Instant hit
1st-year Mars competitive cheer team winning early
ADAMS TWP — For seven years, Mars Area High School had no competitive cheering team.
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School News: Mars
STATE CHAMPS, TIMES 3
Mars girls soccer snares 3rd straight PIAA 3A crown
HERSHEY — One hundred minutes of soccer had decided nothing in Saturday's PIAA Class 3A girls championship game.
11/22/2021 School News
Headed to Heinz
North Catholic tops Avonworth in WPIAL semi
O'HARA TWP — North Catholic defensive coordinator Jay Bell ran over to head coach Patrick O'Shea and ripped an invisible monkey off his back.
11/22/2021 School News
One Win Away
SV, North, Mars teams go for state titles this weekend
One more win.
11/19/2021 School News
North Catholic outlasts Keystone Oaks
Trojans, Golden Eagles combine for 89 points Friday
ADAMS TWP — If there was organized high school sports betting, the total points over would've been the pick of the week in the Keystone Oaks and North Catholic football game Friday night.
11/15/2021 School News
Mars cheerleaders win regional event
SLIPPERY ROCK — The Mars Area High School cheerleaders took first place in the Allegheny Regionals Sunday at Slippery Rock University.
11/15/2021 School News
North Catholic outlasts Keystone Oaks
Trojans, Golden Eagles combine for 89 points Friday
ADAMS TWP — If there was organized high school sports betting, the total points over would've been the pick of the week in the Keystone Oaks and North Catholic football game Friday night.
11/13/2021 School News
Planets shut out Red Land
Defending champs off and running in PIAA girls soccer
ADAMS TWP — When you're as balanced a girls soccer team as Mars is, you can afford to miss on some chances. It's just not something Planets coach Blair Gerlach prefers to happen.
11/10/2021 School News
Mars school board approves comprehensive plan
4 attend final meeting
The Mars Area School Board voted to approve the district's draft 2021-2024 comprehensive plan at a meeting Tuesday.
11/10/2021 School News
Mars grad Lisman earns goalie honor
GROVE CITY — Mars graduate Courtney Lisman, a freshman at Grove City College, has been named Eastern College Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Goalkeeper of the Month.
11/9/2021 School News
SHOW OF SUPPORT
Crowd turns up for Mars goalie
CRANBERRY TWP — When the Mars goalie stepped onto the ice at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex to a deafening chorus of cheers, it was evident that what was to follow was more than just a game.
11/9/2021 School News
Pressure not a problem
Mars girls champs again; North falls in double OT
PITTSBURGH — Ability to handle pressure is something any potential player for the Mars girls soccer team needs somewhere on her resume.
11/8/2021 School News
Hockey incident a true nightmare
Hindsight is always 20-20, to be sure, but it shouldn't need to be discussed in this case.
11/6/2021 School News
Events
Saturday
11/6/2021 School News
Mars girls back in 3A title game
AMBRIDGE — For the third consecutive season, Mars' orbit will cross Highmark Stadium.
11/3/2021 School News
Unofficial results in for school board races in Cranberry area
The following are complete but unofficial results from school board races in Tuesday's general election.
11/3/2021 School News
Mars school collects leftover candy
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area Middle School Student Government is collecting leftover Halloween candy from Nov. 1 to 8 to benefit Operation Gratitude Halloween Candy Give-Back Program.
11/3/2021 School News
Mars falls to Hampton, 48-14
HAMPTON TWP — The disappointment was evident on the faces of the Mars players and coaches as they left the locker room at Fridley Field in Hampton Friday night.
10/30/2021 School News
PERFORMIN' PLANETS
Mars band finishes up season with family, friends night
Mars Area High School Marching Band musicians showed off a season's worth of practice for community members at their third annual Family and Friends Night Wednesday evening at the Mars Athletic Complex.
10/28/2021 School News
Planets off and rolling again
Defending champs win girls soccer playoff debut, 7-0
ADAMS TWP — This season, Mars has seldom left any question as to who the stronger team is when it steps on the field.
10/26/2021 School News
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
NC golf team 4th at PIAA
North Catholic's Tommy Burke carded a plus-9 80 to lead the Trojans at the PIAA Class 2A boys golf team championship, held Monday at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York.
10/26/2021 School News
Well-Timed Hat Trick
Schupp nets 3 goals in Mars' 4-0 boys soccer playoff win
ADAMS TWP — On paper, Saturday's WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer first-round playoff game between Belle Vernon and Mars was an even matchup.
10/25/2021 School News
N. Catholic fends off Freeport
Trojans clinch conference title
BUFFALO TWP — Joey Prentice completed just five passes in Friday's Allegheny Seven Conference showdown with Freeport.
10/23/2021 School News
Full Steam Ahead
N. Catholic rolls over Deer Lakes, 35-0
ADAMS TWP — The freight train that is North Catholic's football team squashed yet another opponent Friday night.
10/18/2021 School News
Full Steam Ahead
N. Catholic rolls over Deer Lakes, 35-0
ADAMS TWP — The freight train that is North Catholic's football team squashed yet another opponent Friday night.