Echo Sportscast

This week's Sportscast features highlights from the Bears and Ravens Saturday night clash in NDA Hockey.  We also have highlights as St Joseph Scollard Hall faced off against Algonquin in both girls volleyball and boys basketball. Chippewa announced their intention on fielding a 2026 senior football program but need help. You can donate to the campaign here: https://nearnorth.schoolcashonline.com/...

This week's Sportscast features highlights from the NDA hockey tournament from last Thursday and Friday West Ferris hosted Chippewa in boys basketball. We have highlights from the junior game following the Trojans senior team taking down the Ravens.  NDA Jr. Football All Stars were also announced highlighting the top players across the highschool teams from grade 9 and 10. We sat down with Jacob B...

This week's Sportscast features a return for NDA boys basketball and girls volleyball. Chippewa faced off against Franco Cite in sr. boys basketball action with the Ravens coming away with a win to start their regular season. West Ferris won in straight sets against Mattawa at home in sr. girl's volleyball. After the game we caught up with the Trojans' head coach and captain. NDA All stars were an...

This week's Sportscast features a rematch between Chippewa and Scollard on the ice after the Bears took down the Ravens in the opening game of the season. There are updates on volleyball and basketball NOSSAs as well as the upcoming seasons for the boys basketball and girls volleyball starting next week. We sat down with Jason Rudge, Lakers Lacrosse head coach, as he reflects on the season that wa...

This week's Sportscast features the NDA final winners for Girl's Basketball and Boy's Volleyball with highlights and reactions from the winning teams. We also cover a physical and gritty hockey matchup between the Bears and Barons. Also included are updates on the Lakers and Panthers including a great playoff run for the Lakers Lacrosse team 0:00 Intro 1:50 Girl's Basketball 13:10 Boy's Volleyball...

This week's Sportscast features the junior football final between the Bears and Barons with the Barons looking to sweep the junior and senior football championships. It was a big week for playoffs as girls basketball and boys volleyball played their semis in both junior and senior. We have highlights from the senior games and set up the finals which started last night. NDA hockey also started thei...

This week's Sportscast features highlights from the NDA Sr. Football final as Algonquin took down West Ferris. We get reactions from Baron's coach Ryan Desbiens and MVP Mathieu Desbiens. We also covered the jr. girl's basketball quarter final matchup between Chippewa and Franco Cite. Volleyball quarter finals saw SJSH host Mattawa with highlights from the Bears straight set win. We also have Laker...

This week's Sportscast features highlights and post game reaction from West Ferris' semi final win in Football against SJSH. The Trojans face the Barons tonight Oct 24th at 7pm in the finals. We also cover girls basketball and boys volleyball as their regular season wraps up. Action MMA celebrated 10 years of K1 Kickboxing on October 18th. We have results and footage from the event as supplied by...

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 T...

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 l...

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...

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 T...

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...

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 L...

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...

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 Ou...

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

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 Leag...

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 begi...

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 c...

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.

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 p...

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 S...

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...

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...