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  1. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Jake Merda Adams

    Meet the 10 girls runners to watch during the 2026 PIAA cross country season (opens the original)

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    The defending Butler County Girls Runner of the Year and a trio of Butler runners are back. And that’s not all. Nine all-county first-team selections make up this year’s girls cross country runners to watch list, a mix of veterans and sophomores, plus medalists and PIAA qualifiers. The 2026 season begins Saturday and will conclude in Hershey for the state championships in November. The two-plus months in between will go quickly. Here are 10 girls runners from Butler County, in alphabetical order

  2. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Jake Merda Adams

    Meet the 10 boys runners to watch during the 2026 PIAA cross country season (opens the original)

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    Eight Butler County first-team all-stars from the 2025 PIAA cross country season are back. There are state and district medalists, seniors all the way down to sophomores and talent in nearly every corner of the county. That makes for an exciting 2026 season, which hits the starting gun Saturday and ends in November in Hershey at the state championships. Here are 10 boys runners from Butler County, in alphabetical order, to keep an eye on this fall: Beck is a two-time PIAA Class 1A qualifier out

  3. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Jake Merda Adams

    Butler Eagle Scoring Trophy watch list: Which of these players can win the title in 2026? (opens the original)

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    Of the Butler Eagle’s 32 Sweet 16 football all-stars on offense and defense last year, only three are back. That kind of turnover means loads of opportunity for an unknown — or unsung — player to step up and grab the Butler Eagle Scoring Trophy. Freeport’s Amos Glenn won it last year, and like seemingly every starting running back in the area in 2025, he has graduated. So now we get to find out who the new Glenn will be. Here’s a way-too-early list of possible contenders to take home the trophy.

  4. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Jake Merda Adams

    Butler Iron Bucks win fourth straight NABA league championship thanks to clutch pitching, big inning (opens the original)

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    The Butler dynasty extends another year. The Iron Bucks beat the Rock Redbirds 11-7 in Sunday’s North American Baseball Alliance championship game, claiming a fourth straight league title. “They’re all (the four championships) kind of special in different ways. This one I think was unique in the sense that we had three or four key players injured that were not able to participate (and others on vacation late in the year),” manager Kenny Creehan said. “So our backs were really to the wall. … I th

  5. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Jake Merda Adams

    Butler pitcher Kyle Casteel signs with Chicago White Sox for reported $1.25 million bonus (opens the original)

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    Kyle Casteel’s pro career has officially begun. The standout Butler right-hander has signed with the Chicago White Sox and accepted a $1.25 million signing bonus, according to multiple national media reports this week. The White Sox selected the high school graduate Sunday in the 11th round of the 2026 MLB Draft. According to a Future Sox report, his signing bonus is the equivalent of what’s typical of a No. 69 overall pick, a significant bump from where he was taken — 315th overall. Casteel was

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