Freedom Names Baseball, Wrestling Coaches

News from Freedom Athletic Director Matt Oblas today as the Eagles have a new wrestling coach and a new baseball coach. Here is the release from Oblas:

"The Freedom Athletic Department is excited to announce two new head varsity coaches.

Kent Nagy will serve as the head varsity wrestling coach. Kent was previously a JV head wrestling coach at Freedom and had previously worked as the head varsity wrestling coach at Robert E. Lee HS in Staunton. Kent is also the head freshmen football coach at Freedom.

Jason Treon will serve as the head varsity baseball coach. Jason was previously a JV head baseball coach at Stone Bridge HS and also works currently on the Stone Bridge football staff. Jason played baseball at Potomac Falls HS and at Tusculum College in Tennessee. "

Nagy takes over for Pat McNanley ... a great supporter of our coverage over the years and a wonderful varsity wrestling coach before taking the assistant AD gig under Oblas this summer ... and Treon is familiar to fans across the county as a player and coach ... and predictor!

I just saw Treon on Friday and many fans who have been following my coverage of high school sports in Loudoun may know Treon by his other name "The Oracle".

Treon has been one of the top pickers in our You Pick'Em football contest and he wanted to know the big question: with VivaLoudoun would we still hold You Pick'Em contest ... (of course if he REALLY was the Oracle, he would have known the answer but we will cut him some slack as it is football preseason where he is coaching on the Stone Bridge staff ... the Rolls Royce of prep football coaching staffs) ... of course! You Pick'em will enter its 43rd season in two weeks (give or take 40 years) ... so stay tuned ... as a reminder, here is the all-time leaderboard ... We hope that John Koren aka The Crystal Ball finds our new website ... With Chris Tully at six alltime wins we need a nickname for him ... we are working on the Panther Prophet or the Seer of Sterling ... What do you think Tully? Read past you Pick'Em enteries at the old LPS site here!

You Pick'Em All-Time Leaderboard (updated Dec. 3, 2008 ... honest!)

13 - Jason Treon

10 - John Koren

6 - Chris Tully

5 - Greg Dawson, Tim Lieb, Ryan Price, Ryan Rogers

4- Jane Baker

3 - Jamie Eberly, Chuck McDaniel

2 - Kathy Athey, Walter McCowat, Sam Plank

1 - Steven Balik, Leon Barber, Andrew Berdhal, Zirkle Blakey, Joe Conroy, Larry Hall, Hayden Hawes, Jeff Hawes, Marco Mastrangelo, Patrick McNanley, Phil Murphy, Trevor Scales, Ryder Sousa