Reporter Paul Valencia and sports administrators Tony Liberatore and Cale Piland talk about the postseason for basketball and wrestling and, of course, we congratulate Cale on his legendary fandom for the Seahawks
Paul Valencia
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Is he Positive Paul? Or Pessimistic Paul? Both personalities showed up in this podcast.
Paul Valencia wonders if Mat Classic is too big? Cale Piland and Tony Liberatore say it’s perfect.
Valencia also still questions the basketball playoff format after all these years.
And for Seahawk fans such as Cale Piland, one can always talk about the Super Bowl.
This latest episode was recorded on Thursday, Feb. 18.
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: paul.v@clarkcountytoday.com.
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