Clark County Today Sports Podcast, Feb. 9, 2024: Union hires state champion football coach; RPI explained; football scheduling; and NFL talk

Date: Friday, February 9, 2024

in: Podcasts, Sports

Reporter Paul Valencia and sports administrators Tony Liberatore and Cale Piland talk about high school sports and more

Paul Valencia
ClarkCountyToday.com

Welcome back to the Clark County Today Sports Podcast.

Perfect timing, right? We recorded this episode just an hour or so after Union announced that Steve Pyne is the school’s next football coach.

You know, Steve Pyne, the five-time Oregon state champion coach from Central Catholic. Pyne resigned from Central Catholic to coach at Union? Wow! That was worthy of discussion.

We also talk about the WIAA and RPI and how RPI is just something to get a conversation started. Nothing else. It is not used for seeding purposes toward state tournaments anymore.

Oh, and then we talk high school football scheduling, with the news that Columbia River and Skyview are not scheduled to play each other in the fall of 2024.

And, of course, we have Super Bowl talk. Not a fun matchup for our hosts. We don’t care for these teams, but we will always celebrate the national sport of football.

The podcast format is simple. Tony Liberatore of Vancouver Public Schools and Cale Piland of Evergreen Public Schools give their thoughts, along with Clark County Today reporter Paul Valencia. Liberatore and Piland are longtime sports administrators. And Valencia has been a sports reporter in the region for more than 20 years.

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

Send us your thoughts at: paul.v@clarkcountytoday.com.