Mars staff members retire

As the 2016-2017 school year came to a close, Mars School District said goodbye to several retiring staff members:

6/18/2017 Cranberry Local News 0 comments

Mars baseball ousted by Ryan, Cedar Cliff, 3-1

DILLSBURG, York County — With a funky delivery, pinpoint control and pitches that moved and dipped all over the strike zone, Maddux Ryan lived up to his namesake.

6/7/2017 Cranberry Local Sports 0 comments

2-out disaster

Mars sophomore pitcher Will Bednar (16) receives support from teammates as he leaves the mound in the top of the second inning of Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 5A baseball title game against Latrobe in Washington, Pa. The Wildcats plated five runs in the inning and went on to defeat the Planets, 6-2.

WASHINGTON, Pa. — It was not the type of half-inning you would expect to see in a game billed as a pitcher’s duel.

6/3/2017 Cranberry Local Sports 0 comments

MERITORIOUS WORK

Mars High School sophomore Vincenzia Vargo, left, senior Sedona Rogers and junior Meghana Jayaraman were selected to receive Society of Women Engineers Pittsburgh Section certificates of merit for their high achievement in mathematics and science and their interest in pursuing careers in science,...

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BRAILLE CHALLENGE

Mars freshman national finalist 8th straight year

ADAMS TWP — When Griffin Miller sets a goal, everyone else better look out.

5/31/2017 Cranberry Living 0 comments

1 step to climb

Mars faces Latrobe for WPIAL baseball title

Mars junior pitcher Frank Craska is one of three viable options to start today’s WPIAL Class 5A title game against Latrobe, along with senior Dylan Rotz and sophomore Will Bednar.

It will be a familiar trip down Interstate 79 for the Mars baseball team, but this time, a district championship is at stake.

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History-making triumph

UPPER ST. CLAIR — Will Bednar could take a deep breath.

5/27/2017 Cranberry Local Sports 0 comments

Mars library might move to Adams

Some residents vent frustrations

Plans for the proposed Adams Area Public Library include library services in the building's first floor and community space and an outdoor patio on the second floor. The current library would move from Mars to Adams Township.

ADAMS TWP — What's in a name? A lot, according to many residents of Mars.

5/24/2017 Cranberry Local News 0 comments

Mars moves on

Mars baseball advances to WPIAL Class 5A semifinals with 2-0 victory over Moon.

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Mars library might move to Adams

Some are frustrated

Plans for the proposed new Adams Area Public Library, which would replace the current Mars Area Public Library in Mars Borough.

More than 50 area residents turned out to voice their opinion on a proposed plan to move the Mars Public Library to the Adams Township Community Park.

5/20/2017 Local News 0 comments

Simply beaming

Mars' Frank leads Thailand in international gymnastics event

Mars resident Karla Frank does a flip on the beam during a recent practice session at X-Cel gymnastics in Cranberry Township. Frank competed for the Thailand national team in the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Games last month.

CRANBERRY TWP — Only an incoming junior at Mars High School, it didn't take Karla Frank long to make an impact.

6/28/2017 Other Amateur Sports 0 comments

Luck of the Irish

Mars' Carmody verbally commits to Notre Dame

Mars basketball standout Robby Carmody has verbally committed to Notre Dame. With his senior year still to come, Carmody has received numerous Division I offers over the past two years.

ADAMS TWP — Robby Carmody was in the middle of a two-week stretch in which he was scheduled to visit the last three schools standing from a three-year recruiting war.