Central Region

Valencia - Mars coach Joe Honzo has a lot of horses in the Mars stable this season. The Planets are off a running and faced a young but talented Freeport squad in an early season battle of unbeatens. Steve Meyers, who wears # 55 looked more like # 66 as he shreaded the Yellow Jackets for four goals and two assists to lead Mars to a 9-6 victory over Freeport. The smooth skating forward along with linemates Bobby Beckert (two goals) and Jared Lemankowicz combined for 7 of the 9 Planet goals. Freeport, which fell behind 6-2, got its scoring from Mike Bender (3 Goals) and the super freshmen tandum of Nick DeCroo (2 Goals) and Chris Plocki. The Yellow Jackets suffered their first loss, but look to be a playoff contender as the season progresses.