{"podcast":{"title":"Echo Sportscast","slug":"echo-sportscast-7021822","podcast_index_feed_id":7021822,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6304231/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/echo-sportscast--6304231","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5a60d22fc9edc3f7166782c790ed11f8.jpg","author":"North Bay Echo","episode_count":90,"summary":"The Echo Sportscast delivers a weekly collection of Nipissing District Athletics high school results, video highlights and interviews, followed by post-secondary varsity, competitive club and recreational news and views. Each Friday morning, the 30-minute Sportscast will begin with the NDA roundup for the first one-third to half of the production. In the middle, we will spotlight an individual or sport with a five-minute excerpt from a longer podcast-style interview posted separately. Up next will be a variety pack of non-high school sports, ranging from club leagues to tournaments involving youth and adults, as well as post-secondary varsity coverage. At the end of each show, you will find a “Sports Heritage Moment” and historical footnote feature, most of which will connect to the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame inductees. We want the Echo Sportscast to be multi-generation involving youth, adults and the grandparents who raise and support them – while also adding a spark to their own athletic memories. The inaugural co-hosts are Paul McLean and Dave Dale, who bring a combined 40 years of local sports experience and a long list of network friends with bigger and better resumes to c…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T06:18:12.904250+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/echo-sportscast-7021822"},"episode":{"title":"Chippewa Makes Strides on the Ice, Trojans and Bears Remain Perfect on the Court","slug":"chippewa-makes-strides-on-the-ice-trojans-and-bears-remain-perfect-on-the-court","published_at":"2025-12-19T16:33:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/echo-sportscast-7021822/chippewa-makes-strides-on-the-ice-trojans-and-bears-remain-perfect-on-the-court","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/echo-sportscast-7021822","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/chippewa-makes-strides-on-the-ice-trojans-and-bears-remain-perfect-on-the-court--69134676","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69134676/sportscast_dec_19th_audio.mp3","summary":"This week's Sportscast features the final week of action prior to the Christmas break. Chippewa faced off against Algonquin in NDA hockey and we caught up with Raven's goalie Evan Chemery in between the 2nd and 3rd periods. We also look at the standings for basketball and volleyball alongside highlights from this past week. We also put in a short teaser of our boxing day episode for next week as we sat down with longtime Chippewa teacher and coach Bob Boal. 2:39 NDA Hockey 11:45 Volleyball 15:30 Basketball 24:40 Other NDA Updates 31:25 Boxing Day Teaser","meta_description":"This week's Sportscast features the final week of action prior to the Christmas break. Chippewa faced off against Algonquin in NDA hockey and we caught up…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2435,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/echo-sportscast-7021822/episodes/chippewa-makes-strides-on-the-ice-trojans-and-bears-remain-perfect-on-the-court/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/echo-sportscast-7021822/chippewa-makes-strides-on-the-ice-trojans-and-bears-remain-perfect-on-the-court.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}