Echo Sportscast

Echo Sportscast

The Echo Sportscast delivers a weekly collection of Nipissing District Athletics high school results, video highlights and interviews, followed by post-secondary varsity, competitive club and recreational news and views. Each Friday morning, the 30-minute Sportscast will begin with the NDA roundup for the first one-third to half of the production. In the middle, we will spotlight an individual or sport with a five-minute excerpt from a longer podcast-style interview posted separately. Up next will be a variety pack of non-high school sports, ranging from club leagues to tournaments involving youth and adults, as well as post-secondary varsity coverage. At the end of each show, you will find a “Sports Heritage Moment” and historical footnote feature, most of which will connect to the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame inductees. We want the Echo Sportscast to be multi-generation involving youth, adults and the grandparents who raise and support them – while also adding a spark to their own athletic memories. The inaugural co-hosts are Paul McLean and Dave Dale, who bring a combined 40 years of local sports experience and a long list of network friends with bigger and better resumes to contribute ideas and background material. McLean is a 20-year fixture in local athletic circles as a team sponsor, coach and volunteer in multiple leagues, as well as owner of the Source for Sports equipment and clothing store. Dale has been involved in local hockey and baseball leagues as an executive, coach, trainer, reporter, photographer and armchair umpire. Like many, he has earned his sports stripes as a parent of a competitive athlete. Production Credits: Host: Dave Dale & Paul McLean Producer: Ben Sargent Content Director: Dave Dale Produced by Clark Communications

Episodes

October 17, 2025 28 mins
This week's Sportscast features the final 2 games of the NDA season as the Bears played the Trojans and then the Barons. With Algonquin's win over SJSH it confirmed their bye in to the finals as the Bears and Trojans play on Saturday Oct 18th at 7pm at Omischl in the semi-finals.

On the volleyball courts Chippewa beat West Ferris in straight sets as we have highlights and a conversation with the Trojans Left Side Avery Evans.

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This week features a big win for Algonquin over West Ferris in Sr. Football at the Baron's field last Friday.

NDA Tennis also held their fall tournament with winners getting a place in NOSSA next week.

Our Spotlight Interview features members of the Lakers women's soccer team. David Bitonti, Annika Nolte and Cassidy Brooks joined us in studio to talk about their season and what the playoffs look like. Watch the full interview here: h...
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This week features a big clash between the Barons and Bears in week 3 of the NDA football season as each team looks for their first win of the year.

Barons also found victory on the volleyball and basketball courts with wins over West Ferris and Mattawa.

Lakers Lacrosse continues their perfect start to the season with a win over western in OT.

2:00 Football
11:44 Volleyball
21:00 Basketball
25:30 Around the NDA
28:00 Lakers and Club Sport...
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West Ferris took on Scollard Hall last Friday in week 2 of the NDA Football season. We have highlights and an interview with Scollard coach Kyle Quinlan.

In Girl's basketball Chippewa hosted Scollard Hall. Jackson after the game chatted with the Bears head coach looking a head to what is in store this season.

We also have boy's volleyball highlights, Lakers homecoming and highlights from the u18 Trappers season opening weekend.

0:00 I...
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The NDA season is back as football sees a senior clash under the lights between West Ferris and Algonquin. The Trojans came away with an impressive 34-19 victory. We have reactions from head coach Mark Robertson and QB Nick Corbeil.

Chippewa took on Algonquin to start sr. boy's volleyball and won in 3 straight sets looking for another NDA championship and more on the provincial level this year. We chatted with head coach Craig Nodwe...
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This week's Sportscast features the return of football as Algonquin took on St Benedict from Sudbury in a pre NDA warmup.

The Lakers Lacrosse team started their season with an impressive 14-12 win over Guelph we sat down with Jason Rudge the Laker's Head for our Spotlight Interview.

You can find the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yr9J1Rh4Rk

We also have highlights from the Laker's women's soccer home opener and ...
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This week's Sportscast features the winners of the different divisions of Club Softball happening around North Bay.

Lakers' Men's Soccer also started their season on the road and we have results and upcoming for both Men's and Women's Soccer including their home opener on Wednesday night.

Panthers' men's basketball coach Stephen Hong is our Spotlight interview talking about the team this year and what the goals are for this year. You...
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This week's Sportscast features coverage of the Men's Baseball final between Gateway and Assante as well as setting up Baseball Day in the Bay happening on Saturday September 6th.

We also caught up with Corey Jackson from Action MMA who gives results from last weekend's Quest for the Title 7 that was held at the West Ferris Arena.


2:30 Men's Baseball Finals
10:00 Field of Dreams
24:30 MMA
41:00 Outro
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This week's Sportscast features a conversation with Tihana Draves who grew up in North Bay and recently participated and won gold at the 2025 IPF World University Powerlifting Cup in Istanbul, Turkey.

Tihana talks about her powerlifting journey and getting the chance to represent Great Britain on the world stage
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This week's Sportscast features Men's League semi finals Game 2 between East Side Mario's and Assante.

Chris Dawson talks his induction into the Hockey North Hall of Fame under the media category.

We also cover the North Bay Panthers Cricket Club's recent results in the Soo at the 2nd annual north cup.

2:40 Cricket, Warriors of Hope and Enduro Series
8:30 Hockey North Hall of Fame
24:00 Men's League Semi Finals
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This week's Sportscast features Thomas Farrell who is the Athletic Director at Nbisiing. He talks about their future plans for introducing more organized sports and NDA participation.

Liam Emond organizer of the 3's League talks about the season as it wrapped up last week and breaks down the Rec and Elite finals.

Club baseball includes Men's League playoff update as the semi finals are set to begin this weekend. Also an update on Pan...
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This week's Echo Sportscast features updates in local baseball and basketball leagues as playoffs begin and end, plus a feature interview with Evan Gomes, coach of the North Bay Bulldogs 12U tykes provincial football champions.

Video includes U18 Panthers' weekend win over the Sudbury Shamrocks and their playoff win over Gateway in the men's baseball league, as well as the 3s recreation division championship on Thursday night. The G...
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Joey Puddister joins Dave and Paul for a sportscast spotlight interview. As a former professional and varsity basketball player, Joey has seen it all!

Puddister also discusses his role as the Director of AMP, the Athletic Mentorship and Preparation program, and what some athletes should expect in new phases of their life and careers, on and off the court.
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The 44th Echo Sportscast about North Bay and area sports includes an interview with the Bulldogs coach as the 12u tykes head to Brantford, Ont. for the provincial championship game on Saturday.

Also in the report is a Panthers baseball update after weekend action, the playoff picture for the 3s basketball league and video of a North Bay-born fighter taking a tough loss in his latest MMA bout.

As part of the show, watch the first five...
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The lead story in today's Echo Sportscast sets up football playoffs Saturday as the North Bay Bulldogs U12 Tykes and U14 Bantams host playoff games on the Mike O'Shea gridiron at the Steve Omischl Sport Fields Complex. The Tykes, on a six-game winning streak, have a semifinal at 1 p.m. and bantams play a quarterfinal at 3 p.m.

Also highlighted are tournament results for the North Bay Minor Girls Softball Blaze teams, there's a promo...
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Football fans will have a chance to cheer on the U12 Tykes Bulldogs as they host a quarterfinal game this Sunday on the Mike O'Shea gridiron at the Steve Omischl Sports Fields Complex.

Kick off is 11 a.m., followed by regular season games for the bantams and junior varsity teams at 1 and 3 p.m.

The Echo Sportscast #42 was recorded before we had the details, but the show still has some punch with a snippet of our Ken Pagan Spotlight i...
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The 41st Echo Sportscast covers local minor baseball, girls softball, Bulldogs football, an upcoming kickboxing event and the rodeo held at Memorial Gardens last week.

The Spotlight feature interview is with Bruce Downey, a life coach who works with university athletes.

1:55 Sandlot Baseball U13 Tourney Weather-Proofed
5:07 Blaze U15 excel in exhibition down south
6:31 Bulldogs Tykes U12 win again
7:40 Nick and Will Laporte twins win ba...
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The Echo Sportscast #40 features producer Ben Sargent (filling in for Paul McLean) and co-host Dave Dale talking about the best NDA student athlete interview shorts (by viewership).

Also on tap are interviews between McLean and 18U Jr. Lakers who helped at the Source for Sports sponsor hole at the One Kids Place golf tournament on Monday.

 Actual sports coverage includes results from the Mattawa Canoe Race, Bulldogs' football, girls'...
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All levels of baseball news make up the bulk of the #39 episode of the Echo Sportscast, from t-ball to high school to youth and men's league.

You'll like the video clips of the NDA final last Friday with an interview with West Ferris Trojans coach Jacob Brown describing their championship win over Chippewa.

We also have a Spotlight interview with Dr. Rob Graham to talk about how athletes enjoy the trip as they chase their competitive...
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The 38th Sportscast features the Trojans and Ravens both moving on to the NDA Baseball finals tonight June 6th at 6pm.

Chippewa continued it's dominance in Sr Boys and Varsity Girls soccer both medaling at NOSSA with the boys moving onto OFSAA.

Multiple schools had big days in NOSSA Track and Field and OFSAA Tennis.

Club sports sees and update on last week's Action MMA tournament with Corey Jackson calling in to give us an update. 

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