Bulldogs in playoffs, U18 baseball tourney, fighters, 3x3 bball and Mike Dupelle

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 for the U18 Panthers baseball tournament and 3x3 basketball league results. And there's a full Spotlight interview with Mike Dupelle, departing U17 coach of the Spartans basketball team that finished fourth in Division 1 play this spring.

Rounding out the report is a bit about two combat fighters with North Bay roots in MMA and Kickboxing bouts in Mississauga and Brampton, respectively, this Saturday night. Co-hosts Paul McLean and Dave Dale also discuss the new twin pad construction and arena design at the end.