Mars Area High School’s Bowling Club Team has returned to the lanes for Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League (WPIBL) competition this season.

The school had previously had a Coed Varsity Bowling Club Team from 2008-2009 until the 2019-2020 School Year; however, with the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the team was disbanded and did not reform. In 2023-2024, then seniors Aidan Alessio and Adam Rohrbaugh (Class of 2024) obtained approval to reform the team and set up a series of scrimmages for the team.

Though the team’s founders have graduated, as an officially sanctioned club team this season, the Fightin’ Planets are competing in WPIBL Section 9 North against teams from Central Catholic/Oakland Catholic, Deer Lakes, Riverview and Shaler Area high schools.

Returning to this year’s team is sophomore Gus Coffield. Rounding out the team are sophomores Luciano Cuzzocrea, Adam Genevro, Jonnie Maestra, Luke Reinhart and Chase Stamper; and freshmen Beni Ruiz and Ronan Schultz.

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