Clark County Today Sports Podcast

About Clark County Today Sports Podcast

The Study of Sports is a ClarkCountyToday.com podcast where longtime sports reporter Paul Valencia talks high school sports — and more — with longtime sports administrators and former coaches Cale Piland and Tony Liberatore. Piland, a former head football coach at Evergreen and Union, is now the athletic director for Evergreen Public Schools. Liberatore, a former assistant coach and athletic director at Columbia River, is now an associate principal at Fort Vancouver. Episodes prioritize high school sports in Southwest Washington while leaving room for timely topics from the wider sports scene.

Publisher

Clark County Today

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Dec 2020

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

139 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026

   The Study of Sports Podcast Oct. 21, 2026: The sports enthusiasts discuss a current local situation that is making national news, plus high school football, and a brief Mariners talk, too

   Paul Valencia, Cale Piland, and Tony Liberatore cover Clark County's nationally watched transgender athlete debate, a local school dropping its varsity football schedule, regional football talk, and a Seattle team reaching the World Series. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/study-sports-podcast-oct-21-2026-sports-enthusiasts-discuss (https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/study-sports-podcast-oct-21-2026-sports-enthusiasts-discuss) #StudyOfSports #ClarkCounty #HighSchoolSports #TransgenderAthletes #HighSchoolFootball #Mariners #WorldSeries #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest #Sportspodcast

2. 

   2 Oct 2026

   The Study of Sports Podcast Oct. 2, 2026: The sports enthusiasts about the number of high school football programs who are not getting big numbers; plus schedule talk, too

   R.A. Long has already pulled out of its varsity schedule, a Class 4A program in the Clark County area can't field varsity, JV, and freshmen teams, and a Puget Sound squad is ending its season early. Paul Valencia, Tony Liberatore, and Cale Piland examine the numbers behind high school football's participation decline, plus scheduling quirks in the 2A Greater St. Helens League and the scarcity of Oregon-Washington cross-border matchups. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/study-sports-podcast-oct-2-2026-sports-enthusiasts-about #StudyOfSports #HighSchoolFootball #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest #Podcast #Sports #Youth #RALong #GreaterStHelensLeague

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Study of Sports: 4A GSHL Football, Volleyball & More

   Paul Valencia, Tony Liberatore, and Cale Piland break down the new 4A GSHL football schedule that has Skyview hosting Camas in the first of two matchups between the teams this season. They also highlight Camas and Ridgefield volleyball's special match, and more. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/the-study-of-sports-podcast-sept-17-2026-the-sports-enthusiasts-talk-about-the-new-football-schedule-in-the-4a-gshl-some-outdoor-volleyball-and-more-in-this-episode/ #StudyOfSports #HighSchoolSports #4AGSHL #ClarkCountySports #Football #Volleyball #Podcast #WashingtonState #Camas #Skyview

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

788,919

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

73

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

60

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Books guests

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