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Mars Highlands

Fightin' Planets

Golden Rams

The Highlands (Natrona Heights, PA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Mars (PA) by a score of 46-33.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mars	-	-	-	-	33
Highlands	-	-	-	-	46

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Game Stats

Mars (23-24)

Mars

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	36	15	55	27	29
2	Ava Day (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
4	Vita Vargo (Jr)	8	3	16	19	25
5	A. Cashdollar (So)	6	3	5	60	60
12	Mya Moore (So)	4	1	7	14	14
24	Cecilia Christy (So)	14	6	19	32	32
34	Gianna Delisio (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
35	Carmella Mcdole (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0

Mars

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	36	2	17	12	4	4	100	13	38	34
2	Ava Day (Sr)	2							1	2	50
4	Vita Vargo (Jr)	8	2	10	20				1	6	17
5	A. Cashdollar (So)	6	0	1	0				3	4	75
12	Mya Moore (So)	4				2	2	100	1	7	14
24	Cecilia Christy (So)	14	0	5	0	2	2	100	6	14	43
34	Gianna Delisio (Jr)	2							1	2	50
35	Carmella Mcdole (Jr)	0	0	1	0				0	3	0

Mars

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	36	9	17	26	9	10	2	13	12
2	Ava Day (Sr)	2				2	1		2	1
3	Grace Zatezalo (Jr)		1		1
4	Vita Vargo (Jr)	8		3	3	2			3	1
5	A. Cashdollar (So)	6		3	3	1	2	1	1	4
12	Mya Moore (So)	4	4	8	12	1	1	1	1	2
24	Cecilia Christy (So)	14	3		3	2	5		4
34	Gianna Delisio (Jr)	2		2	2					1
35	Carmella Mcdole (Jr)	0	1	1	2	1	1		2	3

Mars

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.69	0.77	0.83	0.17
2	Ava Day (Sr)	1.00	0.50	1.00
4	Vita Vargo (Jr)	0.67
5	A. Cashdollar (So)	1.00	2.00	0.50	0.25
12	Mya Moore (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50
24	Cecilia Christy (So)	0.50	1.25
35	Carmella Mcdole (Jr)	0.50	0.50	0.33

Highlands (23-24)

Highlands has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Highlands tops Mars

December 28, 2023: Natrona Heights, PA 15065

Highlands Golden Rams (Natrona Heights, PA) backers were pleased Thursday as they saw their basketball squad knock off the visiting Mars Fightin' Planets (Mars, PA), 46-33 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Highlands upgrades its record to 5-3 on the campaign. The Golden Rams host Freeport (Freeport, PA) to play the Yellowjackets in a WPIAL 4A 1 bout on Thursday, January 4. The Yellowjackets come into the bout with a record of 1-5.

Next up, the Fightin' Planets play the Fox Chapel Foxes (Pittsburgh, PA) in a WPIAL 5A 2 bout, on Tuesday, January 2. Mars will attempt to upgrade on its 5-4 season record. The Foxes come into the bout with a 2-7 record after their 43-33 non-league loss to Kiski Area (Vandergrift, PA).

Players of the Game

Mars (23-24)

Congratulations to #24 Cecilia Christy for being selected the Mars Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Highlands (23-24)

Highlands has not selected any Players of the Game.

Mars @ Highlands Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 28, 2023 @ 3p

The Highlands (Natrona Heights, PA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Mars (PA) by a score of 46-33.

Rankings & Records

Mars (23-24)

PA	Class
237	46

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-12	7-5	6-3	3-7	2-2	.478	.583	1,085	1,110

Highlands (23-24)

PA	Class
142	21

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-9	9-2	6-2	4-3	5-4	.625	.818	1,166	869

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mars	14.9	11.7	9.6	9.0	47.2
Highlands	-	-	-	-	48.6

Team Stat Comparison

Mars		Highlands
47.2	Points Per Game	-
24.3	Rebounds Per Game	-
9.9	Assists Per Game	-
8.1	Steals Per Game	-
3.4	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Mars		Highlands	National Avg.
#4 Vita Vargo12.7	Points Per Game	-	4.2
#5 Alexis Cashdollar5.4	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#4 Vita Vargo2.0	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#4 Vita Vargo2.3	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#12 Mya Moore1.3	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mars	4-7		Highlands	5-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/23	Knoch	Mars	(L) 38-36	12/18/23	Highlands	Knoch	(W) 38-24
				1/22/24	Knoch	Highlands	(W) 56-52
12/15/23	Kiski Area	Mars	(W) 52-51	1/19/24	Highlands	Kiski Area
12/18/23	Hampton	Mars	(W) 54-40	1/25/24	Hampton	Highlands	(L) 40-32
1/22/24	Mars	Hampton	(L) 54-42
1/2/24	Mars	Fox Chapel	(W) 66-57	12/1/23	Highlands	Fox Chapel	(W) 37-21
1/25/24	Fox Chapel	Mars	(W) 50-35
1/4/24	Armstrong	Mars	(L) 78-70	12/21/23	Armstrong	Highlands	(L) 50-31
1/29/24	Mars	Armstrong	(L) 53-35
1/11/24	North Hills	Mars	(L) 55-38	12/27/23	Highlands	North Hills	(W) 49-28
2/5/24	Mars	North Hills	(L) 57-31
2/12/24	Mars	Montour	(L) 43-42	12/11/23	Highlands	Montour	(W) 60-38

Record Breakdown

Mars (23-24)		Highlands (23-24)
11-12	Overall	15-9
7-5	League	9-2
2-3	Non-League	4-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-7	Common Opponent	5-2
6-3	Home	6-2
3-7	Away	4-3
2-2	Neutral	5-4
0-1	Playoff	1-2
11-12	In-State	15-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0