As I was driving along highway 212 between Dawson and Montevideo Saturday morning I noticed some handmade black and red signs along the road with girls names on them. I smiled knowing what they were. They were for the Shadows, the dance team from LQPV and Dawson-Boyd competing at the section dance competition in Montevideo. I started to think about how many section dance competitions … Continue reading ROCK THE FLOOR IN 24
Last fall Mitchell Syltie, a LQPV graduate messaged me to see if KLQP would be interested in having him intern at the radio station starting in January. We of course said yes. Since I have worked at the radio station we have never had an intern work there. I didn’t really know what to expect. Mitchell is attending Wichita State in Kansas and will be … Continue reading MITCHELL
I had so much fun this week covering high school sports. I am in my happy place broadcasting sports, visiting with coaches, players, parents and grandparents at events. This was my week. MONDAY: Section volleyball continued and I was in Dawson covering the Blackjacks and Eagles. I really enjoy walking into the Dawson lobby and gym since they remodeled it. It looks so nice. This … Continue reading WHAT WAS YOUR WEEK LIKE?
I spent Thursday and Friday in Canby this past week and had the best time! There was so much going on in the community and at the school. It was homecoming week. Probably the biggest volleyball match in the state of Minnesota was played in Canby on Thursday. The defending state champions and currently ranked number one in the polls the Minneota Vikings were in … Continue reading TWO DAYS IN CANBY
It felt so good to be back broadcasting high school football this past week. The start of the new school year marks my 31st year of broadcasting high school sports on KLQP radio. I was like a little kid at Christmas, I couldn’t wait for the football season to start. I had two long road trips to start the season. Dawson-Boyd was at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton on … Continue reading 31 YEARS BROADCASTING SPORTS!
I was standing outside my golf cart between hole 5 and 6 at Pebble Creek during the state golf tournament. I was watching a girl hitting from the sand trap across from me and her swing was too hard and the ball flew over the green and was heading right at me. I had less than a second to react and get out of the … Continue reading ALMOST HIT
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