Mars Area School District
ADAMS TWP — Mars football players, parents and community members showed a great deal of support for newly hired coach Zachary Benedek on Tuesday night, but the hiring pro...
March 04, 2026
Local News
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
In November 2024, NexTier Bank donated $40,000 to the Mars Planet Foundation. A portion went to the school’s STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics...
February 27, 2026
Community
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
Sports
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
Sports
As winter weather disrupted school schedules across Butler County, districts turned to remote learning instead of more traditional snow days.
Two county districts, Seneca...
February 13, 2026
Local News
ADAMS TWP — Members of Mars Area’s school board unanimously approved Butler Area Vocational-Technical School’s 2026-27 budget Tuesday following a presentation on the prop...
February 11, 2026
Local News
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