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Eye on Sports: Can Butler baseball win its first WPIAL title? Plus Karns City’s Alex Wilson joins the show

Karns City’s Alex Wilson places first with a height of 14-2 with the fewest misses in the boys pole vault in the Butler Track and Field Invitational held Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Butler's Art Bernardi Stadium. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

We won't make the Jim Mora "Playoffs?!?!" joke this season.

It's a Derek Pyda and Jake Merda Adams episode this week on Eye on Sports, and they're breaking down a couple big WPIAL playoff storylines:

  1. Can Butler baseball finally win a title as the top seed?
  2. And can Knoch softball do the same?
  3. Will Mars boys lacrosse make it 10 straight and the girls four?
  4. And who is Dominic The Intern?

Listen to today’s episode for those answers and more: SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS | YOUTUBE

Plus, Karns City's Alex Wilson has been upping the Gremlins pole vault record for a couple years now. The junior, who has the top height in Butler County so far this season, hops on Eye on Sports this week to talk about his season and his goals heading into the District 9 and PIAA track and field championships. He talks about the sibling rivalry that got him into pole vaulting, the training, the weather and more.

And Derek's steps out of retirement for a week to answer a trivia question. Can he get back in the win column?

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