The Study of Sports Podcast, April 10, 2025: Some spring sports talk, including the challenges of hosting large track and field meets, plus an epic Mariners fandom story

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.Send us your thoughts at: [email protected].#localnews #ClarkCountyWa #StudyOfSports #PaulValencia #highschoolsports #Marinersstory #VancouverWA #schoolathletics #trackandfield #middleSchoolFootball #sportsadministration #baseballseason #EvergreenSchools #coachingstories #sportsleadership #pnwsports