龙卷风毁掉球场后，威斯康星州 Menasha 高中赢得 T-Mobile 100万美元大奖：总奖金达137万美元
T-Mobile 11月12日在华盛顿州 Bellevue 宣布，威斯康星州 Menasha 市的 Menasha 高中赢得今年「周五夜5G之光」（Friday Night 5G Lights）竞赛的100万美元总冠军大奖。这项竞赛从逾2,400份申请开始，经过40所分区决赛学校与4所分区冠军学校，全程投出逾320万张选票；Menasha 高中在最后一轮获得390,517票夺冠。
算上此前作为中西部分区冠军获得的25万美元、价值9万美元的 Gronk Fitness 健身房升级、5,000美元学生领袖奖，以及分区决赛入围的25,000美元，Menasha 高中的总奖金达到137万美元。总冠军的100万美元将用于橄榄球场改造，庆祝活动定于12月举行，改造后的球场将在2027年橄榄球赛季揭幕。今年7月27日，一场强龙卷风袭击 Menasha 并重创该校的 Calder Stadium，球队此后被迫借用他人场地打主场比赛。
T-Mobile 说，这项竞赛已办到第三年，今年共发出逾840万美元奖金：1,000所学校在「5K星期五」中各获5,000美元，40所分区决赛学校各获25,000美元，四所分区冠军合计获得100万美元。Menasha 高中是继2024年俄克拉荷马州的 Inola 高中与2025年阿肯色州的 Dierks 高中之后，第三所赢得这项总冠军的学校；学校与球迷已可登记下一年的竞赛。
After a Tornado Destroyed Its Stadium, Wisconsin's Menasha High School Wins T-Mobile's $1 Million Grand Prize
T-Mobile announced in Bellevue, Washington, on November 12 that Menasha High School in Menasha, Wisconsin, has won this year's Friday Night 5G Lights competition and its $1 million grand prize. The competition began with more than 2,400 applications, narrowed to 40 division finalists and four division champions, and drew more than 3.2 million votes; Menasha earned 390,517 votes in the final round.
Counting the $250,000 it won as Midwest Division Champion, a Gronk Fitness gym upgrade valued at $90,000, a $5,000 student leadership award and $25,000 as a division finalist, Menasha's total winnings reach $1.37 million. The $1 million grand prize will go toward a football field makeover, with a celebration planned for December and the upgrades to be unveiled during the 2027 football season. On July 27, a severe tornado tore through Menasha and badly damaged the school's Calder Stadium, forcing the team to play its home games elsewhere.
T-Mobile said the third year of the program provided more than $8.4 million in total prizes: 1,000 schools were awarded $5,000 through 5K Fridays, 40 division finalists earned $25,000 each, and the four division champions took home a combined $1 million. Menasha joins Oklahoma's Inola High School (2024) and Arkansas's Dierks High School (2025) as one of only three schools to claim the grand prize, and registration is already open for next year's competition.
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图片来源：图：威斯康星州 Menasha 高中校舍。Arnmhs 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Menasha High School in Wisconsin. Photo by Arnmhs, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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