Sports

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Area high school sports schedule

(Events are subject to change due to weather conditions or other factors)

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Golf - Boys & Girls - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville at Underwood at Balmoral Golf Club 1:00pm

Golf - Boys - Osakis at Kimball 4:15pm

Track and Field - Boys & Girls - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Pillager 3:30pm

Track and Field - Boys & Girls - Upsala/Swanville at Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball in Kimball 4:00pm

Baseball - Browerville-Eagle Valley at New York Mills 4:30pm

Baseball - Upsala/Swanville at Parkers Prairie 4:30pm

Softball - Browerville-Eagle Valley vs Mille Lacs in Isle 4:30pm

Softball - Osakis at Swanville 4:30pm

Softball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Upsala 4:30pm

Friday, April 25, 2025

Golf - Girls - Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball, Maple Lake, Paynesville & Royalton at Osakis 9:00am

Golf - Boys - Osakis, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball, Maple Lake, Paynesville & Royalton at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa at Prairie View Golf Course 9:00am

Golf - Boys - Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball, Maple Lake, Paynesville & Royalton at Osakis 1:00pm

Golf - Girls - Osakis, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball, Maple Lake, Paynesville & Royalton at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa at Prairie View Golf Course 1:00pm

Baseball -Royalton vs Osakis at the MAC in St. Cloud 2:00pm

Baseball - Upsala/Swanville vs Browerville-Eagle Valley at the MAC in St. Cloud 4:30pm

Baseball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle vs St. John's Prep at the MAC in St. Cloud 6:45pm

Track and Field - Boys & Girls - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Osakis, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball, Sauk Rapids-Rice, Royalton/Upsala & Wadena-Deer Creek at Holdingford 4:00pm

Softball - Pillager at Osakis 4:30pm

Softball - Swanville at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 4:45pm

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Softball Tournament - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Ada-Borup-West, & Lake Park-Audubon at Barnesville 9:00am

Baseball Tournament - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle & Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg at Paynesville.  10:00am Paynesville vs KMS,  12:15pm KMS vs LPGE,  2:30pm LPGE vs Paynesville

Monday, April 28, 2025

Baseball - Melrose at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:30pm

Baseball - Osakis at St. John's Prep 4:30pm

Baseball - Brandon-Evansville at Upsala/Swanville 4:30pm

Softball - Swanville at Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale 4:30pm

Softball - Pequot Lakes at Osakis 4:30pm

Softball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Staples-Motley 4:30pm

Softball - Benson at Upsala 4:30pm

Tennis - Boys - Osakis at Willmar 4:30pm

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Golf - Boys - Osakis at Royalton Little Falls Golf Course 12:00pm

Golf - Boys & Girls - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville at Pillager at Legacy Golf Course 1:00pm

Track and Field - Boys & Girls - Upsala/Swanville at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 3:00pm

Track and Field - Boys & Girls - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Frazee 4:00pm

Baseball - Browerville-Eagle Valley at St. John's Prep 3:30pm

Baseball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Osakis 4:30pm

Baseball - Milaca at Upsala/Swanville in Upsala 5:00pm

Softball - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Ottertail Central in Battle Lake 4:30pm

Softball - Osakis at Eden Valley-Watkins 4:30pm

Softball - Upsala at Maple Lake 4:30pm

Softball - Swanville at Royalton 4:30pm

Softball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 4:45pm

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Golf - Boys - Osakis at Sauk Centre at Greystone Golf Course 12:00pm

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Softball - Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale at Upsala 3:00pm

Softball - Minnewaska Area at Osakis 4:30pm

Softball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Swanville 4:30pm

Softball - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Upsala 4:30pm

Track and Field - Boys & Girls - Browerville-Eagle Valley, Upsala/Swanville, Osakis, Bertha-Hewitt, & Melrose at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:30pm

Baseball - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:30pm

Baseball - Upsala/Swanville at Osakis 4:30pm

Tennis - Boys - Lac Qui Parle Valley at Osakis 4:30pm

Friday, May 2, 2025

Golf -Girls - Osakis at Royalton at Little Falls Golf Course 12:00pm

Baseball - Ogilvie at Upsala/Swanville in Upsala 4:00pm

Baseball - Osakis at Parkers Prairie 4:30pm

Baseball - Lake of the Woods at Browerville-Eagle Valley 5:00pm

Softball- Browerville-Eagle Valley at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:30pm

Softball - Upsala at Osakis 4:30pm

Softball - Parkers Prairie at Swanville 4:30pm

Tennis - Boys - Sauk Rapids-Rice at Osakis 4:30pm

Saturday, May 3, 2025

Baseball - Lake of the Woods vs St. John's Prep at the MAC in St. Cloud (varsity only) 10:00am

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.”

Kevin Houdek (credit: CBS)

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

 

KEVIN HOUDEK NAMED SID HARTMAN MEDIA AWARD WINNER

 

He was recognized at the 11th Annual Minnesota Football Honors on April 29 at U.S. Bank Stadium.

 

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.