ADAMS TWP — When it comes to football, soccer, basketball and baseball, Mars does consistently well in the WPIAL.

The Planets' sports success even extends beyond those traditional games — all the way to ultimate frisbee.

Mars competes in the Pittsburgh High School Ultimate League (PHUL) and has not lost a game in three years. The Planets (10-0) are scheduled to play for the PHUL Division 2 championship against Shaler soon.

The league has three divisions — Division 1, 2 and a girls division — with approximately 15 teams in each. Division 1 houses the more serious, competitive teams while Division 2 “is more laid back,” fourth-year Mars coach Ken Scott said.

“Every year I ask our kids what division they want to play in and they like it where we're at,” Scott said. “Teams play to win, but it's not cut-throat. That's important to these guys because there is no referee.”

The games are played on the honor system in terms of fouls. The sport is non-contact, but players do aggressively pursue frisbee tosses and collisions occur.

“I like the self-governing concept of it,” Mars senior co-captain Greg Leysens said. “It stresses good sportsmanship.”

Fellow co-captain Max Wnorowski agreed.

“It's nice having the freedom that if you think it's a foul, you call the foul,” he said.

Mars formed its ultimate frisbee team in 2007. Leysens' older brother, Nicholas, was one of the team's founders.

The games are 7-on-7 and the Planets barely had enough players in their first season. They have a 22-player roster now.

Mars fielded a girls team for the first time this spring and that squad finished 3-3, reaching the league quarterfinals.

“I tagged along with my brother when the program started and really got into it,” Leysens said. “It's high energy.”

The end zones are 25 yards long, the playing field 70 yards in length and slightly more narrow than a football field. Possession is lost when a toss is either intercepted, falls to the ground or goes out of bounds.

In each case, play immediately begins in the other direction. A player must stop running once he catches a pass.

The first team to score 15 “touchdowns” is the winner. Mars defeated McDowell, 15-7, in its Division 2 semifinal game.

Butler and Seneca Valley play in the Planets' division. Pine-Richland and Hampton have teams as well.

“We've got an experienced team with a number of seniors who have been playing for a while,” Scott said. “Experience is big in this game.”

Blake McCarty, Dan Ossley, Brandon Eckstein, Zach Dorsch, Sean Guesman, Brian Robinson and Andrew Zock are among those seniors. Eckstein leads the team with 21 touchdowns while Ossley is “our thrower,” Wnorowski said.

“He's got a tremendous arm. I throw it to him to set up a touchdown pass,” he added.

Two juniors — Chad Knox and Daniel Morgan — lead the Planets with 36 and 24 catches, respectively.

“We probably have nine seniors who have been on the team for three or four years,” Wnorowski said. “Most teams can't match that.

“You can only sub after a touchdown is scored or during a timeout. You might be on the field running around for 15 or 20 minutes before you can come off. Staying in shape is important.”

Mars has two track and field athletes, a basketball player and two club baseball players on its roster. Otherwise, they are strictly ultimate frisbee players.

Wnorowski is headed to Penn State-Behrend next year and is already looking into joining its ultimate frisbee team.

While the Planets are losing plenty of seniors, their program should remain intact.

“Toward the end of the season, seniors start recruiting the freshmen and sophomores,” Leysens said. “We all want to see this keep going.”