In local high school basketball from Saturday:
The Mars girls’ basketball team will move on to the 5A state championship game after beating Archbisop Carroll 52-39. This is the first state championship appearance for the Lady Planets since 1977. The Planets (23-6) will play Archbishop Wood (22-7) on Wednesday at 6pm at Hershey’s GIANT Center.
In boys’ 6A semifinal action, the Pine-Richland boys’ basketball team fell to Roman Catholic in overtime 81-73. Pine-Richland was last year’s state runner up in boys’ basketball, and Roman Catholic won the 4A championships in 2015 and 2016.