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.
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 ...
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 ...
Cornell High School head football coach Ed Dawson died after a medical emergency during a game Friday night, according to multiple media reports.
Statements by the athlet...
We’re getting an early kickoff this week, a little welcomed treat in Week 9 of the PIAA football season.
Butler’s trip north to Erie includes a 6 p.m. start, which means ...
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...
We have a special treat for football fans this weekend.
Legendary Butler and Notre Dame quarterback Terry Hanratty, friend of the pod, is back and brought some early Hall...
The key to a good Tom Phillips costume is the yellow ballcap.
That’s what we learned this week on “Eye on Sports” talking to Freeport volleyball’s Jayme Radvan and Macy S...
Boats will not be needed this week.
We’re back to dry football weather Friday night for the penultimate week of the regular season.
We’ve got our picks for all of this w...
A matchup that won’t have playoff implications for either team is our game of the week: Butler at Karns City in the first ever meeting between the two programs.
You know ...
“I haven’t had one minute to think.”
Look who’s back! It’s Brendan Howe, friend of the show, making his debut as a guest this week.
Howe joins “Eye on Sports” to talk abo...
