pool at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. Three Minnesota women will be part of Team USA after securing their spots during the U.S. Paralympics swimming trials at the University of Minnesota over the weekend. Eagan's Mallory Weggemann will be heading...
Bison get Minneapolis linebacker Chase Brixius
The Minneapolis area pipeline has struck again for NDSU in the recruiting world. The Bison got a top 30 player out of the state of Minnesota for the sixth time in this year's recruiting cycle, scoring three-star linebacker prospect Chase Brixius. The Benilde-St. Margaret's product held offers from MAC schools...
Jack O’Neil Becomes an Olympian at U.S. Paralympic Team Trials
LARAMIE, Wyo. (7/1/24) – The University of Wyoming will have representation at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Swimmer Jack O'Neil earned Olympian status at the Team Trials in Minneapolis over the weekend following a strong performance in multiple events inside Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. O'Neil topped the...
Minnesota Football offseason defensive superlatives: Best upgrades, sleepers, and position battles
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Gopher Football will begin its 2024 season in less than two months after an offseason of retooling its roster, and its defense will be a huge focal point in year one under Corey Hetherman. Injuries and inexperience at linebacker and safety decimated the 2023 defense, and the...
Spring Grove’s Reinhardt is State Trap Champion
Spring Grove senior Taylor Reinhardt is the 2024 Girls State Trap champion after hitting 99 of 100 flying clay targets at the state champion-ships in Prior Lake, conducted by the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). The three-time All-State Lion shooter, competing in the rain, edged out three girls who scored 98. Last year, in the first year for a separate division for girls, Reinhardt had tied with the second-best score of 98, but after the tie-breaker, brought home the fourth-place medal. This year, she qualified again by being one of the top 25 girls in the state, based on their five-week, regular-season average.
Stephen Nedoroscik Makes Team USA for 2024 Paris Olympics
MINNEAPOLIS – Penn State men's gymnastic alumnus Stephen Nedoroscik earned a bid to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games following the Olympic Trials held in Minneapolis over the weekend. Nedoroscik will join Stanford's Asher Hong and Brody Malone and Michigan's Paul Juda and Fred Richards on the five-man team. The Worchester, Mass. native qualifies for his first Olympic team after falling short of making the Tokyo Olympic team three years ago. That year Nedoroscik was the world champion on pommel horse. The pommel horse specialist led the pack in the event after day one of the trials, earning a score of...
Three-time all-around gymnastics state champion traded the mat for motherhood
LONSDALE, Minn. — Many argue Minnesota is a well-known gymnastics state. Just ask someone who was one of four women to be a high school champion three times. Bailey DuPay won the all-around MSHSL state championship title three times in her high school career in the early 2010s, while competing for Northfield High School."My senior year was almost 10 years ago, and that doesn't feel that long, but at the same time feels like a lifetime ago," said DuPay.Now her 2-year-old daughter, Summer, is the one doing the jumping and tumbling inside their Lonsdale home. She's excited for her daughter, as young...
Gophers basketball adds Toledo transfer Tyler Cochran to 2024-25 roster
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Ben Johnson didn’t rule out the possibility of adding one more player to the University of Minnesota men’s basketball team’s 2024-25 roster while speaking at summer workouts a few weeks ago. Monday, the team announced it has added Toledo transfer Tyler Cochran, a...
Olympic gymnastic trials close out busy hospitality weekend in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials wrapped up Sunday, closing out a busy weekend in Minneapolis. Restaurants were buzzing Sunday as gymnastics fans flooded downtown, many coming from out-of-state to watch their favorite gymnasts compete. "It’s kind of like our summer vacation. Last year we did Disney....
Joe Mauer elected to National High School Hall of Fame
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Joe Mauer is a member of the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame, and last year was a first ballot selection to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He can add one more to the list. Mauer on Monday was officially inducted to the National High School Hall of Fame. recognizes elite-level excellence and contributions by coaches, officials, administrators, athletes and Fine Arts leaders. He’s one of 11 inductees to the 2024 class.
WEM Clay Target Team Awards announced
The 2024 WEM Clay Target season just wrapped up and it was a huge success! There were 66 members on this year's team of which 50 of them elected to shoot competitively with Clay Target USA which requires additional fees. For WEM, the clay target season consists of both trap...
Olympic athletes work with psychologists to keep their head in the game
MINNEAPOLIS — In the 2021 Summer Olympics, Simone Biles withdrew from the women's team finals because of mental health challenges. It's a common battle for athletes, especially competing at the highest level.That's where people like Dr. Carly Anderson, the owner of Premier Sports Psychology, step in and play a crucial role in an athlete's performance. It's a role on the sidelines that she benefited from when she was a college gymnast at UCLA."By the time I had graduated, our team had won three national championships, and I remember thinking to myself, 'I think there's something to be said about this whole...
Jade Carey headed to second Olympics
MINNEAPOLIS, Min. — Oregon State Gymnast, Jade Carey, is headed to her second Olympics. The Tokyo gold medalist had some tough competition at the U.S. Gymnastics Trials this past weekend in Minneapolis, MN at the Target Center, but landed a spot on Team USA. "This is the most stressful...
24 in '24 Most Indispensable Huskers: Emmett Johnson
Continuing with our 24 in '24 Most Indispensable Huskers. These are not ranked based on perceived talent alone, but also with consideration to the depth chart and how significant the drop off might be if one of these players were out for any length of time. So far we've had...
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments. It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency: our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. We strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation. Join us in shaping the news narrative together.