Cassidy Hettesheimer
Sports reporter
Hettesheimer joined the Minnesota Star Tribune as a preps reporter after her summer 2024 internship in the sports department. From Georgia, she graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Georgia before heading north. She previously covered global sports as an intern at CNN and reported for The Associated Press at the 2023 Women's World Cup. When she's not out reporting, she's running, playing soccer or watching women's sports.
Latest from Cassidy Hettesheimer
Oehrlein breaks state record for career points, boys or girls
Tori Oehrlein, a senior guard at Crosby-Ironton, did so with a 38-point performance against Pine City on Jan. 29, giving her a career total of 5,123 points.
January 30, 2026
Unsung and talented: Meet 15 players who deserve praise
Many of these players will suit up for Division I and II colleges like Bemidji State, South Dakota State, South Dakota and Minnesota State Mankato.
January 29, 2026
Top 25: As section playoffs loom, there’s a new top Class 1A team and a top-five shakeup
With section playoffs around the corner, the state’s top girls hockey teams are full steam ahead entering the final week of the regular season.
January 27, 2026
Top 25: Big moments and matchups aplenty across the state
The biggest news to happen this week: Tori Oehrlein becoming the all-time leading scorer in Minnesota girls basketball history.
January 23, 2026
Minnesotans return from world championship with gold medals
Nine girls hockey players from Minnesota played for the U.S. team at the Under-18 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Nova Scotia.
January 22, 2026
Tori Oehrlein is rewriting basketball record books. Here's how she's doing it.
The Crosby-Ironton senior basketball player who has signed with the Gophers has set multiple records in her career and is chasing more.
January 21, 2026
Tori Oehrlein breaks Minnesota's girls basketball career points record
Against Mille Lacs on Tuesday, the senior guard and Gophers recruit scored 34 points in the first half to break the career mark of 5,060.
January 21, 2026
Top 25: Centennial/Spring Lake Park cements No. 1 spot, again
Meanwhile, Breck broke into the top 10 for the first time this season by picking up a major Class 2A win.
January 20, 2026
These Canadian girls drive thousands of miles to play Minnesota high school hockey
Meet Addison Brown and Lexi Wood, who trek almost daily from Ontario to International Falls to play on the school’s girls hockey team.
January 20, 2026
Dahlman ready to see her girls basketball record broken — twice
Crosby-Ironton’s Tori Oehrlein and Providence Academy’s Maddyn Greenway are both closing in on Rebekah Dahlman's career mark of 5,060 points.
January 18, 2026
Gophers recruit Tori Oehrlein is second Minnesota girls basketball player to score 5,000 points
Against Ogilvie on Friday, Oehrlein surpassed 5,000 career points, becoming on the third player in state history, regardless of gender, to do so.
January 17, 2026
Top 25: Don’t call it an upset … it's just Class 4A basketball
Matchups between big-school classification championship contenders shake up top of state power rankings.
January 16, 2026
