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Highlands Mars

Golden Rams

Fightin' Planets

The Mars (PA) varsity football team lost Friday's home conference game against Highlands (Natrona Heights, PA) by a score of 22-7.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highlands	-	-	-	-	22
Mars	-	-	-	-	7

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Game Stats

Highlands (21-22)

Highlands has not entered stats for this game.

Mars (21-22)

Mars

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	5	17	50	.294	10.0	1	2		19.6
1	Rafael Bartley (Jr)	5	17	50	.294	10.0	1	2		19.6

Mars

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	24	64	2.7	12
1	Rafael Bartley (Jr)	9	17	1.9	8
2	Evan Wright (So)	15	47	3.1	12

Mars

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	5	50	10.0	23	1
4	Noah Nesselroad (Jr)	2	7	3.5	11
82	C. Dvorak (Sr)	3	43	14.3	23	1

Mars

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	Total
	Team Totals	64	50	45	159
1	Rafael Bartley (Jr)	17			17
2	Evan Wright (So)	47			47
3	Billy Sommers (Jr)			25	25
4	Noah Nesselroad (Jr)		7		7
14	Hayden Mayer (Jr)			20	20
82	C. Dvorak (Sr)		43		43

Mars

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	64	50	50	114
1	Rafael Bartley (Jr)	17	50		67
2	Evan Wright (So)	47			47
4	Noah Nesselroad (Jr)			7	7
82	C. Dvorak (Sr)			43	43

Mars

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	2				0
3	Mason Childress (Fr)	2				0

Mars

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	4	131	32.8
3	Mason Childress (Fr)	4	131	32.8

Mars

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	3	45	15.0	25	45
3	Billy Sommers (Jr)	1	25	25.0	25	25
14	Hayden Mayer (Jr)	2	20	10.0	15	20

Mars

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	1	6	1	7
3	Mason Childress (Fr)			1	1
82	C. Dvorak (Sr)	1	6		6

Mars

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	1	1	1.0					1
3	Mason Childress (Fr)	1	1	1.0					1

Mars

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD IR	TD PR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals		1					1
82	C. Dvorak (Sr)		1					1

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Football - Highlands knocks off Mars

September 17, 2021: Mars, PA 16046

The Highlands Golden Rams football squad scored 22 points and limited the host Mars Fightin' Planets to 7 in the Golden Rams league triumph on Friday.

The Golden Rams (4-0) will now prepare for their game against Hampton (Allison Park, PA). The Talbots come into the WPIAL AAAA Greater Allegheny game with a 4-0 record. In their last game, Hampton toppled Armstrong (Kittanning, PA), 21-20, in a league game.

The Fightin' Planets now sport a 0-4 record. They take the field next when they travel to Plum for a WPIAL AAAA Greater Allegheny game on Friday, September 24. Mars will battle a Mustangs team coming off a 41-37 league loss to Indiana (Indiana, PA). The Mustangs record now stands at 0-4.

Check In
2nd Quarter
7 - 0 The scorer has checked in. Highlands 7, Mars 0

Posted @ 7:39p
Game Attendance
2nd Quarter
Attendance At least 1,000

Posted @ 7:39p
Field Conditions
2nd Quarter
Field Conditions Dry

Posted @ 7:39p
Weather Conditions
2nd Quarter
Weather Conditions Fair

Posted @ 7:39p
7 - 6

Passing Touchdown
Mars2nd Quarter ~2 minutes to go
Mars - Pass completed for a TD. Highlands 7, Mars 6

Posted @ 7:52p
7 - 7

Made Point After
Mars2nd Quarter ~2 minutes to go
Mars - PAT Good. Highlands 7, Mars 7

Posted @ 7:52p
7 - 7

Halftime
Halftime
Highlands 7, Mars 7

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Posted @ 7:55p
7 - 7

Start of 3rd Quarter
Mars3rd Quarter
Mars to kick off to Highlands.

Posted @ 8:25p
13 - 7

Passing Touchdown
Highlands3rd Quarter ~9 minutes to go
Highlands - Pass completed for a TD. Highlands 13, Mars 7

Posted @ 8:25p
13 - 7

Missed Point After
Highlands3rd Quarter ~9 minutes to go
Highlands - PAT Missed. Highlands 13, Mars 7

Posted @ 8:25p
19 - 7

Passing Touchdown
Highlands3rd Quarter Under a minute
Highlands - Pass completed for a TD. Highlands 19, Mars 7

Posted @ 8:44p
20 - 7

Made Point After
Highlands3rd Quarter Under a minute
Highlands - PAT Good. Highlands 20, Mars 7

Posted @ 8:45p
20 - 7

End of 3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Highlands 20, Mars 7

Posted @ 8:50p
22 - 7

Safety
Highlands4th Quarter ~7 minutes to go
Highlands - Safety. Highlands 22, Mars 7

Posted @ 9:02p
22 - 7

End of Game
Final
Highlands 22, Mars 7

Posted @ 9:34p
Scorer Dropped Out
Final

Posted @ 11:44p

Rankings & Records

Highlands (21-22)

PA	Class
195	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
7-4	4-3	5-3	2-1	.636	.571	321	190

Mars (21-22)

PA	Class
374	72

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
1-9	1-6	1-5	0-4	.100	.143	77	316

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highlands	3.5	6.8	7.0	3.5	29.2
Mars	0	2.1	1.8	3.4	7.7

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Team Stat Comparison

Highlands		Mars
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	87.4
-	Passing Yards Per Game	102.3
-	Total Yards Per Game	189.7
-	Tackles Per Game	12.0
-	Sacks Per Game	0.3
-	Points Per Game	7.7

Team Leaders

Highlands		Mars	National Avg.
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	#2 Evan Wright88.7	21.3
-	Passing Yards Per Game	#1 Rafael Bartley97.1	50.2
-	Total Yards Per Game	#1 Rafael Bartley109.2	37.0
-	Tackles Per Game	#54 Jack Hull6.0	2.8
-	Sacks Per Game	#55 Anthony Dentel0.5	0.2
-	Points Per Game	#2 Evan Wright3.4	2.4

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highlands	3-4		Mars	1-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/24/21	Hampton	Highlands	(L) 27-7	10/29/21	Mars	Hampton	(L) 48-14
10/1/21	Plum	Highlands	(L) 23-21	9/24/21	Mars	Plum	(L) 29-0
10/8/21	Highlands	Indiana	(L) 29-14	10/22/21	Indiana	Mars	(L) 46-10
10/15/21	Armstrong	Highlands	(W) 41-27	10/1/21	Armstrong	Mars	(L) 37-0
10/22/21	Highlands	Greensburg Salem	(W) 40-20	10/15/21	Mars	Greensburg Salem	(L) 19-12
10/29/21	Knoch	Highlands	(W) 33-13	10/8/21	Knoch	Mars	(W) 14-13
11/5/21	New Castle	Highlands	(L) 31-19	9/10/21	New Castle	Mars	(L) 40-14

Record Breakdown

Highlands (21-22)		Mars (21-22)
7-4	Overall	1-9
4-3	League	1-6
3-0	Non-League	0-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-4	Common Opponent	1-6
5-3	Home	1-5
2-1	Away	0-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
7-4	In-State	1-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0