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.
Here at last.
The 2026 PIAA football season is here at last. Eleven Butler County teams kick off tonight at 7 p.m., and the Butler Eagle will have you covered all night w...
Everyone starts 0-0, including the Butler Eagle sports staff.
The PIAA football season is a day away, and eight county-area games are on the docket. Fans get a rare treat...
It’s a loaded group.
Eight Butler County first-team all-stars from the 2025 PIAA cross country season are back. There are state and district medalists, seniors all the wa...
The defending Butler County Girls Runner of the Year and a trio of Butler runners are back.
And that’s not all. Nine all-county first-team selections make up this year’s ...
We are ready for some football.
The countdown has already begun for that and all the rest of the fall sports, and the Butler Eagle is gearing up for the 2026 PIAA season ...
Quarterback Jamen Alwine and two of his weapons, Julian Hunt and Josiah Edwards, are eager to kick off Year 2 of the Don Barclay era at Seneca Valley the way 2025 ended: ...
After showcasing a prolific offense in 2025, the North Catholic Trojans are back with the same lofty expectations for the PIAA football season but plenty of new faces in ...
Vibes are high in Warrior Country, where second-year head coach Clay Kohlmeyer and Moniteau football are looking to build off last year’s 3-7 season in District 9, a mark...
First-year head coach Zachary Benedek is bringing a new energy to the Mars Fightin' Planets football program after they had another successful run to the WPIAL Class 5A p...
It was tough sledding for the Knoch Knights, who went winless a year ago under first-year head coach TJ Wiley. But the Knights have hope heading into the 2026 PIAA footba...
