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.
Santino Sloboda doesn’t exude a rugged toughness or nastiness like some wrestlers.
The Butler senior can actually appear aloof, even on the biggest stage.
But four y...
JACKSON TWP — Maybe getting the injury out of the way early in the season will be just what Gracyn Vardy needs to fulfill her postseason goals.
The Butler senior qualifie...
Two seniors from Mars and Slippery Rock are among those named all-state girls basketball players this week.
The Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State Girls Basketball Tea...
A Seneca Valley product has turned a Division II program into a national champion.
Easton Bazzoli, a 2013 Raiders grad, and the Gannon University men’s basketball tea...
JACKSON TWP — It felt like athletes were battling the elements more than their rivals Saturday during the Butler County Classic and Seneca Valley’s NexTier Stadium.
Here ...
The PIAA basketball championships are over. Here are the results from all 12 finals in Hershey’s Giant Center.
See the full PIAA brackets involving local teams (Class 6A ...
A few track and field dual-meets will start the 2026 spring outdoor season, but the first real look we’ll get at the PIAA season comes Saturday, March 28 when Seneca Vall...
Turnover will be the theme of the 2026 PIAA boys volleyball season in Butler County.
Butler, Mars, North Catholic and Seneca Valley all lost a significant amount from the...
Fresh off his second consecutive bronze and fourth career medal at the PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships, Butler’s Santino Sloboda will wrestle again in a high scho...
Terry Bradshaw has still not sent a wig to Terry Hanratty.
Bradshaw, the Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, used to wear wigs when he started losing his hair 4...
