Mars Area School District
The countdown to kickoff is underway.
The 2026 PIAA football season begins Aug. 28, and with a month to go before the first meaningful snaps are taken, it’s time to look ...
July 28, 2026
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David Renner wasn’t always the mainstay in net he has been lately for Mars. The senior boys lacrosse goalie and Penn State Harrisburg commit wasn’t even a full-timer up u...
June 12, 2026
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DERRY TWP, Mifflin County — On a day when his team desperately needed him, Jack Tirch delivered in a big way.
The Mars senior attackman scored seven goals Tuesday in a 9-...
June 09, 2026
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Mars boys lacrosse is trying to make a fifth PIAA tournament championship appearance in the past six years and stands won win away over another district champion.
The...
June 08, 2026
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MECHANICSBURG, Cumberland County — Reed Fuller couldn’t quite describe it. Neither could head coach Bob Marcoux.
Whatever sparked Mars boys lacrosse’s furious comeback in...
June 06, 2026
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MECHANICSBURG, Cumberland County — Mars has typically applied the pressure on its opponents all season.
In Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A girls lacrosse quarterfinal, it was th...
June 06, 2026
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USA Lacrosse All-American Grant Weaver wasn’t always the standout player people will see in the PIAA Class 2A quarterfinals against Upper Dublin on Saturday afternoon, Ju...
June 05, 2026
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Mars boys lacrosse looks like it’s peaking at the right time, and the girls avenged last year’s home loss in the first round.
The reward: quarterfinals half a state a...
June 05, 2026
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A potent offense and stingy defense once again has Mars’ boys and girls lacrosse teams entering the state playoffs as district champions. The Planets boys recently won th...
June 01, 2026
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UPPER ST. CLAIR — WPIAL opponents will have to wait yet another year to unseat Mars as the king of local boys lacrosse.
Bob Marcoux’s No. 3 Planets collected their 10th c...
May 21, 2026
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WPIAL girls lacrosse: Mars extends ‘legacy,’ steamrolls Quaker Valley to 4th straight Class 2A crown
UPPER ST. CLAIR — Make it four straight WPIAL crowns for Abby Latona’s Mars girls lacrosse team.
No current Planet knows what it’s like not to be tops in the district aft...
May 21, 2026
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OHIO TWP — The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
But when it comes to boys lacrosse in Western Pennsylvania, no program is more decorated than Mars, and the Planets ...
May 18, 2026
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ADAMS TWP — The Mars Athletic Complex might as well be Western Pennsylvania’s version of Lacrossetown.
Already boasting reputations as two of the most consistent outfits ...
May 18, 2026
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ADAMS TWP — The scoreboard at Mars Athletic Complex ticked down the final 40:04 of Wednesday night’s WPIAL Class 2A girls lacrosse quarterfinal only because rules require...
May 13, 2026
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ADAMS TWP — It’s a missed snare on a Florida beach that eats at Danny Murray more so than any one in the baseball infield.
“I was surf fishing, and I usually don’t catch ...
April 15, 2026
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Two seniors from Mars and Slippery Rock are among those named all-state girls basketball players this week.
The Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State Girls Basketball Tea...
April 07, 2026
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ADAMS TWP — The Mars Planets didn’t sweat.
In the regular season, players on the girls lacrosse team rarely do.
Aside from it being chilly and windy at its home stadium, ...
March 27, 2026
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Mars boys lacrosse freshman Nate Caldwell’s excellent first impression continues in rout of Freeport
ADAMS TWP — The standard is the standard.
“That’s a Mike Tomlin phrase we use a lot of around here,” Mars boys lacrosse coach Bob Marcoux said. “Whoever takes the field f...
March 23, 2026
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JUPITER, Fla. — JJ Wetherholt is heading to the majors.
Cardinals director of baseball operations Chaim Bloom told reporters Monday Wetherholt, the seventh pick in the 20...
March 23, 2026
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Pennsylvania high school girls flag football is taking another step forward this spring.
The season officially began Friday. This is the first year the sport is officiall...
March 17, 2026
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How it started for Marin Raible was definitely not how it ended.
Making her first appearance at the PIAA Class 3A Girls diving championship meet on Thursday, the Mars jun...
March 12, 2026
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Joe Haefner does not see it as hitting the ground running.
Approved Tuesday night as the new boys soccer coach at Mars, the former Planets’ goalie and assistant coach wil...
March 04, 2026
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Zachary Benedek is young for a high school football head coach.
The 25-year-old will take over the Mars Planets after the Mars Area School Board, at the recommendati...
March 03, 2026
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Mars is expected to name Zachary Benedek its next head football coach.
The school board is set to meet Tuesday, March 3, and the agenda lists two pending hires for the fo...
March 02, 2026
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Joseph Haefner is expected to be named as head coach of Mars’ boys soccer team, pending school board approval.
Haefner’s likely hire means he’ll take over for longtime Pl...
March 02, 2026
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Even with high stakes, there’s no use in stressing.
Seneca Valley senior Ali Waters and Mars junior Marin Raible remained even-keeled at Saturday’s WPIAL Class 3A Girls D...
February 21, 2026
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CANONSBURG — Tommy Wuycheck clinched one of the most dramatic seventh-place medals possible, and in doing so he kept his senior season alive.
The Seneca Valley 285-pounde...
February 21, 2026
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Alexis Cashdollar has always made a point to be an example.
The Mars senior, who’s ticketed to play at Wake Forest as a preferred walk-on, became the 12th Planets girls b...
February 06, 2026
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ADAMS TWP — Seneca Valley’s boys wrestling team did not enter the season with a lineup dotted with bonafide stars. Head coach Kevin Wildrick was, nonetheless, optimistic....
January 21, 2026
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The decision made a lot of sense. Not that feasibility made it any easier.
Last week, Eric Kasperowicz vacated Mars’ football head coaching job, opting to take over at No...
January 21, 2026
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