Late Scratches

Raph Fiset and Brenton Romanchuk, members of the 2024 STU Tommies men's volleyball team join Bill in the downtown Marysville studio to discuss their season including the recent ACAA championship victory and preparation for Nationals.  Hear Raph and Brenton talk about recruiting, attending STU, playing with players from across the country, mental preparation, their teammates and what is it like to...

Brad Janes and Bill Gibson huddle in the downtown Marysville studio to review the busy high school, Atlantic University Sport and Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association playoff picture.  Listen as the Late Scratches crew spends about an hour chatting about an amazing goaltending streak,  prospects for UNB teams in the AUS playoffs, the puzzle that is the ACAA men's basketball standings, the impa...

Bill and Brad set up in the ticket booth of the Grant-Harvey Centre to welcome STU Athletic Director Meaghan Donahue Wies to the podcast in advance of the Tommies Women's Hockey team opening game of the AUS quarterfinals.   This one is a must listen for Tommies past, present and future.  Meaghan speaks with passion about the role of an AD, the challenges of the starting mid-season, the importance...

Brad Janes and Bill Gibson return to the downtown Marysville studio with guest Bill Hunt to talk local sports - a possible perfect season, re-scheduling woes, details of an MWBA pre-season event, Baltimore arenas and outdoor hockey in Sweden.  Bill Hunt once again is subject to the short snapper round.   

Bill takes Late Scratches on the road for the 35th Dairy Town Classic basketball tournament.  Guests Peter McAleenan, Gale Jeffrey and Ron Harvey explore the tournament foundation, history and impact on the community.  Coach McAleenan talks about a hockey star he tried to convert to a basketball player.  Parent behavior and gym access are raised as issues and the 3 guests are unanimous on the best...

Steven Clark joins the Late Scratches hosts to talk local and discuss his new bi-weekly newsletter on the Fredericton Community.  The newsletter and podcast origins are similar in that both are aimed at sharing specific aspects of what is going on in the Fredericton area.  We chat local sports - hockey, volleyball, basketball, the MHL roster deadline and test Steven in with short snappers includin...

Bill takes Late Scratches on the road to Basketball on the River, a celebration of local basketball on the Miramichi.  Miramichi coach Jim Watters and MWBA Commissioner Jen McKenzie discuss Basketball on the River including the official MWBA expansion announcement welcoming the Miramichi Hericanes to the league.  This episode includes a follow up to the officiating conversation from Episode 15. In...

UNB Reds women's basketball assistant coach Peter Kelly and STU Tommies men's basketball coach John Hockey join Brad and Bill onsite at Graystone Brewing to chat recruiting and the recent ban of parents from games by the Halifax Metro basketball association.  The Late Scratches crew help Santa finish his list in advance of the big day. Find out our suggested gifts for guests of the podcast and oth...

FHS AAA Boys Basketball Coach Mike King joins hosts Brad Janes and Bill Gibson to talk about the upcoming Rick Cotter Classic, the state of high school and youth basketball in the province and his experience in the sport.  Find out which morning sportscast Coach King prefers as well as his feelings on egg nog.  

Bill and Brad take the mobile studio to the Aitken Center to chat with UNB Reds Men's Hockey Coach Gardiner MacDougall.  Coach MacDougall talks about the UNB and Fredericton community,  recruiting players and his experience taking the Saint John Sea Dogs to a Memorial Cup Victory.   Coach puts two tickets to the first game of the second semester on the line with a trivia question.  Email latescrat...

With the Christmas quiet of University sports fast approaching, Bill Hunt joins Brad Janes and Bill Gibson in the downtown Marysville studio for the latest rundown of local sports.  The crew touches on many stories including Gibby's trouble with the Jolly Old Elf's recent visit to Fredericton's southside. 

Coaches Madeline Belding and Charlene Woolaver join hosts Brad Janes and Bill Gibson to talk high school and youth basketball. Girls in sport and the impact of sport on youth come to the forefront.  Bill and Brad explore the role and commitment of a USports assistant coach with Coach Belding and Madeline reveals her favorite place to visit in New Brunswick. A must listen to episode for coaches and...

The Late Scratches crew are joining by their first remote guest as Tom Coolen joins from the UK to discuss his life in hockey including stops in over a dozen countries.  Coach Coolen talks about some greats from New Brunswick hockey, reminisces about a STU Volleyball title and in the rapid fire question segment tells everyone the perfect gift for the hockey player on your Christmas list. We get Co...

Bill Gibson and Brad Janes get caught up on a busy 2 weeks of local sports including hockey, basketball, volleyball, football, baseball, field hockey, and cross country.  Brad fails as a foster parent, a couple of local hoops squads hit the national rankings, Kurt Peacock finally gets Lincoln from his hole in one, Bill recaps Penniac Powerfest and Brad provides the answers in the short snappers se...

Brad Janes and Bill Gibson return to the downtown Marysville studio to run down all that is going on in Fredericton area sports. It's playoff time for fall sports while several winter sports are set to kick off their regular season. This is an all over the map discussion touching on basketball, hockey, soccer, curling, field hockey, cross country, and football.  The guys discuss the events of the...

Brad Janes and Bill Gibson take the studio on the road to the Grant Harvey Centre to talk life and the Fredericton Red Wings with Roger Shannon.  Roger talks about the teams performance in the last game, the go forward outlook for the team and the gamble that comes with every draft.  The group chats about the hockey landscape in the city, Roger's lifetime in hockey and although it's still October....

Late Scratches takes the gear mobile for a 2 part episode previewing STU Tommies Women's and Men's basketball teams in advance of the Ken Gould Tournament this week.  In part 1, co-hosts Brad Janes and Bill Gibson are joined by veterans women's team coach Fred Connors and starting guard Kylee Roi.   In part 2, starting at the 34:00 minute mark, men's coach John Hickey and CCAA All-Canadian discuss...

When schedules didn't work out with the planned hockey guest, co-hosts Brad Janes and Bill Gibson are joined by Bill Hunt to discuss the last week in local sports.  Brad talks about his visit to Fenway Park and a wildly high scoring Fredericton Red Wings game.  Gibby recaps his weekend at the Milner Invitation, a stop into the UNB Helen Campbell tournament and updates the NB Senior Baseball finals...

BNB Executive Director Tyler Slip joins Brad Janes and Bill Gibson to talk about the state of minor basketball in New Brunswick including coaching development, elite programs, funding participation of athletes who can't afford it, officiating, and over excited parents.  Tyler becomes the first victim, err, guest subject the rapid fire question segment. 

Fredericton Freeze and UNB Reds women's basketball stand-out Katie Butts joins co-hosts Brad Janes and Bill Gibson. Katie talks about the recruiting process, life as a student athlete, the coaching change at UNB, life in New Brunswick, the importance of giving back, officiating and makes a bold statement on where she expects UNB to sit in the standings this year.  After mentioning it for two episo...

Co-hosts Brad Janes and Bill Gibson are joined by retired sports reporter and Atlantic Journalism Hall of Fame member Bill Hunt to talk about the state of sports story telling in the Fredericton region and talk about some of the favorite stories they have told. Bill G and Brad recap the last week including The Dwight Dickinson golf tournament and another unlikely prize winning golf shot.  

New Brunswick podcasters Brad Janes and Bill Gibson discuss the origin of the podcast and discuss their sporting summer covering topics from the MWBA season,  the Fredericton Freeze, The Archie Golf tournament (including the most amazing golf shot ever) in support World's Oldest basketball court and NB Senior baseball and look forward to fall sports including The Milner tournament, the Fredericton...