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.
The Butler Eagle has celebrated its top male and female athletes of the school year each of the past two summers.
This time, we are announcing our nominees for the honors...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Josh Wilburn and his dad were shouting and jumping up and down on their couch when Mars boys lacrosse won its first PIAA title in 2022.
Sometime in the ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Grant Weaver loves the spin move.
He’ll offer casual ones to weave his way up the field. He’ll spin and bump to create separation against a defender up ...
The PIAA boys and girls lacrosse tournaments continue Tuesday, and Mars’ boys are hoping to return to the state championship.
See the full PIAA brackets below. Results an...
The PIAA boys volleyball tournament continues with the semifinals Tuesday, and Butler is hoping to pull off a big upset to make its first championship game.
See the full ...
That’s it. Butler (23-4) took on Neshaminy (21-7) looking to win its first PIAA baseball championship in program history — in its first appearance — at Penn State’s Medla...
Butler has made history already — twice — this season. It’s hoping to do so one more time.
The WPIAL champion Golden Tornado (23-3) take on District 1’s fourth-place team...
Butler’s quest for a PIAA baseball tournament championship continues Monday against Owen J. Roberts in the Class 6A semifinals.
See the full PIAA brackets below. Results ...
The PIAA softball tournament began Monday and continues with Monday’s semifinals.
See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming matchups will be updated througho...
Butler is hoping to pull off the biggest upset of the season in the semifinals of the PIAA boys volleyball tournament Tuesday when it faces WPIAL champion and the top tea...
