Wrestling: Special Moment for Freedom Coach Kent Nagy as Eagles Win Tournament Named in Memory of Father

Broadway (Jan. 3, 2010) - In what has already been a special season for the Freedom High School wrestling team and first-year head coach Kent Nagy, Saturday was a truly special day as the Eagles took home first place in the tournament named in honor of Nagy's father, the Lou Nagy Memorial Tournament at Broadway High School.

Lou Nagy was the athletic director at Broadway and founded the wrestling program where Kent and his brother wrestled and claimed three district titles each as well as regional titles.

"Our family kind of became synonomous with wrestling at Broadway," reported Kent Nagy.

Kent Nagy went on to coach at Broadway while in college and later became the R.E. Lee head coach in Staunton before becoming an assistant coach under Pat McNanley two years ago in South Riding. Four years ago his father, Lou Nagy, lost a 28-year battle with heart disease and passed away at the age of 55. Saturday's tournament was created four years ago to honor Lou Nagy's legacy.

"This year, my first year as the head coach at Freedom, the boys really wanted to win this tournament for obvious reasons," reported Nagy.

And win the Eagles did, their third tournament title of the year. Freedom claimed the title by a wide margin -- 49 points.


1. Freedom 254.5 points
2. Strasburg 205.5 points
3. Warren County 191 points
4. Broadway 146 points

"This is a pretty astounding feat considering we were missing four starters, including our returning state medalist Tom Philbrick, who is returning next week from an injury, and team captain Steven Marquina, 16-1, who had the flu," reported Nagy.

All 14 starters for the day placed for the eagles.

103- Anthony Chau(5th)- wrestling for Levi Hamm
112- Nico Wallize(2nd)- wrestling for Steven Marquina (great day for a backup freshmen)
119- Chuong Le (1st)- First kid on the team to win this tournament twice
125- Cole Scoggin(5th) wrestling for Tom Philbrick
130- Michael Hosti(1st) won the tournament despite wrestling up a weight class
135- Sean Gaetani(3rd) wrestling up a weight class
140- Cody Hamm(3rd) wrestling for Tyler Young
145- Joe Sheptock(2nd)
152- Matt Murphy(1st) huge win in finals... when he turned the Warren County kid to his back with 20 seconds left to win
160- Jason Scrivo(5th)
171- Charles Constantino(1st)
189- Chris Freda(3rd)
215- Christian Lanzaro(6th)
285- DaQuante Timbers(1st) Won his second consecutive tournament

Freedom also had 7 B-team kids place in the tournament
112- Matt Allison (5th)
119- Andrew Carney(5th)
130- Riley Scheyder(4th)
135- Daniel Garbus(5th)
140- Michael Lehnertz(6th)
145- Matt Johnson(6th)
160- Patrick Haggerty(6th)

Earlier in the season, Freedom won the Spotsylvania Duals and the Dudley Martin Tournament at Brentsville.