Two middle schoolers struck it big over the weekend to win prizes they likely couldn't have imagined right up until they pulled off their accomplishments.
Middle schoolers win big: One gets $10,000, another wins prize he can't use yet
Two of the biggest winners in sports over the weekend were teenagers who pulled off feats that made them the center of attention on a North Dakota basketball court and a Minnesota lake.
January 30, 2023 at 3:40PM
In Minot, N.D., J.J. Franks had his name called in a halftime promotion where you win by hitting four shots — from a lay-up to a midcourt heave — in 25 seconds. Many try, few succeed.
In this case, winning meant $10,000 in the contest at Bishop Ryan High School. Here's how it went:
In Brainerd, a 13-year-old won a prize he won't be able to use for a few years for taking the grand prize at the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza.
Zac Padrnos of Hutchinson won a Ford pick-up truck by catching a 9.45-pound walleye on a bay at Gull Lake. The fish was almost four pounds heavier than the second-prize winner's catch in a tournament that drew about 12,000 anglers to central Minnesota on Saturday.
It was the second-ever fishing tournament for the youngster.
And his big catch left people wondering what happens to the truck.
"I have no clue," Padrnos told a reporter for the Brainerd Dispatch. "... We'll have to figure that out later."
You can read the Brainerd newspaper's story here.
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