{"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":"NDA Semi Final Highlights and Results from Volleyball Basketball and Hockey","slug":"nda-semi-final-highlights-and-results-from-volleyball-basketball-and-hockey","published_at":"2026-02-20T16:39:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/echo-sportscast-7021822/nda-semi-final-highlights-and-results-from-volleyball-basketball-and-hockey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/echo-sportscast-7021822","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/nda-semi-final-highlights-and-results-from-volleyball-basketball-and-hockey--70179308","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70179308/sportscast_feb_20th_audio.mp3","summary":"This week's Sportscast features semi-final results and action from across the NDA! In senior volleyball and basketball Scollard took on West Ferris and Chippewa hosted Algonquin with the winners booking a ticket to a best of 3 final. In hockey Algonquin looks to even the series with Chippewa at 1 game a piece in their best of 3 semi final with game 3 set to take place Saturday night at 8pm. We also discuss the contact rules in the NDA and the pros and cons of having different rules for different teams. We have other updates from across the NDA including a student athlete who set some new records on the provincial level! 0:00 Intro 2:40 Volleyball 7:30 Basketball 15:00 Hockey","meta_description":"This week's Sportscast features semi-final results and action from across the NDA! In senior volleyball and basketball Scollard took on West Ferris and Ch…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2605,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/echo-sportscast-7021822/episodes/nda-semi-final-highlights-and-results-from-volleyball-basketball-and-hockey/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/nda-semi-final-highlights-and-results-from-volleyball-basketball-and-hockey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}