- Robert L. Collura -
1961
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- While attending Bangor Area High
School, Robert Collura participated two years in
baseball, two years in track, and three years in
football.
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- An outstanding member of the track
team, he held the school record in the broad jump, the
high jump, and the 440-yard dash. He holds unbeaten
records at Bangor Area High School for 41 years in the
following events: · BHS 100-yard dash (9.9
sec)
- BHS 220-yard dash (21.9
sec)
- Highest individual point score in
a season in dual meets
- Highest individual point score in
the league meet
- Highest individual point score in
the district meet
- Highest individual point score in
the state meet
- Longest winning streak &endash;
unbeaten in 54 straight races
- Triple winner in every dual meet,
league meet, and district 11 meet
- District 11 record 220-yard
dash
- State record (set in trials)
220-yard dash
- He placed second in the state meet
in the 220-yard dash and the 440-yard dash, and third
in the state meet in the 100-yard dash.
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- After high school, Robert attended
the University of Maryland on a full track
scholarship. There he was the highest individual point
scorer, ever, in the District of Columbia AAU Meet,
earning five gold medals. He also earned a gold medal
in the Pilot Relay.
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- Robert is the owner of a private
Engineering/Surveying Firm located in Bangor. He
serves as the Borough Engineer for Bangor and several
other municipalities. He and his wife, Barbara, have
two daughters, Krista Dentith and Karin Collura, and
two grandsons, Ryan and Zachary Dentith.
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- Granville Evans - 1931 (Coach
- Deceased)
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- Granville Evans, who is also
recognized as our Distinguished Educator for 2002,
played football at BAHS in 1929 and 1930. During his
playing years, the football team compiled a record of
4-4-0 (1929) and 5-2-1 (1930). He also played football
at Moravian College where he was a star
lineman.
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- After graduating from Moravian
College, he was hired as a chemistry/physics teacher
and assistant football coach under Coach Frank O'Hora
in 1940. Except for the years that he served during
WWII, he remained an assistant coach through the years
of Coach Frank O'Rourke and Coach Ed Conti, during
which time the Slaters compiled a record of
47-37-2.
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- In 1951, Granville Evans became
the head coach, a position he held for seven seasons
until he retired from coaching because of illness.
During his tenure as head coach, he compiled a record
of 29-35-1. During his seven years as head coach, he
guided his team to six victories over Pen Argyl,
Bangor's traditional Thanksgiving Day rival.
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- The Granville Evans Award is an
annual award given to outstanding athletes from Bangor
High School. The award is given in his name because of
his contribution to athletics during his teaching and
coaching career.
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- He was a coach who cared about his
players as individuals and tried to instill in them a
moral character that would serve them beyond the
playing field.
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- Mark F. Hopstetter -
1991
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- While at Bangor Area High School,
Mark Hopstetter was a three-year letter winner in
football and a four-year letter winner in track and
field. He also was a one-year letter winner in
wrestling.
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- He was a member of the 1988 and
1990 Colonial League Championship football teams and
set five game, season, and career records. He served
as a co-captain of the
- team for two years and received
the following awards: Big 33 Award, Most Valuable
Player in the Bangor-PenArgyl Game, Granville Evans
Award for offensive back, Colonial Football All-Star
Team, Voice of the Slaters Award, and he played in the
McDonald's All-Star Football Classic. In the 1990
football season, he scored 94 points of which 26 were
scored in the Bangor/Salisbury game. He scored 23
career touchdowns.
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- In track and field, Mark received
an award for the most improved player and he was the
shot put and javelin champion in the 1991 Catty
Relays.
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- Mark received his bachelor's
degree in health and physical education from East
Stroudsburg University. At ESU he was a member of the
power lifting team where he won various power lifting
championships and was ranked fifth in collegiate power
lifting.
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- Mark has also served as assistant
football coach at both Pius X and Pen Argyl High
Schools as well as track and field coach at East
Stroudsburg Area High School.
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- He is currently a health and
physical education teacher in the Stroudsburg Area
School District where he is also the head track and
field coach.
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- Bradley H. Krum -
1977
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- Bradley Krum played four varsity
sports - basketball, cross country, track, and
baseball while he attended Bangor High School. In his
senior year he was a member of three championship
teams and was named the 1977 Bangor Exchange Club's
Outstanding Male Athlete.
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- Brad was a 2-year starter in
basketball and was named defensive MVP of Bangor's
first championship basketball team in 1976-77 when
they won the Colonial
- League Championship.
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- In the 1976 State PIAA Cross
Country Championship he won a medal for 14th place.
That year he was the individual Colonial League Cross
Country Champion and he helped the Slaters win the
Colonial League dual meet and league meet titles. Also
in 1976 he held four course records for the cross
country team and was named Bangor's MVP in Cross
Country.
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- Brad also was the second leading
scorer on the 1977 track team, which was the Colonial
league dual meet co-champion team.
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- After high school, Brad went to
Temple University where he was captain and MVP of the
Owls' Cross Country team in 1979 and 1980. He was also
one of the top scorers on Temple's 1981 East Coast
Conference Championship Indoor Track Team. He was the
winner of the Marie Rodebaugh Award for Temple's most
dedicated track and field athlete in 1981.
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- Brad and his wife, Mary Jo, live
in Washington Township with their three sons, Lukas,
Logan, and Levi. He is a copy editor at The Morning
Call in Allentown
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- Stephen Lapekas - 1989
- Steve participated in football (3
years), baseball (4 years) and track and field (2
years) while he was a student at Bangor Area High
School. He was a member of the Colonial League
championship football teams in 1988 and 1989, and the
District XI championship team in 1988.
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- His individual accomplishments
include the following:
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- Football:
- Offensive MVP in 1989
- MVP vs. Pius in 1998
- Colonial League All Star Team
&endash; offensive end and corner back in
1988
- Lehigh Valley All-Star Classic
football team
- Longest kickoff return &endash; 89
yards vs. Southern Lehigh
- Baseball:
- Tri-captain 1988 and
1989
- Colonial League All-Star team
&endash; catcher
- Career (1986-1989) stolen bases
&endash; 123
- Season (1989) stolen bases
&endash; 26
- Track and Field:
- District XI AA 100M champion in
1988
- District XI AA 200M champion in
1988
- Colonial League 100 M champion in
1988 and 1989
- Colonial League 200 M champion in
1988 and 1989
- 11th place in State Track
Meet
- 100-meter record holder
(10.6)
- After graduation from BAHS, Steve
attended Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia where
he participated in varsity football and baseball. In
1990, he received the Jackie Jensen MVP award for
baseball. He entered the U.S. Military Academy in 1990
and played football for 1 year and baseball for 3
years. Army set an overall win record of 23, as well
as a Patriot League win record of 17 during his senior
season in baseball.
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- Upon graduation from West Point,
Steve spent 5 years of active duty in the U.S. Army
where he attained the rank of Captain. Steve is
currently the Global Service Executive of Web Hosting
within the EDS Hosting Services Group and Operations
Solutions. He lives with his wife, the former Tracey
Houck (BAHS 1989) and son, Reid. They are expecting a
second child in January.
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- David Moyer - 1974
- David Moyer played basketball and
baseball for BAHS. He was in two district basketball
playoffs in 1973 and 1974. His individual
accomplishments include the following scoring records,
which were established without 3-point
goals:
- Most points in a season in 1974
(498 points)
- Most field goals in a season in
1974
- Total points in 2 seasons in 1973
and 1974 (850 points)
- He also received the following
honors and awards as a member of the BAHS basketball
team:
- Co-captain - 1974
- First team Colonial League
All-Star
- MVP and Best Offensive Player in
1974
- Pocono Record Player of the Year
in 1974
- Express 1st Team
All-Star
- LARC All-Star Team
member
- In addition to an outstanding
career at BAHS, Dave became a prominent athlete at the
college level. He attended East Stroudsburg University
(1974-1978) where he set the following scoring
records, which were also established without 3-point
goals.
- Most points scored by any freshman
in the school's history (365 points). This record
stood for 25 years from 1975 until 2000.
- Scored a total of 1400 points in
his collegiate career at ESU.
- In 1978-1984, Dave was the
assistant varsity basketball coach at BAHS. He is in
his 25th year as a social studies teacher at Bangor
Area High School where he serves as senior class
advisor, student government advisor, and SADD
advisor.
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- He owns Moyer's Driving School,
serving the Slate Belt and surrounding communities.
For the past 16 years he has been a collegiate varsity
men's basketball official. He and his wife Dorothy
have three children, David, Brynne, and
Taylor.
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- Peter Speer - 1964
Peter Speer was a four-year letter
winner in both basketball and baseball at Bangor Area
High School. As a Bangor High School athlete, his coaches
note that he was a fierce competitor and a hustler who
was respected by both his teammates and his coaches. He
had a reputation as a "quiet leader with a never quit
attitude."
- He was the second baseman on the
1964 baseball team, which won the Northern Division
Championship of the Lehigh Northampton League. He won
several baseball awards at BAHS, including Most
Valuable Offensive Player.
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- Pete averaged 23 points-per-game
as a senior basketball player. He has the second
highest points-per-game single season total. In his
senior year, he was named to the Lehigh Northampton
League first team and he earned All-State honorable
mention.
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- Pete was on his way to an
outstanding career in basketball at Mansfield State
Teachers College before his tour in Vietnam at the end
of his sophomore year. He served as a Sergeant in the
U.S. Army, was wounded in combat and awarded a Purple
Heart. He returned to college and graduated from
Mansfield in 1970.
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- He is employed as a supervisor for
the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry in
the Allentown Unemployment Service Center where he has
worked for 31 years. His daughter, Kelsey, is
currently a student at Bangor Area Middle
School.
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