Adam Nester and Steve Combs during the 2023 – 2024 season.
Adam Nester has two shadows to contend with in his first year of being the Head Coach of the Junior Varsity Baseball ⚾️ team. The first shadow is that of his Father, Rick Nester, who has been a Head Coach on The Hill forever and a day.
If you tie 👔 in his playing time at CCHS, Dad has been a part of All – Things Cavaliers almost as long as the School has been in existence.
One would not thing it would be possible for Adam Nester to face a greater challenge than Dad but he does as Nester is following a Coach that has captured FIVE straight Three Rivers District 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆.
Steve Combs stepped up to become the Assistant Head Coach to Casey Burcham when Kevin DeHaven turned in his lineup card for the title of Athletic Director at the end of the last School year.
Combs simply Won, Won and Won all the while preparing the younger players for their time on the Varsity level. Now that the torch 🔦 has been passed to Nester, the expectation of success is a part of life.
Nester has a sense of humor about the hand he has been dealt. After opening the season with five consecutive shutouts, the Cavaliers eaked out a high scoring affair versus Pulaski County in game six.
” There was talk of them having to let me go,” joked Nester. ” Even though we won the game there was talk of firing me.”
The squad now sits at a perfect 10-0 and has allowed just 12 runs 🏃♂️ during the winning streak.
Two games await the Nester Nine will both being played at Bill Worrell Field on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday is part of a doubleheader with the Varsity team playing the night 🌙 cap.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 