After signing with the Frederick Flying Cows last weekend, former Oakdale High basketball star and Frederick County's all-time leading scorer Zach Thomas is this week's guest on The Final Score podcast.

The Flying Cows are Frederick's professional basketball team set to begin play in March in the United States Basketball League after two very successful seasons in The Basketball League {TBL). Last season, the won the Southeast Conference championship and reached the TBL's final four.

Thomas chats with host Greg Swatek about his decision to sign with the Cows and how the opportunity came about.

He talked about his continued desire to play after spending two years in the coaching ranks, serving as an assistant for legendary coach John Calipari at the University of Kentucky and a player-development coach for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets.

Thomas also recounts his professional basketball journey since graduating in 2018 from Bucknell University, where he was the Patriot League Player of the Year as a senior. He has played professionally in Belgium, Italy, Ukraine before the Russian invasion, Poland, Finland, Sweden and Cyprus.

What were his favorite and most memorable stops? What are his goals and priorities as he begins to play for the Flying Cows?

Prior to that conversation, FNP sports reporter Alexander Dacy joins Greg to talk about Hood College's recent ascension into the Division III Top 25 for men's basketball, as well as the high school boys and girls basketball scenes in Frederick County and key results that have recently transpired.