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.
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...
The WPIAL softball playoffs continue this week with the district semifinals.
The Seneca Valley Raiders and Lexie Hames are the last Butler County team remaining.
SV softb...
The WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse tournaments continue this week with the semifinals and championship games.
Mars’ boys and girls teams are the last Butler County teams l...
Defending WPIAL Class 2A boys volleyball champion Mars is still in the hunt to repeat.
The Planets and Seneca Valley are the last two Butler County teams playing ...
If Karns City baseball’s going to make a long playoff run, it might have to do it without arguably its best player, Adam Manuel.
But Monday in the semifinals of the Distr...
Joe Lafko’s break lasted a year.
The longtime Hampton boys basketball head coach was officially approved to be Knoch’s next coach Wednesday night, May 14, at the Knoch Sc...
Mars girls lacrosse’s quest for yet another WPIAL title is off to a smooth start.
The No. 1 Planets cruised past Oakland Catholic 23-1 Wednesday night in the first round ...
Yet more rain this spring has impacted the first round of the WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs.
Every Tuesday district baseball and softball game was postponed to Thu...
Check the forecast, schedule those tee times and break out the clubs. It’s golf season.
With weather warming — although acting it’s typically volatile spring self — golfe...
