Sports

Be listening for our sports updates at 6:10am, 7:20am, 8:20am, 12:20pm & 5:20pm on Hometown Radio KEYL AM1400 & FM 103.1 and 99.7FM Hot Rod Radio 

Area high school sports schedule

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

Friday, February 13, 2026

Wrestling - Section 6A Team Tournament at Bertha- Hewitt High School 

Quarterfinals - #1 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville vs #8 Pelican Rapids, #2 West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon/Evansville vs #7 Wadena-Deer Creek 3:00pm

- #3 Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie vs #6 New York Mills, #4 Border West vs #5 Osakis 4:30pm

Semifinal matches follow at 6:00pm with Championship matches at 7:30pm

All Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville Wolves & Osakis Silverstreaks matches will be broadcast on 99.7 FM Hot Rod Radio.

Basketball - Boys - Benson at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:45pm

Basketball - Boys - Upsala at Osakis 5:45pm

Basketball - Boys - Math and Science Academy at St. John's Prep 5:45pm

Basketball - Girls - Paynesville at Browerville-Eagle Valley 5:00pm

Hockey - Boys - Morris/Benson at Windom 7:00pm

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Basketball - Boys & Girls (doubleheader) - Upsala at Pine River-Backus 11:00am

Gymnastics - Section 6A Tournament - Annadale, Benson/K-M-S, Litchfield, Maple Lake, Morris Area, New London-Spicer & Paynesville at Willmar 12:00pm

Gymnastics - Section 8A Tournament - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville, Fergus Falls, Little Falls, Park Rapids & Perham at Detroit Lakes 5:00pm

Monday, February 16, 2026

Basketball - Girls - Osakis at Paynesville 4:15pm

Basketball - Girls - Benson at Lac Qui Parle Valley 5:45pm

Basketball - Boys & Girls (doubleheader) - St. John's Prep at Browerville-Eagle Valley 4:30pm

Basketball - Boys - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Sebeka 4:45pm

Basketball - Boys - Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg at Benson 4:45pm

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Basketball - Boys - Upsala at Little Falls 4:15pm

Basketball - Boys - Pine River-Backus at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:45pm

Basketball - Boys - Osakis at St. John's Prep 5:45pm

Basketball - Boys - Ogilvie at Swanville 5:45pm

Basketball - Girls - Parkers Prairie at Browerville-Eagle Valley 5:00pm - Varsity game at 7:15pm on 99.7 FM Hot Rod Radio

Basketball - Girls - Swanville at Mille Lacs in Onamia 5:30pm

Basketball - Girls - Sauk Centre at Osakis 5:45pm

Basketball - Girls - Melrose at Upsala 5:45pm

Basketball - Girls - Yellow Medicine East at Benson 5:45pm

Basketball - Girls - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Staples-Motley 6:00pm

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Basketball - Boys - Upsala at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:45pm

Basketball - Boys - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Benson 5:00pm

Basketball - Boys - St. John's Prep at  Mille Lacs 5:45pm

Basketball - Boys - Osakis at Swanville 5:45pm - Varsity game at 7:15pm on 99.7 FM Hot Rod Radio

Basketball - Girls - Browerville-Eagle Valley at Sebeka 5:00pm

Basketball - Girls - Swanville at Osakis 5:45pm

Basketball - Girls - Brandon-Evansville at Upsala 5:45pm

Basketball - Girls - Benson vs Mille Lacs in Onamia 6:00pm

Basketball - Girls - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Verndale 6:00pm

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.