Sports

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Area high school sports schedule

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

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Golf -Girls - Osakis at Kimball 10:00am

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Baseball - Upsala/Swanville at St. John's Prep 3:30pm

Baseball - Osakis at Browerville-Eagle Valley 4:30pm

Track and Field - Boys & Girls - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Upsala/Swanville, St. John's Prep, Upsala, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Eden Valley-Watkins, Sauk Centre, Staples-Motley, Minnewaska Area, Albany, New London-Spicer, & St. Cloud Christian at Melrose 3:45pm

Track and Field - Boys & Girls - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Frazee 4:00pm

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

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

Softball - Upsala at Swanville 4:30pm

Friday, May 9, 2025

Golf - Boys & Girls - The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville boys & girls teams are hosting a meet at the Long Prairie Country Club 1:00pm

Softball - Wheaton-Herman-Norcross at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 1:30pm

Softball - Milaca vs Swanville in Upsala 3:00pm

Softball - Albany at Osakis 4:30pm

Softball - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Parkers Prairie 4:30pm

Softball - Milaca at Upsala 4:45pm

Softball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Royalton 5:00pm

Tennis - Boys Triangular - Osakis & Detroit Lakes at Minnewaska Area 1:30pm

Baseball - Upsala/Swanville vs Border West in Clinton 4:30pm

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

Baseball - Osakis at Pequot Lakes 4:30pm

Baseball Tournament - Browerville-Eagle Valley, Brandon-Evansville, Hancock, & Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in Elrosa - 4:30pm Browerville-Eagle Valley vs Hancock, 7:00pm Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa vs Brandon Evansville

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Tennis - Boys Triangular - Osakis & Crookston at Thief River Falls 11:00am

Baseball Tournament - Browerville-Eagle Valley, Brandon-Evansville, Hancock, & Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in Elrosa - 1:00pm Browerville-Eagle Valley vs Brandon-Evansville, 5:30pm  Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa vs Hancock 

Monday, May 12, 2025

Golf - Boys - Osakis at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course 9:30am

Softball - Benson at Upsala 2:00pm

Softball - Brandon-Evansville at Browerville-Eagle Valley 4:30pm

Softball - Swanville at Ogilvie 4:30pm

Softball - Pierz at Osakis 4:30pm

Baseball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Benson 2:30pm

Baseball - Upsala/Swanville at Osakis 4:00pm

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Golf - Boys & Girls - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Ashby-Brandon-Evansville at Tipsinah Mounds Golf Course 1:00pm

Golf - Girls - Osakis at Paynesville at Koronis Hills Golf Course 4:15pm

Tennis - Boys Triangular - Fergus Falls & Perham at Osakis 1:30pm

Baseball - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at St. John's Prep 3:30pm

Baseball - Holdingford at Osakis 4:30pm

Baseball - Browerville-Eagle Valley vs Upsala/Swanville in Upsala 4:30pm

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

Softball - Swanville at Osakis 4:30pm

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Track and Field - Boys & Girls Prairie Conference Meet - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Browerville-Eagle Valley, Osakis, Upsala/Swanville, & St. John's Prep at St. John's University 9:00am

Softball - Swanville at Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale 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.”

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.