Prime-time excellence
ADAMS TWP — Television cameras, a jam-packed gym, and a 71-34 WPIAL Section 4-5A win over Chartiers Valley.
Those things are cool, sure, but Mars boys basketball coach Rob Carmody is more enthusiastic about what’s to come.
“As excited as I am, I said to the guys, ‘What happens if we just keep getting better?’” Carmody said. “We have a month before the end of the season … Tonight was literally one game. We don’t win anything out of tonight, we don’t get anything special because we won a home section game.
“In all reality, that’s what we’re supposed to do. That’s where I’d like to think our program is. When we have a home section game, we should win it. That should be the expectation.”
The Planets have won each of their last dozen home section matchups and 57 of 58 dating back to January of 2014.
Mars (9-2, 3-1) led wire-to-wire against the visitors, getting out to a fast start and setting the tone for the rest of the night. Tasso Sfanos pinned up nine points in the first frame and a game-high 31 in total, while also sticking to the Colts’ dynamic Jayden Davis, who didn’t score until the third quarter.
