Reporter Paul Valencia and sports administrators Tony Liberatore and Cale Piland go back-and-forth with various subjects in the sports world in this episode
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Pro sports. College sports. High school sports.
Eventually, what we see in the pros gets copied in college and then high school.
Many times, that is great. Sometimes? Not so much.
In this episode, we talk about a high school football team being accused of wrongdoing. That team was cleared, but the accusation itself was creative and different.
Plus we talk sportsmanship and how basketball teams, and all high school teams, can work on keeping scores from getting out of hand.
This latest episode was recorded on Wednesday, Jan. 14 2026.
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.
Also read:
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Battle Ground athlete Virginia Rodeman won two divisions at the No-Gi World Championship in Las Vegas, continuing an eight-year rise in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition. - High school sports: Pac Coast Wrestling to showcase some of the best in the Northwest and beyond
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