As we embark on the final month of the spring scholastic sports season, here are a few important news items you should know about.<\/p>\n
One of the nice spring sports storylines\u2014over the last two seasons, in fact\u2014is that of the Bangor <\/a>baseball team.<\/p>\n Last spring, the Slaters went on an almost unthinkable run of 23 consecutive victories, culminating with the school\u2019s first Colonial League<\/a> baseball championship since 1981.\u00a0 While they lost significant talent to graduation, they brought back roughly half of their roster and were the odds-on favorite to repeat again this spring.<\/p>\n The league is clearly more balanced this spring; however, with many of last year\u2019s up-and-coming prospects on other teams making the jump to becoming prime-time varsity talents this season.<\/p>\n The top of the standings have rotated schools almost on a weekly basis, with most every Colonial League game being very competitive\u2014regardless of the competing teams\u2019 win\/loss record.<\/p>\n Despite many close games, Bangor clinched a berth in the playoffs last week with a 5-1 win over Catasauqua<\/a>, thereby earning the right to truly defend its title in the league playoffs.<\/p>\n We had a chance to catch up with Head Coach Greg Hartman, pitcher Landon LaBar (who pitched a one-run complete game in the win over the Rough Riders, along with fellow senior, shortstop John Raub about last year\u2019s record breaking season, the win over Catty, and the road ahead.
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