Mars Area School District
UNIVERSITY PARK — Toward grieving teammates, Mars’ Enzo Grieco walked through a sea of black and orange gloves, sticks and helmets. Fellow senior Dylan Phillips laid face...
June 15, 2024
Sports
PIAA boys lacrosse championship preview: Mars defense a focal point, focused on Marple Newtown again
Despite watching his team score 111 goals in six playoff games this spring, Mars boys lacrosse coach Bob Marcoux knows his defense will be just as much a focal point when...
June 14, 2024
Sports
WEXFORD — Mars does not often have its back against the wall on the lacrosse field, but that’s exactly where the Planets found themselves early in Tuesday’s PIAA Class 2A...
June 11, 2024
Sports
NEW CASTLE — Meadville gained an edge in sets after surviving a back-and-forth third game. The Bulldogs kept Mars from reaching State College by climbing back late in the...
June 11, 2024
Sports
He won’t admit it, but perhaps no one on Mars’ boys volleyball team better exemplifies the program’s meteoric rise in the last three years than Kaden Gratton.
Ryan Ceh is...
June 11, 2024
High School
ADAMS TWP — “A year of discovery” is how Marko Pavlovski, 18, recalled the past two semesters as a senior at Mars Area High School.
Walking down the football field with t...
June 11, 2024
Education
UNIVERSITY PARK — The Blitz Boys were back at it Saturday afternoon.
Having already defeated its four previous postseason opponents this spring by a combined score of 73-...
June 08, 2024
High School
PIAA girls lacrosse: Mars’ run ends at hands of Villa Maria Academy, clock in Class 2A quarterfinals
UNIVERSITY PARK — For much of Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal playoff, Mars’ girls lacrosse team was outplayed by Villa Maria Academy.
In the closing minutes, howev...
June 08, 2024
High School
MONROEVILLE — Mars boys volleyball faced a nearly identical situation two years in a row.
Both times it was up 2-0 in a state playoff game against West Shamokin. One more...
June 08, 2024
High School
Isabella Gillette, a junior in Mars Area High School, was selected for a 2023-24 Region 4 subregion Air Force JROTC Cadet of the Year Leadership Award.
Gillette is a memb...
June 08, 2024
Education
