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 was the Year of the Pitcher.
It’s not uncommon for a high school baseball team’s best athlete to also be a stud pitcher, but Butler County’s aces took things to anothe...
Perhaps the ultimate sign of respect for Lexie Hames’ career came from one of her closest rivals.
So dominant was she so early at Seneca Valley, Hempfield Area coach Tina...
Two Freeport baseball players were named to the 2025 Pennsylvania State Baseball Coaches Association All-State Class 3A team Thursday afternoon.
Infielder Michael Hanz wa...
When Jalen Price patrols the Karns City sidelines beginning in November, he’ll be one of the youngest head coaches in Western Pennsylvania.
The 2019 Armstrong High School...
Ben Mourer, who has coached track and field and cross country teams at Allegheny College for a decade after running for the Gators and competing at Karns City High Sc...
Adam Gehm’s receiving numbers won’t jump off the page, but his athletic traits certainly caught the attention of Power Four football schools the last few years.
Gehm,...
Pull the plug. No shot clock is coming to Pennsylvania high school gyms next season.
That’s the verdict after the PIAA steering committee voted against a shot clock propo...
For four straight years, North Catholic’s boys tennis team exited the PIAA Class 2A Team Tennis Championships early.
In Year 5, that streak ended with a first-round win. ...
In a few years, Foxburg Country Club and Golf Course could look old.
That’s by design.
The golf course’s leadership is in the second year of fundraising for The 1887 Proj...
The WPIAL baseball tournament continues this week with the last quarterfinals and all semifinals.
The Butler Golden Tornado, Seneca Valley and Mars are the last Butle...
