Mars Area School District
As his September induction into the Mars Athletic Hall of Fame looms, boys lacrosse coach Bob Marcoux is quick to deflect the attention to others.
“It’s a tribute to all ...
July 26, 2024
Sports
A clutch performer, fierce competitor and inspirational leader.
Owen Nearhoof was exemplary in all three roles. The basketball and football programs at Mars Area High Sch...
July 20, 2024
Sports
The Mars Area School Board made several personnel decisions during a meeting Tuesday, July 16.
The board approved hiring Mindy Bramer for a full-time teaching position be...
July 18, 2024
JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia’s star middle infielder and a former standout baseball player at Mars High School, heard his name called early in Sunday’s MLB draft.
But...
July 14, 2024
Sports
A player can find it difficult to earn a prominent role on a team loaded with talented players.
Thanks to her speed, Karli (Paracca) Shrock had no such issues with the gi...
July 13, 2024
Sports
In Sunday’s MLB draft, it’s expected Mars graduate and now-former West Virginia University standout middle infielder J.J. Wetherholt will be selected higher than any Butl...
July 10, 2024
Sports
MARS — The Fourth of July is a day for people to celebrate the USA, but for the people who are part of the holiday’s entertainment, it’s also a time to make other people ...
July 04, 2024
Local News
Playing professional baseball was never a pipe dream for JJ Wetherholt.
“I thought I could chase my dream and make it a reality. That’s just the mentality I’ve always had...
July 03, 2024
Sports
The 2024 PIAA football season is 53 days away.
That means a little more than a month until heat acclimation week, six weeks until full pads during training camp, 46 days...
July 02, 2024
Sports
Hannah Nam and Kristin Sadhu, two sixth-grade students at Mars Area Centennial School, recently won the Technovation Girls Pennsylvania Regional Pitch Event after pitchin...
June 22, 2024
Community
ADAMS TWP — Board directors of Mars Area School District approved an increase of $0.25 for secondary school meal rates and $0.10 for elementary school lunches during a me...
June 22, 2024
Education
School board chooses new member for vacant seat
School board chooses new member for vacant seat
June 18, 2024
Education
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Nicholas Babeo and Gemma Fratto, eighth-graders at Mars Area Middle School, were selected to receive the American Legion Award for the 2023-24 school year.
The award is p...
June 08, 2024
Education
Mars Area School District will vote to adopt its 2024-2025 budget at a meeting June 18, according to business manager Debbie Brandstetter.
The final budget includes expe...
June 07, 2024
Education
The following are candidates for graduation from Mars Area High School.
Declan Patrick Abbey
Aidan Joseph Alessio
Amir Alexander Ali
Samantha Ardis Arnold
Augustus John A...
June 06, 2024
Special Sections
ADAMS TWP — Mars was guarding against a repeat from last year.
Making their first-ever appearance in the boys volleyball state playoffs 12 months ago, the Planets let a 2...
June 04, 2024
Sports
ADAMS TWP — A pause, a pole, and plenty of productive passes.
Mars used such to preserve its lead in an 11-9 PIAA Class 2A opening-round girls lacrosse playoff win ov...
June 04, 2024
Sports
ADAMS TWP — Being ahead midway through wasn’t anything new for Mars boys lacrosse.
What it had just experienced prior in its 19-3 PIAA Class 2A first-round boys lacrosse...
June 04, 2024
Sports
ADAMS TWP — At the packed Mars Athletic Complex, more than 200 Mars Area High School seniors donned their caps and gowns and walked across the stage to receive their dipl...
June 03, 2024
Local News
Seniors at Mars Area High School donned their caps and gowns on Wednesday, May 29 to greet younger students in all the district buildings — beginning with the Mars Area P...
May 30, 2024
Education
