Coach Harold Jack Hester . . . One of the best
By Butch Dale • •
EDITOR’S NOTE: Popular columnist Butch Dale has offered to share some stories about Montgomery County sports. This is the fifth of those stories.
There have certainly been many great basketball coaches in Montgomery County, but very few can match the record of Harold Jack Hester, who coached at New Market and Ladoga a total of 20 years. Jack graduated from New Market in 1934, having played his senior year under Coach Russell Bower . . . his team finishing with a 16-4 record. Then it was on to Wabash College, where Jack lettered in both basketball and baseball for three years. During his senior year, he was elected team captain for the roundball squad, coached by Pete Vaughn.