Echo Sportscast

For our post-Christmas show, with most of the leagues taking a break (along with our studio), the Echo Sportscast #15 puts the spotlight on Dan Selin, who has helped some of the best hockey players in the area stand out. Selin has published a book about the high-end skills techniques that raise the bar in how someone can utilize hundreds of skate, stick and body movements that train the brain to r...

The Echo Sportscast #14 features NDA overtime hockey with the Barons clipping the Ravens wings, news about the top boys basketball teams, including a red-hot junior Trojans team, a salute to the Bears powerlifting team, a bit about girls volleyball and a spotlight put on the North Stars special needs hockey team.

Today's Echo Sportscast features a basketball win for the Chippewa Ravens, volleyball victory for St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Bears and a hockey puck drop update. High school interviews in the show hosted by Paul McLean and Dave Dale include Olivia Mancari, captain of the Bear's senior girls spikers, Seamus Gagne, captain of Chippewa's senior boys hoopsters and assistant coach Mike Mitchell. A long-t...

This week's Echo Sportscast features high school girls volleyball, hockey action and a salute to the NDA football all-stars, as well as a recent good example of concussion protocols preventing further harms and a discussion about the possibility of the private sector getting into the ice rink business. The Spotlight interview is with North Bay's own Malory Dominico, one of the top offensive weapon...

Echo Sportscast #11 cuts the ribbon on the NDA’s winter high school sports schedule as boys basketball and girls volleyball teams take to the courts across Nipissing District this week … although the start was delayed by the ‘snow storm’ Tuesday, pushing the first games to Wednesday. We also caught some all star boys volleyball action on Monday and we had good intentions to drop by the girls baske...

The 10th Echo Sportscast kicks off the new NDA hockey season with a video contribution from an up-and-coming cinematographer who captured the spirit of an overtime win for the Ravens over the Bears in the 2024 opener. In addition, we have some clips from the Bears win over the Barons on Wednesday night at the Sam Jacks Recreation Complex in West Ferris and a promo of the NDA hockey tournament next...

The Ninth Echo Sportscast in a row features championship game interviews after the girls’ high school basketball finals between the Bears and Barons – with the senior contest going into overtime. There’s also a feature with video highlights on the Jr. Lakers U15 girls team that won gold on Sunday at Memorial Gardens with almost 100 teams in the city to celebrate female hockey’s 25th anniversary se...

Echo Sportscast #8 will be posted Friday and includes NDA high school semifinal action and results for girls basketball and boys volleyball, including the schedule for the championship series that begins tonight and continues Monday, plus some interviews on the Mike O’Shea Field after Algonquin beat the Trojans for the senior football championship. Of course, the junior Barons (which upset the Tro...

Highlights in tomorrow's Echo Sportscast #7 include district high school quarterfinal action and results setting up next week’s semifinals in girls basketball and boys volleyball, with two big football games this Friday.  In post-secondary and club reports, we have action clips of the Lakers women’s soccer team earning a berth in the Ontario final and national university championship in Halifax –...

Today's Echo Sportscast #6 comes as the NDA’s regular season action wraps up and prepares for playoffs starting Friday for football while the girls basketball and boys volleyball post-seasons begin next week. Video clips include the Chippewa Ravens winning their first junior football game, Scollard remaining undefeated by beating West Ferris and in senior action, there's some eye candy of the unde...

The 5th Echo Sportscast provides an update on NDA boys volleyball and football with video of key plays and action, which helps to set up contests Friday and Saturday. We also have brief interviews with two coaches and a player. In the non-high school portion of the podcast, co-hosts Paul McLean and Dave Dale promote the Fall Baseball league playoffs (with the championship series beginning Sunday a...

The top story in tomorrow's  Echo Sportscast  #4 is the Algonquin Barons senior football team’s 3-0 start to the season after a decisive 32-16 win over host Scollard Bears Oct. 4. Video highlights include the game-winning touchdown that included a designed reverse pitch passing play in the last minute of the first half. The spotlight interview is with Jacob Dubois, the Barons’ fifth-year full back...

The top story for the Echo Sportscast dropping tomorrow morning is Monday's excellent showdown between West Ferris Trojans and Algonquin Barons, two of the top senior girls basketball teams ... and possibly a pre-quell to the finals as Trojans seek a fourth-straight NDA banner in a year they are hosting OFSAA in November. West Ferris won 33-31 with a Trojans player, Sadie Straughan, hitting two th...

The Echo Sportscast #2 is packed with video highlights, interviews and commentary by co-hosts Paul McLean and Dave Dale, beginning with a high school junior football memory the Wright family will cherish ... a pass interception returned 50 yards for a touchdown. Other Nipissing District Athletics coverage includes interviews with St. Joseph-Scollard Hall coaches David Wieggers (senior girls basket...

Kicking off the first Echo Sportscast is coverage of the Nipissing District Athletics opening games in football, basketball and volleyball, including short interviews with coaches from four teams (Mark Robertson, Ryan Desbiens, Kyle Quinlan and Craig Nodwell), plus the captain of Chippewa's senior boys volleyball team, Carter Thibodeau. The middle of the Sportscast features a five-minute clip from...