Clark County Today Sports Podcast

In this episode of The Study of Sports, reporter Paul Valencia and sports administrators Tony Liberatore and Cale Piland discuss hosting track and field meets, the decision for school districts to move middle school football to the spring, and some high school baseball.

While this podcast deals primarily with local, high school sports — from the perspective of expert administrators — we have to be honest with you: The best part of this episode is Tony’s story of winning a bizarre gift from the Mariners 14 years ago, and how in order to try to change the trajectory of the franchise, Tony had to sacrifice that gift this season. 

Gotta hear from him! 

Our podcast format is simple: A longtime sports reporter (Paul Valencia) discusses high school sports, and more, with longtime sports administrators and former coaches. Cale Piland is the former head football coach at Evergreen and Union and is now the athletic director for Evergreen Public Schools. Tony Liberatore is a former assistant coach and athletic director at Columbia River and is now an associate principal at Fort Vancouver. 

We’re always interested in subject ideas for a future podcast. Email us a subject idea.

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In this episode of The Study of Sports Podcast, sports reporter Paul Valencia and sports administrators Tony Liberatore and Cale Piland discuss Washington’s state basketball tournament structure. They analyze whether teams that lose early should still be in contention for a championship. The episode also highlights the success of Columbia River and Camas basketball teams and explores Spring Training experiences from Arizona. Read the full story at www.ClarkCountyToday.com #highschoolbasketball #WIAAtournaments #basketballplayoffs #SpringTraining #MLBpreseason #sportsdiscussion #TonyLiberatore #CalePiland #PaulValencia #ClarkCountyWa #localnews

Paul Valencia and sports administrators Tony Liberatore and Cale Piland discuss the latest in high school sports, including big changes coming to Mat Classic and the excitement of playoff basketball. Plus, hear about the podcast's new name, The Study of Sports, and how listeners can weigh in on future topics. Read more at https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/sports/the-study-of-sports-podcast-feb-21-2025-big-changes-for-mat-classic-and-the-thrill-of-playoff-basketball/ www.ClarkCountyToday.com

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The latest Clark County Today Sports Podcast features Mick Hoffman, the executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, discussing key amendments that WIAA members will vote on this spring. Topics include a new transfer rule for student-athletes, a potential mercy rule, and the possibility of girls flag football becoming a sanctioned sport.

Additionally, Hoffman shares insights on amendments regarding transgender athletes in sports—an issue gaining national attention. The conversation also covers the amendment process and the challenges of shaping new policies.

Wrapping up the episode, our hosts give their Super Bowl predictions. To hear the full discussion, visit ClarkCountyToday.com.

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The sports enthusiasts are here for 2025.

In the first Clark County Today Sports podcast of the new year, we discuss the WIAA’s rules on NIL deals for high school athletes. We have one athlete that we know of, Brooklynn Haywood of Union, who has two endorsement deals.

We also talk about basketball rivalries and great atmospheres in local gyms.

Plus we talk about the college football playoffs and the joy one of us got from the result of one specific game last week.

And it’s time for the NFL playoffs.

Our podcast format is simple: A longtime sports reporter (Paul Valencia) discusses high school sports, and more, with longtime sports administrators and former coaches. Cale Piland is the former head football coach at Evergreen and Union and is now the athletic director for Evergreen Public Schools. Tony Liberatore is a former assistant coach and athletic director at Columbia River and is now an associate principal at Fort Vancouver.

We’re always interested in subject ideas for a future podcast. Email us a subject idea.

Send us your thoughts at: [email protected].

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/

The sports enthusiasts are back with the final podcast of 2024.

We review the high school state championship games with a salute to Camas and Seton Catholic.

Then we get into a serious discussion on the voting process for WIAA amendments, and we tackle some of the biggest amendments that will be voted on in 2025, including a new transfer rule for high school athletics as well as transgender issues in high school athletics.

One of our experts notes that even if one of the amendments passes, he is not sure the WIAA can adopt the amendment because it might not be legal in the state of Washington.

We welcome winter sports, and note that there is a big basketball tournament in the region after Christmas and a huge wrestling extravaganza that week, as well.

And, of course, we touch on college and pro sports a bit.

Our podcast format is simple: A longtime sports reporter (Paul Valencia) discusses high school sports, and more, with longtime sports administrators and former coaches. Cale Piland is the former head football coach at Evergreen and Union and is now the athletic director for Evergreen Public Schools. Tony Liberatore is a former assistant coach and athletic director at Columbia River and is now an associate principal at Fort Vancouver.

We’re always interested in subject ideas for a future podcast. Email us a subject idea.

Send us your thoughts at: [email protected].

The sports enthusiasts predicted back in August that Clark County would have up to two teams playing in Husky Stadium in one of the state championship football games.

Turns out, they were correct.

This week, we discuss the Class 4A title game, featuring Camas, and the 1A title game, featuring Seton Catholic. 

Plus we take a look back at the 2004 season when Evergreen became the first big school to win a state football title from Clark County. That team was coached by our own Cale Piland. 

Our podcast format is simple: A longtime sports reporter (Paul Valencia) discusses high school sports, and more, with longtime sports administrators and former coaches. Cale Piland is the former head football coach at Evergreen and Union and is now the athletic director for Evergreen Public Schools. Tony Liberatore is a former assistant coach and athletic director at Columbia River and is now an associate principal at Fort Vancouver. 

We’re always interested in subject ideas for a future podcast. Email us a subject idea.

Send us your thoughts at: [email protected].

https://ClarkCountyToday.com

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A lot to talk about in this episode of the Clark County Today sports podcast, but we had to start with Columbia River volleyball. That’s four consecutive state championships. Four!

We also get into high school football, as well as the 2A Greater St. Helens League for volleyball and girls soccer.

And we respond to an email we received from a listener who took exception to an earlier podcast when we described football as being under attack. Is it really under attack if football is everywhere on TV, just about every night of the week? Great question.

Our podcast format is simple: A longtime sports reporter (Paul Valencia) discusses high school sports, and more, with longtime sports administrators and former coaches. Cale Piland is the former head football coach at Evergreen and Union and is now the athletic director for Evergreen Public Schools. Tony Liberatore is a former assistant coach and athletic director at Columbia River and is now an associate principal at Fort Vancouver.

We’re always interested in subject ideas for a future podcast. Email us a subject idea.

Send us your thoughts at: [email protected].

The Week 10 football playoff games begin tonight (Friday, Nov. 8) and continue with some matchups Saturday, and next week, we will be starting the state football playoffs.

A perfect set-up for this edition of the Clark County Today sports podcast. 

Plus we talk a bit about our own personal career choices. Reporter Paul Valencia is no longer sports only. He hasn’t been for a long time now, but it really hit home the last few weeks. And our sports administrators, Tony Liberatore and Cale Piland, have had interesting turns in their careers in education. 

We also give a salute to Veterans Day, and Paul Valencia discusses his feeling on being a veteran.

Our podcast format is simple: A longtime sports reporter (Paul Valencia) discusses high school sports, and more, with longtime sports administrators and former coaches. Cale Piland is the former head football coach at Evergreen and Union and is now the athletic director for Evergreen Public Schools. Tony Liberatore is a former assistant coach and athletic director at Columbia River is now an associate principal at Fort Vancouver. 

We’re always interested in subject ideas for a future podcast. Email us a subject idea.

Send us your thoughts at: [email protected].

The regular season seems to go by in a flash every year. Here we are, preparing for Week 8 of the high school football season. 

The sports administrators and this high school sports reporter who make up this podcast are excited to talk about the possibilities in this episode.

Plus we take a deep look into the forfeit/appeals process in high school sports because two Clark County teams were involved in a game that needed the process to determine an outcome of a game.

Oh, and we also have fun looking at a great list provided by Greater St. Helens League football historian Brian Levesque. Here is his list of all-time wins-and-losses from high school football coaches in Southwest Washington, dating back to the 1920s: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/159rf0O5Yth7Ul7lep1WHh2kmZtjKBlcOXfp-uCwmLwA/edit?gid=0#gid=0

We talked about high school sports as well as pro sports. We gave our World Series picks, too. 

Our podcast format is simple: A longtime sports reporter (Paul Valencia) discusses high school sports, and more, with longtime sports administrators and former coaches. Cale Piland is the former head football coach at Evergreen and Union and is now the athletic director for Evergreen Public Schools. Tony Liberatore is a former assistant coach and athletic director at Columbia River is now an associate principal at Fort Vancouver. 

We’re always interested in subject ideas for a future podcast. Email us a subject idea.

Send us your thoughts at: [email protected].