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.
Butler County athletes came away with multiple medals at the PIAA Track and Field Championships and dozens in the district meets.
But none had a more surprising champions...
Butler freshman Landon Slear reached the podium in his high school debut in the 2026 Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Ore.
Slear finished fifth in the freshman 800-meter...
Naomi Venesky’s accolades and accomplishments on the hardwood for Karns City this year drew plenty of eye balls.
And votes. Butler Eagle readers voted the senior basketba...
The first season of PIAA flag football provided new highlights and a bigger stage for the three Butler County teams to put their talents on display.
No local athlete put ...
The readers have spoken, and North Catholic senior Logan Schade is the fan-vote winner of the Butler Eagle Male Athlete of the Year.
Schade, who made the Butler Eagle Swe...
It’s been tough to match Justin Garvey’s success the past couple years.
No Butler County boys tennis player has had as much individual and team postseason success the las...
"State champion" has a nice ring to it.
Mars boys lacrosse's Grant Weaver, Reed Fuller, David Renner and Jack Tirch joined the show today to continue celebrating their PI...
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...
