Echo Sportscast

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 C...

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...

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 Jackso...

The 37th episode of the Echo Sportscast features NDA soccer finals, baseball playoffs, beach volleyball and tennis. In club action promos, Action MMA is taking seven fighters to Sudbury for a big WAKO kickboxing card at the Caruso Club on Saturday night and the North Bay Pickle Ball Club open house at the Bourke Playground courts on Sunday. CORRECTION: The Action MMA event Aug. 23 is a WAKO K-1 Ki...

The Echo Sportscast #36 features high school playoff updates for soccer and the baseball picture heading into the last regular season game, a portion of the Spotlight interview with Cooper Lamb, and the North Bay Bulldogs Football Club season's kickoff results. Also covered by co-hosts Dave Dale and Jacob Brown was the first North Bay Men's Baseball League game.

Jacob Brown joins the Echo Sportscast #35 as a guest co-host filling in for Paul McLean. Brown and co-host Dave Dale serve up a buffet of local North Bay and area sports news and features, including highlights of high school soccer and men's league baseball. The Spotlight interview is with Marc Mathon, coach and organizer of the North Bay Bulldogs Football club, which kicks off their 2025 season w...

This week's Echo Sportscast Episode 34 features high school soccer action, an update on tennis and shares Wes Buell's excellent award speech at the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame event held on the weekend. Our Spotlight interview is with Matt Marquardt, a retired professional hockey player who is loving his role on the bench with his hometown North Bay OHL Battalion team. In club sports, the camera...

Badminton, soccer, hockey and baseball make the cut for the 33rd Echo Sportscast, including a snippet from our Spotlight interview with North Bay Sports Hall of Fame inductee Dale Hewitt. Key moments in the show include co-host Paul McLean rolling into the studio with 'parent with kids in tryouts' energy, while co-host Dave Dale shared a story about his kid getting cut (one of them). The best segm...

This week's Echo Sportscast #32 features high school badminton winners, a Spotlight feature with Battalion president Adam Dennis and video highlights for football fans after the Bulldogs gathered at the Canadore Dome this past Saturday. One of the featured topics during the Spotlight interview and between the cohosts afterward was the changing landscape for minor hockey players seeking the best ro...

The 31st episode of the Echo Sportscast show puts the Spotlight on North Bay Bulldogs senior football and a stacked men's hockey team taking the A division gold last weekend. Our big interview is with Mason McGriskin, a local football product who recently finished a successful USports career at Bishop's University. McGriskin and his fellow football fanatics are gathering at the Canadore Dome on Sa...

The 30th episode of the Echo Sportscasts covers all kinds of ground with co-hosts Paul McLean and Dave Dale. This week’s show includes NDA badminton, salutes the North Bay Employee Tournament with a Spotlight on organizer Moe Bedard, the Can-Nip Basketball League final and Jr. Lakers hockey banquet. There’s also a Heritage Moment segment that honours a couple of the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame a...

Sportscast co-hosts Paul McLean and Dave Dale propose ways to deal with frustrating 'snow days' before getting into real sports coverage in the 28th episode of North Bay's only weekly local sports podcast. Once they get that off their chests, they talk to Scott Kile, a long-time North Bay minor hockey volunteer and association executive, about the virtues and contributions of the late Jim Lecappel...

Hockey champions, a Titan of swimming, Granite Club's curling dynamo and 100 years of Laurentian skiing history are highlighted in the Echo Sportscast #28 with co-hosts Paul McLean and Dave Dale. 0:00 Introduction 5:38 Paul's swimming career 7:19 Spotlight: Titan's Annabelle Jackson, Joshua Huard 16:40 Curling Salute 20:12 Men's basketball league playoffs 22:29 Ballers Bball Promo 22:46 Heritage M...

The 27th episode of the Echo Sportscast covers the 44th North Bay Sports Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner announcement, including NDA athletes named for honours, and curling success by Team Winters, a U16 team representing Northern Ontario at the U20 nationals in PEI starting this weekend. The Spotlight interview is with Derek Lindeman, part of the North Bay Pickle Club that is hosting a c...

In this March Break Edition of Echo Sportscast, host Paul McLean flies solo while Dave takes a well-earned vacation. This week, we: ✅ Break down the CAN-NIP Men’s Basketball League playoffs – Who’s in, who’s out, and what to expect as the season wraps up. ✅ Preview the upcoming 3-on-3 Ballers Tournament – A fast-paced competition that’s bringing serious talent to North Bay. ✅ Take a deep dive i...

🔥 The action-packed sports week in North Bay! In this episode of Echo Sportscast, hosts Paul McLean and Laura Mady break down the biggest local and provincial sports events, including: 🏒 High School Hockey Championships – The St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Girls Hockey Team is heading to OFSAA after a thrilling 2-1 win! The boys team is also heading to the playoffs in Windsor. 🏐 OFSAA Volleyball &amp...

The Scollard Hall Bears beat the Chippewa Ravens 5-4 in overtime to claim the NDA hockey banner and hoist the Nugget Shield on Thursday night at the West Ferris arena. That climatic moment and more is featured in the 24th episode of the Echo Sportscast. If you missed it, don’t worry, the puck action continues Monday with the NDA hosting NOSSA for the same two local teams against the Sudbury and So...

The West Ferris Trojans beat the first-place Algonquin Barons two out of three games to claim the 2025 NDA senior boys basketball banner on Thursday night, and the Echo Sportscast #23 includes a full report that was recorded prior to the final game. We also covered the senior girls volleyball final series between the first-place St. Joseph Scollard Hall Bears and the Chippewa Ravens. The Ravens st...

Our show for Feb. 14 sets up the NDA boys basketball and girls volleyball championship finals starting next Tuesday with the hockey semis between Chippewa and Algonquin on Wednesday. Of course, we have some video of the semi final action after visiting four gymnasiums last Tuesday evening. There's also a salute to the new NDA curling champs for boys and girls. Our Spotlight interview features Mike...

The Echo Sportscast #21 is a full package of North Bay sports with video highlights, interviews and discussion about athletic issues with co-hosts Paul McLean and Dave Dale. Top stories include the West Ferris Trojans senior boys basketball team's 20-point swing to defeat the Chippewa Ravens to claim second place in the standings behind first-place Algonquin. There's also highlights of the junior...

Welcome to the 20th episode of the Echo Sportscast where we cover North Bay and area varsity, recreation and club sports. Today’s show catches up on NDA hockey with a handful of games left before the playoffs, spiced with video clips of the last tilt between the Ravens and Bears. We covered the Lakers women in an exciting varsity hockey shootout decision against U o T last Saturday, plus set up th...

Welcome to the Echo Sportscast, #19 ... today’s show has variety … mostly hockey though because it was too cold to run school buses Monday and Tuesday, canceling high school basketball and volleyball before the exam week shutdown. We do have some NDA hockey from Wednesday night with the Chippewa Ravens edging the Algonquin Barons 5-4 in overtime at the Sam Jacks Recreational Centre. The next game...

Today's Echo Sportscast #18 includes coverage of a pivotal high school girls volleyball showdown between Algonquin and Franco Cite with a package of other results … including interviews with the winning coach and captain. In boys basketball, we covered the Great Northern Shootout senior boys final between West Ferris and Chippewa … another example of how competitive the NDA loop is … Plus we have...

Today's Sportscast is cooking with gas with high school basketball, hockey and volleyball results featured, as well as a salute to curlers qualifying for a national tournament. There's even some video evidence of Algonquin's seniors out-hooping the Ravens in a senior boys basketball game Tuesday that was a great see-saw affair, followed by interviews with the winning Barons coach and their top off...

Echo Sportscast co-hosts Paul McLean and Dave Dale review the 2024 highlights on their 16th show since launching last fall. They talk about the positive reaction the show is getting with high school action video clips and interviews with students, and there was another call for student-produced coverage to share with the viewers. The co-hosts also noted the OFSAA championships being hosted at the...