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.
Things are about to get interesting.
We’re fully into region, conference and section play across Western Pennsylvania high school football. And there are some big ones th...
“I was a terrible athlete, probably.”
Butler High graduate and Butler Radio news director Tyler Friel made his “Eye on Sports” debut (FINALLY) this week to talk about not...
League play is ramping up across Butler County, with Freeport visiting North Catholic in Week 4 of the PIAA football season looking to go 4-0 and start WPIAL section play...
We’re entering the start of region and section play for some Butler County football teams.
Karns City visits Punxsutawney in the first of those clashes in Week 3 of ...
Season 2 of our “Eye on Sports” high school fantasy football league kicks off with our draft. Producer Laura Crago has joined the league. Can she unseat Derek Pyda and Ja...
Some teams are starting to separate themselves in the early going.
Butler, Knoch, Karns City and Freeport all improved to 2-0 last week, and Seneca Valley sits at 1-0. B...
One of the centerpieces of Freeport girls soccer’s first WPIAL Class 2A championship roster has found a college home.
Junior Cecelia Schlegel will join the Iowa women’s s...
Butler County teams largely stayed close to home last week and even made visits to one another.
This week? Not so much. Nine teams are on tap tonight, with the majori...
Yeah, yeah, yeah ... it's football season or whatever. But today is Brendan Howe's last show, and we're ... sending him out in style?
He's off to Yinzer pastures and refl...
After spending Week 1 playing close to home, Butler County teams are hitting the road.
Most of them, anyway.
We’ve got our first Thursday game of the year when Seneca Va...
