OT basketball, clutch plays in finals; plus girls hockey rocks Gateway of the North

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 season in the Gateway City. You’ll love the clips of visiting teams cheering during Friday night’s university varsity contest between the Nipissing Lakers and Western Mustangs.Podcast co-hosts Paul McLean and Dave Dale also make a prediction for tomorrow’s NOSSA showdown between Algonquin and the host Sault Ste. Marie champs, a strong Korah Colts squad. They also announce which teams they are cheering for in the Grey Cup this Sunday with North Bay’s Mike O’Shea coaching the Winnipeg Blue Bombers against North Bay’s Ryan Hunter and the Toronto Argonauts.In junior football action, we have the Bears scoring the game-winner on video … beating the Barons 8-0 to go undefeated this year for the NDA championship banner. Plus the Spotlight interview is with one of the inaugural Nipissing Lakers women’s hockey team members, Laura Mady (McKenzie at the time) who has made North Bay her home.The full interview with Laura is available on the Echo channel here: https://youtu.be/Q-lwEjvy3tM