Hal
Bentley has an impressive business title. He is the Director of
Business Development for Celeritas Works, LLC., of Kansas City. That
continues a litany of impressive things he has done, including being
a two sport star at New Brighton High School and Kansas State
University. Hal lettered for two years on the Lions football team.
His senior year he helped New Brighton to an 8-1-1 record. In one of
the wins, he had nine receptions for 260 yards and two touchdowns
(plus a two point conversion) as the Lions defeated Beaver. He was
also instrumental in the Lions victory over Beaver Falls for the
first time in 29 years. Hal was named All Conference, played in the
Penn-Ohio All Star Game, and was also named to Pennsylvania’s Big 33
Team. That was certainly a good, if not great season, but his
basketball senior year was record breaking. Hal dominated the
statistics in helping New Brighton win the WPIAL Class AA title
despite standing just 6'-1" and going against guys as tall as
6'-10". He averaged 26.5 points in the regular season, and led the
team in rebounding, steals, shooting percentage, foul shooting
percentage, and popcorn sales. In the WPIAL playoffs, he scored 119
points in four games, including a record setting 40 in the
championship tilt against Clairton, which had an all star opponent
who was 6'-8". That 40 point performance in a championship game has
since been tied, but yet to be broken. Hal, who averaged 31 points
per game throughout the WPIAL and the PIAA playoffs that year, was
named All Section MVP, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fab Five selection,
First Team All State, MVP of the Quigley Classic, and played for the
Western Pennsylvania team in the Roundball Classic. At Kansas State
University, Hal lettered for one year in football as a reserve end
and three seasons in basketball. He injured his knee early in his
senior basketball season which caused him to miss the rest of the
year. He had chances to go overseas to play the roundball sport
professionally, but instead took a job at IBM, where he won numerous
business awards, including Rookie of the Year in a nine state region
in 1987. Hal and his wife Holly have three children (Hope, Hunter,
and Hudson), and live in Kansas City. His business philosophy
-
plan to win, prepare to win, expect to win - can also be applied to
his past as one of the county’s all time great athletic talents.
Hal
Bentley has an impressive business title. He is the Director of
Business Development for Celeritas Works, LLC., of Kansas City. That
continues a litany of impressive things he has done, including being
a two sport star at New Brighton High School and Kansas State
University. Hal lettered for two years on the Lions football team.
His senior year he helped New Brighton to an 8-1-1 record. In one of
the wins, he had nine receptions for 260 yards and two touchdowns
(plus a two point conversion) as the Lions defeated Beaver. He was
also instrumental in the Lions victory over Beaver Falls for the
first time in 29 years. Hal was named All Conference, played in the
Penn-Ohio All Star Game, and was also named to Pennsylvania’s Big 33
Team. That was certainly a good, if not great season, but his
basketball senior year was record breaking. Hal dominated the
statistics in helping New Brighton win the WPIAL Class AA title
despite standing just 6'-1" and going against guys as tall as
6'-10". He averaged 26.5 points in the regular season, and led the
team in rebounding, steals, shooting percentage, foul shooting
percentage, and popcorn sales. In the WPIAL playoffs, he scored 119
points in four games, including a record setting 40 in the
championship tilt against Clairton, which had an all star opponent
who was 6'-8". That 40 point performance in a championship game has
since been tied, but yet to be broken. Hal, who averaged 31 points
per game throughout the WPIAL and the PIAA playoffs that year, was
named All Section MVP, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fab Five selection,
First Team All State, MVP of the Quigley Classic, and played for the
Western Pennsylvania team in the Roundball Classic. At Kansas State
University, Hal lettered for one year in football as a reserve end
and three seasons in basketball. He injured his knee early in his
senior basketball season which caused him to miss the rest of the
year. He had chances to go overseas to play the roundball sport
professionally, but instead took a job at IBM, where he won numerous
business awards, including Rookie of the Year in a nine state region
in 1987. Hal and his wife Holly have three children (Hope, Hunter,
and Hudson), and live in Kansas City. His business philosophy
-
plan to win, prepare to win, expect to win - can also be applied to
his past as one of the county’s all time great athletic talents.