Hockey hit, suspension debated in slo-mo, plus key basketball and volleyball clashes

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 another ‘You make the call’ segment, this time a match penalty and three-game suspension for head contact causing injury during a Sunday morning match at Memorial Gardens And we’re putting together a bit of a schedule summary as we enter the last two weeks of regular season play for the winter leagues with playoffs startingWe don’t have a new Spotlight interview but we’re including another five minutes of Lakers coach Mike McParland sharing some more of his hockey journey. In club and varsity updates, we have video evidence of the men’s Lakers team getting the edge on the Ontario Tech team last Saturday, plus some follow up from their exhibition win over China, followed by a 7-2 loss to Queen’s University.In Lakers women’s hockey …they are now 13-1-2 after two road wins on the weekend, which gets them back on track following two losses against Ontario Tech to start 2025 … you can see them for yourself tonight as they host the York Lions at 6 p.m. with another game Saturday at 4 p.m. against the visiting Ottawa Gee-Gees.