Cassidy Hettesheimer
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sports reporter @startribune.com 📰 | @cassidyhsports on Instagram | watch women's sports 🏀⚽🏒 | Georgia grad, bundled up in Minnesota
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Finally got around to updating this sucker with all my @stribsports.startribune.com work from the past 11 months (whether that was prompted by letting my old website domain accidentally expire, I'll never tell)
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When asked if WNBA players should go on strike as they negotiate a new CBA, a majority of Americans said yes.
Every category backed the move, from men (56%) to WNBA fans (80%).
"Rarely does a question provoke such consistent support."
Seton Hall Poll:
blogs.shu.edu/sportspoll/2...
Every category backed the move, from men (56%) to WNBA fans (80%).
"Rarely does a question provoke such consistent support."
Seton Hall Poll:
blogs.shu.edu/sportspoll/2...
Americans Say WNBA Players are Underpaid and Should Strike if No Labor Agreement – The Seton Hall Sports Poll
blogs.shu.edu
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
When asked if WNBA players should go on strike as they negotiate a new CBA, a majority of Americans said yes.
Every category backed the move, from men (56%) to WNBA fans (80%).
"Rarely does a question provoke such consistent support."
Seton Hall Poll:
blogs.shu.edu/sportspoll/2...
Every category backed the move, from men (56%) to WNBA fans (80%).
"Rarely does a question provoke such consistent support."
Seton Hall Poll:
blogs.shu.edu/sportspoll/2...
As a former GK, I loved getting to hear Fridley's Addison Aleshire give her perspective on setting Minnesota's all-time saves record — a record that usually can't come without battling through some tough games.
For @stribsports.startribune.com
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For @stribsports.startribune.com
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Fridley goalkeeper Addison Aleshire ends career as state’s all-time leader in saves | Strib Varsity
Her hard-won mark of 1,117 saves surpassed the previous record of 850 established in 2018.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
As a former GK, I loved getting to hear Fridley's Addison Aleshire give her perspective on setting Minnesota's all-time saves record — a record that usually can't come without battling through some tough games.
For @stribsports.startribune.com
varsity.startribune.com/addison-ales...
For @stribsports.startribune.com
varsity.startribune.com/addison-ales...
In Holy Angels' girls soccer state quarterfinal victory, defender Claire Meyer's braid was topped with bright green and blue bows. The same colors dot the streets of south Minneapolis, reminders of the mass shooting at Annunciation.
For @stribsports.startribune.com ⬇️ 🔗 (photo/Carlos Gonzalez)
For @stribsports.startribune.com ⬇️ 🔗 (photo/Carlos Gonzalez)
October 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In Holy Angels' girls soccer state quarterfinal victory, defender Claire Meyer's braid was topped with bright green and blue bows. The same colors dot the streets of south Minneapolis, reminders of the mass shooting at Annunciation.
For @stribsports.startribune.com ⬇️ 🔗 (photo/Carlos Gonzalez)
For @stribsports.startribune.com ⬇️ 🔗 (photo/Carlos Gonzalez)
It's soccer state tournament time! Will be posted up at U.S. Bank Stadium on Tuesday (boys semis), Wednesday (girls semis) and Friday (six state title games!) covering for @stribsports.startribune.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It's soccer state tournament time! Will be posted up at U.S. Bank Stadium on Tuesday (boys semis), Wednesday (girls semis) and Friday (six state title games!) covering for @stribsports.startribune.com
It's the time of year when we start rolling out All-Minnesota teams for @stribsports.startribune.com. It's a tough process to select a top-25 team, but I like to think that no matter who makes it, it's 25 right answers, bc it's 25 student-athletes deserving of recognition.
Our soccer coverage 🧵
Our soccer coverage 🧵
October 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It's the time of year when we start rolling out All-Minnesota teams for @stribsports.startribune.com. It's a tough process to select a top-25 team, but I like to think that no matter who makes it, it's 25 right answers, bc it's 25 student-athletes deserving of recognition.
Our soccer coverage 🧵
Our soccer coverage 🧵
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Lynx forward Napheesa Collier is unanimous choice for All-WNBA team
Lynx forward Napheesa Collier is unanimous choice for All-WNBA team
Napheesa Collier and league MVP A’ja Wilson headed the honor squad, while rookie of the year Paige Bueckers was on the second team.
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lynx forward Napheesa Collier is unanimous choice for All-WNBA team
This winter, Kentucky WBB commit Maddyn Greenway has a shot at the MSHSL girls basketball scoring record. But first, this week, the Providence Lions senior set another impressive state scoring record — this one, in soccer.
For @stribsports.startribune.com
varsity.startribune.com/maddyn-green...
For @stribsports.startribune.com
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Providence Academy’s Maddyn Greenway breaks state soccer goalscoring record | Strib Varsity
The Kentucky basketball commit has the chance to set Minnesota’s career scoring records in both soccer and basketball as a senior.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This winter, Kentucky WBB commit Maddyn Greenway has a shot at the MSHSL girls basketball scoring record. But first, this week, the Providence Lions senior set another impressive state scoring record — this one, in soccer.
For @stribsports.startribune.com
varsity.startribune.com/maddyn-green...
For @stribsports.startribune.com
varsity.startribune.com/maddyn-green...
“I’m the most lucky person in the entire world. My parents are my two biggest supporters."
Forging her own path in a family of Gophers, Hill-Murray's Emily Pohl commits to the reigning NCAA champ, Wisconsin. For @stribsports.startribune.com
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Forging her own path in a family of Gophers, Hill-Murray's Emily Pohl commits to the reigning NCAA champ, Wisconsin. For @stribsports.startribune.com
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Emily Pohl, hockey state champion at Hill-Murray, commits to Wisconsin | Strib Varsity
Both of her parents, John Pohl and Krissy Wendell-Pohl, represented the Gophers, but junior forward Emily Pohl committed to the reigning national champion Badgers on Monday.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“I’m the most lucky person in the entire world. My parents are my two biggest supporters."
Forging her own path in a family of Gophers, Hill-Murray's Emily Pohl commits to the reigning NCAA champ, Wisconsin. For @stribsports.startribune.com
varsity.startribune.com/emily-pohl-h...
Forging her own path in a family of Gophers, Hill-Murray's Emily Pohl commits to the reigning NCAA champ, Wisconsin. For @stribsports.startribune.com
varsity.startribune.com/emily-pohl-h...
"We have the best players in the world, we have the best fans in the world, but right now, we have the worst leadership in the world." For @stribsports.startribune.com
www.startribune.com/wnba-lynx-na...
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Lynx star Napheesa Collier blasts the WNBA: ‘The worst leadership in the world’
As vice president of the players association, and co-founder of Unrivaled, Collier’s words carried heavy weight in the basketball community.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"We have the best players in the world, we have the best fans in the world, but right now, we have the worst leadership in the world." For @stribsports.startribune.com
www.startribune.com/wnba-lynx-na...
www.startribune.com/wnba-lynx-na...
Collier and Carrington both on scooters prior to Lynx-Mercury Game 4 in Phoenix
September 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Collier and Carrington both on scooters prior to Lynx-Mercury Game 4 in Phoenix
Live from Phoenix: What Lynx associate (and tonight, acting) head coach Eric Thibault had to say ahead of Game 4 + comments from Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts, for @stribsports.startribune.com
www.startribune.com/lynx-pregame...
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Lynx pregame update: Eric Thibault will coach a team on the verge of elimination in Phoenix
All-Star Napheesa Collier is injured and coach Cheryl Reeve is suspended for Game 4 against the Mercury.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Live from Phoenix: What Lynx associate (and tonight, acting) head coach Eric Thibault had to say ahead of Game 4 + comments from Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts, for @stribsports.startribune.com
www.startribune.com/lynx-pregame...
www.startribune.com/lynx-pregame...
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Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve suspended for Game 4 of WNBA semifinals after her postgame rant on Friday night. www.startribune.com/breaking-new...
Cheryl Reeve suspended for Game 4 Sunday against Phoenix with Lynx on brink of elimination
Following Friday's Game 3 loss to Phoenix in which star Napheesa Collier was injured, Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve gave a passionate rant regarding the poor officiating in the WNBA.
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September 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve suspended for Game 4 of WNBA semifinals after her postgame rant on Friday night. www.startribune.com/breaking-new...
Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve’s full quotes postgame re: officiating in loss to Mercury.
Don’t want to take any of it out of context, so here’s the full clip ⬇️
Don’t want to take any of it out of context, so here’s the full clip ⬇️
September 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve’s full quotes postgame re: officiating in loss to Mercury.
Don’t want to take any of it out of context, so here’s the full clip ⬇️
Don’t want to take any of it out of context, so here’s the full clip ⬇️
Scenes inside PHX Arena with an about an hour until tipoff 🎥
September 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Scenes inside PHX Arena with an about an hour until tipoff 🎥
Some pregame Game 3 reading, if you'd like. The past few weeks, the honesty that flows between Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve and guard Courtney Williams has been a recurring theme, and I wrote about it here for @stribsports.startribune.com:
www.startribune.com/honesty-is-t...
www.startribune.com/honesty-is-t...
Blunt dynamic drives vital Lynx partnership between Reeve, Williams
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September 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Some pregame Game 3 reading, if you'd like. The past few weeks, the honesty that flows between Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve and guard Courtney Williams has been a recurring theme, and I wrote about it here for @stribsports.startribune.com:
www.startribune.com/honesty-is-t...
www.startribune.com/honesty-is-t...
Lynx vs Mercury Game 3 vibes let’s get it
September 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Lynx vs Mercury Game 3 vibes let’s get it
"The lack of execution led us to the uncertainty."
Tonight, Minnesota didn't look like the second-half team it had this postseason, not as it gave up a 20-point third-quarter lead.
What Reeve and players had to say ⬇️ for @stribsports.startribune.com
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...
Tonight, Minnesota didn't look like the second-half team it had this postseason, not as it gave up a 20-point third-quarter lead.
What Reeve and players had to say ⬇️ for @stribsports.startribune.com
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...
Takeaways: Lynx collapse in second half vs. Mercury; series is tied 1-1
Napheesa Collier, who turned 29 on Tuesday night, scored 24 points in an 89-83 overtime loss to Phoenix.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"The lack of execution led us to the uncertainty."
Tonight, Minnesota didn't look like the second-half team it had this postseason, not as it gave up a 20-point third-quarter lead.
What Reeve and players had to say ⬇️ for @stribsports.startribune.com
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...
Tonight, Minnesota didn't look like the second-half team it had this postseason, not as it gave up a 20-point third-quarter lead.
What Reeve and players had to say ⬇️ for @stribsports.startribune.com
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...
We’re getting first quarter Masha minutes… this aged well
As Game 2 vs. Phoenix approaches, meet the Lynx closer, Masha Kliundikova
As Game 2 vs. Phoenix approaches, meet the Lynx closer, Masha Kliundikova
Kliundikova, third off the Lynx bench, had barely played in the WNBA postseason before the fourth quarter of Game 1. Then she shut down the Mercury and star Alyssa Thomas.
bit.ly
September 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We’re getting first quarter Masha minutes… this aged well
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This was a fun story about Gophers kicker Daniel Jackson and Blair Walsh's infamous 27-yard miss
From Chip Scoggins:
www.startribune.com/daniel-jacks...
From Chip Scoggins:
www.startribune.com/daniel-jacks...
Most interesting kicker in Minnesota? Or most interesting kicker ever?
Kidding aside, this week's Football Across Minnesota column tells you much more about Gophers kicker Daniel Jackson and his many varied interests.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This was a fun story about Gophers kicker Daniel Jackson and Blair Walsh's infamous 27-yard miss
From Chip Scoggins:
www.startribune.com/daniel-jacks...
From Chip Scoggins:
www.startribune.com/daniel-jacks...
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As Game 2 vs. Phoenix approaches, meet the Lynx closer, Masha Kliundikova
As Game 2 vs. Phoenix approaches, meet the Lynx closer, Masha Kliundikova
Kliundikova, third off the Lynx bench, had barely played in the WNBA postseason before the fourth quarter of Game 1. Then she shut down the Mercury and star Alyssa Thomas.
bit.ly
September 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
As Game 2 vs. Phoenix approaches, meet the Lynx closer, Masha Kliundikova
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For the Lynx, Bridget Carleton’s playoff contributions are quiet, until they’re not
For the Lynx, Bridget Carleton’s playoff contributions are quiet, until they’re not
The Canadian forward has found her shooting grove in the second half of close WNBA playoff games to put her team up 1-0 in the semifinals.
bit.ly
September 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For the Lynx, Bridget Carleton’s playoff contributions are quiet, until they’re not
Bridget Carleton’s 215 game appearances with the Lynx rank first on this current Minnesota roster. And these past two postseasons have proven that she hits the big shots when they count.
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For the Lynx, Bridget Carleton’s playoff contributions are quiet, until they’re not
The Canadian forward has found her shooting grove in the second half of close WNBA playoff games to put her team up 1-0 in the semifinals.
www.startribune.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Bridget Carleton’s 215 game appearances with the Lynx rank first on this current Minnesota roster. And these past two postseasons have proven that she hits the big shots when they count.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...
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A welcoming bandwagon: New and lifelong Lynx fans rally for team, community in WNBA semifinals
A welcoming bandwagon: New and lifelong Lynx fans rally for team, community in WNBA semifinals
The inclusivity of the franchise plays into its growing fan base and attracts even those who aren’t usually interested in sports.
bit.ly
September 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A welcoming bandwagon: New and lifelong Lynx fans rally for team, community in WNBA semifinals
Still thinking about that Lynx game last night? Yeah, me too.
Here’s what made the difference in the second half, for @stribsports.startribune.com:
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...
Here’s what made the difference in the second half, for @stribsports.startribune.com:
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...
Second-half switch-ups propel the Lynx past the Mercury in Game 1
Coach Cheryl Reeve subbed in a deep bench player, asked more of a starter and demanded rebounding after a flat first half in the WNBA semifinal series.
www.startribune.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Still thinking about that Lynx game last night? Yeah, me too.
Here’s what made the difference in the second half, for @stribsports.startribune.com:
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...
Here’s what made the difference in the second half, for @stribsports.startribune.com:
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...