Jake Merda Adams came to the Butler Eagle in May 2024 as its new sports editor.
A Temple University graduate and native of Northampton, PA, he previously worked as the sports editor of The Carlisle Sentinel, sports planning editor for the Wisconsin State Journal and assistant/interim sports editor for the Louisville Courier Journal. He moved back to the Keystone State in 2023 and now lives in Mars with his fiancée and their dog and cat.
Adams has led award-winning sports coverage at the national and state level and covered PIAA champions, state record-breakers and Big Ten football and basketball.
Outside of the office, he likes to run, do yoga, play the occasional video game, try new restaurants and get back to the City of Brotherly Love whenever he can.
It’s a tricky one this year.
Of the Butler Eagle’s 32 Sweet 16 football all-stars on offense and defense last year, only three are back. That kind of turnover means loads...
BUTLER TWP — It’s three weeks until the PIAA high school football season.
Butler County teams unofficially kicked off the proceedings Thursday with the third Butler ...
Slippery Rock University football is hoping to rebound.
Coming off a 6-4 season, but with a quarterback entering his second season — and still just a redshirt sophomore —...
The countdown to kickoff is underway.
The 2026 PIAA football season begins Aug. 28, and with a month to go before the first meaningful snaps are taken, it’s time to look ...
The Little League tournament season is under way.
Butler Township sent two teams in the Pennsylvania Section 1 Tournament in 10U and Majors, which is the age group that c...
The Butler dynasty extends another year.
The Iron Bucks beat the Rock Redbirds 11-7 in Sunday’s North American Baseball Alliance championship game, claiming a fourth stra...
Kyle Casteel’s pro career has officially begun.
The standout Butler right-hander has signed with the Chicago White Sox and accepted a $1.25 million signing bonus, accordi...
Happy second birthday to “Eye on Sports!”
Not really, but it’s close. The Butler Eagle’s top sports podcast concludes its second season today with our annual year in revi...
Never before has Butler’s baseball scene burned so bright.
On Sunday, three Golden Tornado graduates — David Leslie, Kyle Casteel and Madden Clement — heard their names c...
In what has become a banner day for the program, another former Butler ace could start his professional baseball career this summer.
Madden Clement, who recently entered ...
