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.
It’s been a series of Western Pennsylvania false springs of late, but golf weather is increasing in regularity in the Butler area.
And that means one thing: time to get o...
BUTLER TWP — Michelle Jacobson just missed qualifying for the WPIAL Track and Field Championships last year in the shot put with a season high of 32 feet, 8 ½ inches.
A r...
If you’re looking to try a new course or haven’t been for a while and want to know the best way and best prices to book a tee time, here are the prices, information and e...
BUTLER TWP — When Dakari Payne first leaped onto the WPIAL track and field scene, he was most known for his high-jumping ability.
Now a senior, he’s still quite good at c...
JACKSON TWP — North Catholic students have a game of senior assassins, where students use squirt guns out of school to shoot water at each other and “assassinate” a targe...
Two Butler County flag football players will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this week during the 2026 NFL Draft.
Seneca Valley senior quarterback/defensive back Mad...
Butler County has an unusually high number of golf courses.
That’s a good thing, said Experience Butler County president Amy Pack. There is something for all kinds of gol...
BUTLER TWP — It was a grueling day for Carter Ekas.
But it was also rewarding.
Despite increasingly strong rain later in the track and field meet and a packed schedule, E...
Rick Fleeger was demanding of his players.
He also had a knack for getting them to loosen up or make a late-season practice fun.
It’s a difficult line for any youth o...
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...
