My son, Cody, has loved baseball all his life. He has been in training with an excellent batting coach over at Impact Sports for months in preparation for Lake Nona High School's Inaugural season. Unfortunately, Cody is currently under Doctor's orders to rest his back, so he is learning to contribute to his team in other ways (we fully expect he'll be back in full swing, yes, that pun is intended, in just a few weeks). We have been most impressed with his new coach, "Coach K" as Cody has faced an injury for the first time. We are experiencing the fun of a new team, a new program and most importantly, the unification of our community.
We hope to see you out at the games...I'll be at the concession stand! To see our JV and Varsity schedules visit our fan page on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Lake-Nona-High-School-Baseball/296485548939?ref=ts
More on Coach K from the Orlando Sentinel here:
Baseball veteran Kirchgassner starts over again at Lake Nona
Baseball - posted by buddy collings on June, 26 2009 2:10 PM
George Kirchgassner, who has racked up 589 victories as baseball coach for four Orange County schools since 1977, is making another move to the new Lake Nona school, which opens in August.
It marks the third time Kirchgassner will crank up a new program. He left established Colonial, where he had a 312-114 record (1980-92), to be the first baseball coach at Cypress Creek, then left the Bears in 2004 to start Freedom's program five years ago.
"I've never been to the final four, but for me there's no better feeling than taking a brand new program and taking it to the point where it's established," Kirchgassner said Friday. "Once you get your system in place winning takes care of itself. I never have put that in the forefront and never will."
Kirchgassner, 63, said he has two years of teaching to go, but plans to continue coaching "as long as I'm healthy, have the energy and somebody wants me."
He ranks fifth all-time in career baseball wins among area coaches behind active coaches Mike Smith (632-264) of Lake Brantley and Bob McCullough (620-423) of Lyman, former Apopka coach Sonny Wise (618-189-1), and the late Buddy Lowe (599-246) of Lake County.
Kirchgassner had a 166-149 record at Cypress Creek (1993-2003) and a 91-69 mark at Freedom (2004-09). He began his head coaching career with three seasons at Jones (1977-79), where he went 20-40.
Freedom's program is left on solid ground. The Patriots went 19-8 with five juniors and four sophomores starting last season.
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