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 championship night in two kinds of football.
Eagle reporters will be at two pigskin-related games tonight — the District 9 Class 2A championship between Karns City...
Week 10 is over, and now the PIAA football postseason kicks off in full force.
The WPIAL and District 9 announced the district playoff brackets Saturday, with several...
The postseason has arrived.
The 2026 WPIAL Girls Soccer Championships kick off Saturday, Oct. 24, with the finals set to be held in two weeks. Districts 9 and 10 will be ...
This is what it’s all led up to.
The 2026 WPIAL Boys Soccer Championships kick off Thursday, Oct. 22, and Districts 9 and 10 will open their playoffs in short order.
The ...
Some of the PIAA’s best girls volleyball teams reside in Butler County.
Now it’s time for them and the rest to prove themselves in the playoffs. The 2026 WPIAL girls voll...
It’s a packed week to break down.
The WPIAL and District 9 football brackets are out, and Derek Pyda and Jake Merda Adams are here to discuss the seeds and matchups for ...
It’s time for the second season.
The PIAA football playoffs are in full swing officially now, with action kicking off in WPIAL and District 9. Four Butler County teams a...
The PIAA Cross Country Championships are moving to a new site this year: Big Spring High School in Cumberland County.
The stakes are no less serious, though, with six tea...
District 9 released its soccer all-star teams Friday, Oct. 30.
Here are the Butler County athletes who made the Upper Allegheny Valley Soccer all-star teams:
Boys: Upper ...
District 9 released its football all-star teams Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Karns City (9-1), hoping to repeat as Class 2A district champs this week, claimed several spots. And ...
