Those players that graduated left a mindset and attitude that it’s about hard work and getting your jobs done.” “They were annoyed by the articles and the things that were being said about this team. “This group came into the preseason with a chip on their shoulders,” Gerlach said. Mars was thought to be in a rebuilding year by most after losing nine players to graduation. They just kind of say, ‘Hey let’s roll with this program.’ ”įor the players, it was the justification of all their hard work building up to this point. We have a very supportive school district. “Three times in a row gets me to remember how lucky I am to have a group of kids and a community that believes so much. “First of all, it makes me feel really old,” he said. It makes coach Blair Gerlach feel a lot of different ways. The achievements of the Planets program over the course of the last decade plus cannot be denied. Sewickley Academy and South Park are the other two schools who achieved a single three-peat. In doing so, Mars (16-0-1) became the first school to three-peat twice, doing so previously from 2010-12. For the third consecutive season, the two teams in the WPIAL Class 3A final were Mars and Plum, and for the third time it was the Planets claiming the district crown with a 2-1 victory Saturday at Highmark Stadium.

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