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.
After four years and two WPIAL semifinal appearances, Mars head football coach Eric Kasperowicz is returning home.
Kasperowicz is expected to be named the North Hills hea...
Math has been the common link between daughters and mother in the Maier household. Basketball with their dad.
Avery and Makenna Maier, former Butler girls basketball ...
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will distribute its last issue May 3 and close after 240 years of covering news in the Steel City.
Block Communications, which owns the Post-G...
Parents of Knoch girls wrestlers object to the school district’s firing of its coach for what they believe was misinterpretation of contact with female athletes following...
BUTLER TWP — Seneca Valley guard Natalie Hambly scored her 1,000th career point in Monday night’s girls basketball game against Butler.
The senior reached the milestone a...
BUTLER TWP — If this game is a “B, B-plus” as head coach Dorothea Epps called it, Seneca Valley girls basketball is going to be a problem.
On a night when senior guard Na...
From Butler football’s comeback to the numerous district and state championships, 2025 was a busy year in sports in Butler County.
So when looking back on the top stories...
Jack Johnson was never the biggest, strongest or most athletic hockey player.
But he worked hard and almost always had a smile on his face.
So former teammates and family...
It’s an unusual schedule of holiday tournaments this year, with games being played Sunday because Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on Thursday.
No matter, there are plen...
North Catholic quarterback Joe Felitsky was named to the Pa. Football Writers’ Class 3A All-State Team after a record-breaking year.
The senior led the WPIAL in passing y...
