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Area high school sports schedule
(Events are subject to change due to weather conditions or other factors)
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Boys & Girls Track and Field - Upsala-Swanville at Pierz 4:00pm
Baseball - Hancock at Browerville-Eagle Valley 4:30pm
Baseball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Rothsay 4:30pm
Baseball - Wadena-Deer Creek at Osakis 4:30pm
Baseball - Upsala-Swanville at West Central Area 5:00pm
Softball - Swanville at Browerville-Eagle Valley 4:30pm
Softball - Osakis at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:30pm
Softball - Crosby-Ironton at Upsala 4:30pm
Boys Tennis - Osakis at Montevideo 4:30pm
Friday, April 19, 2024
Girls Golf - Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Eden Valley-Watkins-Kimball, Paynesville, & Royalton at Osakis 9:00am
Boys Golf - Osakis, Maple Lake, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Eden Valley-Watkins-Kimball, Paynesville, & Royalton at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 9:00am
Boys Golf - Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Eden Valley-Watkins-Kimball, Maple Lake, Paynesville & Royalton at Osakis 1:00pm
Girls Golf - Osakis, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Eden Valley-Watkins-Kimball, Paynesville, & Royalton at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 1:00pm
Baseball - Royalton vs Osakis at the MAC in St. Cloud 2:00pm
Baseball - Browerville-Eagle Valley vs Upsala-Swanville at the MAC in St. Cloud 4:00pm
Baseball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle vs Benson at the MAC in St. Cloud 6:00pm
Softball - Hillcrest Lutheran Academy at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:00pm
Softball - Holdingford at Osakis 4:30pm
Softball - Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale at Swanville 4:30pm
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Softball Tournament - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Rochester Lourdes 1:00pm
Monday, April 22, 2024
Boys & Girls Track and Field - Upsala-Swanville at Maple Lake 4:00pm
Softball - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Perham 4:30pm
Baseball - Osakis vs St. Cloud Cathedral at the MAC in St. Cloud 6:15pm
Tuesday, April 23, 2023
Softball - Osakis at Browerville-Eagle Valley 1:30pm
Softball - Melrose at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:30pm
Softball - Upsala at Swanville 4:30pm
Boys & Girls Track and Field - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Parkers Prairie, Melrose, Holdingford, & Ashby-Brandon-Evansville at Osakis 4:00pm
Boys & Girls Track and Field - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 4:00pm
Boys & Girls Golf - Osakis at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City at Island Pine Golf Club 4:15pm
Baseball - Osakis at Browerville-Eagle Valley 4:30pm
Baseball - Upsala-Swanville at Milaca 5:00pm
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Boys & Girls Golf - Osakis at Sauk Centre at Greystone Golf Course 12:00pm
Softball - Holdingford vs Upsala in Swanville 1:00pm
Softball - Brandon-Evansville at Swanville 1:00pm
Softball - Holdingford at Swanville 2:30pm
Softball - Brandon-Evansville vs Upsala in Swanville 3:00pm
KEYL and Hot Rod Radio are proud of our Sports Director - Kevin Houdek
KEYL/KXDL Sports Director Kevin Houdek honored with WCCO Viewers’ Choice For Best H.S. Football Announcer In Minnesota
Kevin Houdek has been calling games for the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder for 30 years. His knowledge of the teams and the game sheds a bright light for those who can’t attend.“People all over the country [listen in],” Houdek said. “A guy from Browerville that’s down in Arizona, I’ll get a text from him every once and a while, you know, saying, ‘Great game.'”
On this night, the Thunder are playing the Staples-Motley Cardinals. Both teams were 0-2 — and hungry for a win.
“It’s not life or death,” he said. “It’s to have a good time and stay professional, and remember you’re broadcasting for two teams, not just your home team.”
Sports teams and the media often clash, but Houdek has earned the respect of Activities Director Dan Zetah.
“Our coaches … really like him and respect him,” Zetah said. “He’s very savvy with the numbers, with stats. You ask him a stat about something, he’s got it right there.”
Listening to Houdek — as he delivers names and stats with computer-like precision — might be overwhelming to some, but it’s like poetry to someone who’s into the game.
“I think you can get some broadcasters … that can maybe get a little more opinionated or maybe get negative more, if you want to use that term. He doesn’t get that way at all,” Zetah said.
And it’s clear that Houdek loves his work.
“It’s so much fun,” he said. “As I’ve gotten older, I’ve appreciated it even more. Even at this level, I go to a game and every night I know somebody’s going to do something amazing.”
So if you’re ever driving through central Minnesota on game night, tune your radio to 1400 AM to hear the small-town guy who, in his own way, has hit the big time.
“A teenager’s going to pull off a big play, or they’re going to play their best game ever, and everybody’s having fun, and I’m having fun, too,” Houdek said.
-- Courtesy WCCO
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - April 16, 2018 - Longtime radio sports director and broadcaster Kevin Houdek will receive the Sid Hartman Media Award from the Minnesota Chapter of the National Football Foundation. He was recognized at the 11th Annual Minnesota Football Honors on April 29 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Houdek has spent 30 years as the sports director at KEYL/KXDL Radio in Long Prairie, Minnesota. Last fall he won WCCO TV’s Viewers’ Choice Award for Best High School Football Announcer. Houdek has been providing play-by-play for the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder for three decades.
In addition to football, Houdek has broadcast other high school sports including volleyball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ and girls’ hockey, wrestling, baseball and softball. He has covered Minnesota State High School League state tournament games for many of those sports for his station and the Minnesota Sports Broadcast Network.
Houdek is a Minnesota native who attended Danube High School before getting his associate’s degree in radio and television broadcasting at Brown Institute in Minneapolis. He is also a volunteer coach for youth baseball and wrestling and women’s slo-pitch softball, and is a 15 year veteran of the Long Prairie volunteer fire department.
The Sid Hartman Media Award is named after the Star Tribune’s most famous sports writer who is still covering local teams at age 98.
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