Jacob Maple News Today

Mars was limited to two hits on Thursday afternoon at Pullman Park — but made them both count. Austin Karemsky delivered a two-out RBI single in the sixth to give the Planets a 4-3 lead. Jacob Maple t...

AMBRIDGE — Central Valley wideout Jaiden Underwood had just been pulled down from behind 50 yards downfield, but a yellow flag sitting on the turf at Ambridge’s Moe Rubenstein Stadium was waiting to w...

ADAMS TWP — Eric Kasperowicz knew that his Mars football team’s defense had to improve if the Planets were to build on last year’s 6-5 record and first-round exit from the WPIAL playoffs. Considering ...

ADAMS TWP — Deploying his defense with a 31-point cushion, Mars coach Eric Kasperowicz had a certain number in mind — the same one that was lit up on Armstrong’s side of the scoreboard for the 41 minu...

The momentum Mars gained from a recent 3-game winning streak was broken last week when the Planets lost a 26-23 decision at Moon. It was not a typical defeat as Mars (3-2, 1-0) fell behind by 19 point...

After an 0-3 start to the season, Moon’s football team received a huge confidence boost last week when it pulled off a 14-13 upset of Penn Hills. “Penn Hills is one of the top-ranked teams in the stat...

ADAMS TWP — Mars watched Blackhawk’s Maurice Watson-Trent rumble in from 58 yards out to begin the scoring early in a non-conference gridiron clash Friday night. From there on out — for the remaining ...

Highlands junior Aaran Randolph had a night to remember.

A year ago, coaches and players throughout Western Pennsylvania had a familiar refrain following their Week Zero contests. They got, as so many said, “back to normal.”