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Eye On Sports
A weekly sports podcast hosted by Butler Eagle News sports writer Derek Pyda. Joining Derek are Butler Eagle sports editor Jake Adams and fellow sports writer Brendan Howe. For more follow: @altereaglepodcast on Instagram, www.butlereagle.com/section/sports and www.alter-eagle.com Hosts: Brendan Howe, Derek Pyda, Jake Adams Producer: Laura Crago
Episodes
Eye On SportsHaunts & Horrors as North Catholic's Will Waskiewicz Talks Football Season, Big Game Vs. Highlands
"What illness did you get every year growing up?" Yep, it was that kind of show. North Catholic star receiver Will Waskiewicz hopped on "Eye on Sports" this…
Eye On SportsBonus Episode! Butler, Notre Dame Legend Terry Hanratty's Chat With Steelers Great Bill Cowher
We have a special treat for football fans this weekend. Legendary Butler and Notre Dame quarterback Terry Hanratty, friend of the pod, is back and brought some…
Eye On SportsMoniteau Football Makes Playoffs and Freeport Volleyball's Radvan and Stivenson Join the Show
The key to a good Tom Phillips costume is the yellow ballcap. That's what we learned this week on "Eye on Sports" talking to Freeport volleyball's Jayme Radvan…
Eye On SportsPreviewing Butler vs. Karns City Football, Week 8 Games, and Brendan Howe Returns to Talk Steelers
"I haven't had one minute to think." Look who's back! It's Brendan Howe, friend of the show, making his debut as a guest this week. Howe joins "Eye on Sports"…
Eye On SportsAnalyzing Butler County's .500 Football Teams, and Brad Walker on Freeport Boys Soccer's Hot Start
"Would you buy a urinal trough?" Nebraska's selling urinal troughs — yeeeppp! — to fans for a cool $2,500. You in? In on-the-field news, Derek Pyda and Jake…
Eye On SportsButler County Football Midseason MVP, Surprises, Storylines and Fantasy Update with John Enrietto
John Enrietto is back, repeatedly asking himself "what is this show?" Good question, John. The former sports editor and friend of the show is again in studio…
Eye On SportsSlippery Rock Football's Aden Shay on His Breakout Season, Our Week 5 Picks & Movie Trivia Goes Bad
"Give us a hint!" Slippery Rock running back Aden Shay has been the breakout star of the PIAA football season. The senior, who has multiple 200-yard games…
Eye On SportsWeek 4 PIAA Football Picks and Chatting With Tyler Friel, The Voice of Butler Football
"I was a terrible athlete, probably." Butler High graduate and Butler Radio news director Tyler Friel made his "Eye on Sports" debut (FINALLY) this week to…
Eye On Sports2026 Butler County Fantasy Football Draft: Does Cole Johnston Go No. 1? Plus Guest Jack Steineman
Season 2 of our high school fantasy football league kicks off with our draft. Producer Laura Crago has joined the league. Can she unseat Derek and Jake at the…
Eye On SportsIt's Not Goodbye, It's See You Soon. Brendan's Last Show and Week 2 PIAA Football Picks
Yeah, yeah, yeah ... it's football season or whatever. But today is Brendan Howe's last show, and we're ... sending him out in style? He's off to Yinzer…
Eye On SportsWill Union/A-C Valley Football Skip a Beat Without Star RBs? Most Hated Chore: Media Day Special
Max Gallagher and Logan Skibinski shredded defenses last year for Union/A-C Valley football en route to the co-op's best season on record. No matter, the…
Eye On SportsCan Slippery Rock Football Begin Turnaround With New Coach? Drumsticks or Flats: Media Day Special
Steve Monteleone takes over a football program for the first time in his long coaching career, and there's enthusiasm already in Year 1 for the Slippery Rock…
Eye On SportsLIVE from Mars Football! Season Opener Prep + Our Week 1 Predictions
"Let's go!" We're kicking off Season 3 from Mars Athletic Complex, with the Planets practicing for their season opener against Seneca Valley. First-year Mars…
Eye On SportsHow Is New-Look Offense Taking Shape at Seneca Valley? Super Bowl Dream Spread: Media Day Special
Quarterback Jamen Alwine and two of his weapons, Julian Hunt and Josiah Edwards, are eager to kick off Year 2 of the Don Barclay era at Seneca Valley the way…
Eye On SportsCan New Weapons Lead North Catholic Football to Same Level? Least Favorite Drill: Media Day Special
After showcasing a prolific offense in 2025, the North Catholic Trojans are back with the same lofty expectations for the PIAA football season but plenty of…
Eye On SportsWhat's Next for Moniteau Football After 2025 Turnaround? Team's Best Dancer: Media Day Special
Vibes are high in Warrior Country, where second-year head coach Clay Kohlmeyer and Moniteau football are looking to build off last year's 3-7 season in…
Eye On SportsWith New Coach, Can Mars Football Match Past Success in 2026? Favorite Wing Sides: Media Day Special
First-year head coach Zachary Benedek is bringing a new energy to the Mars Fightin' Planets football program after they had another successful run to the WPIAL…
Eye On SportsCan Knoch Football Rebound After Difficult Season? Coach's Disney Princess Comp: Media Day Special
It was tough sledding for the Knoch Knights, who went winless a year ago under first-year head coach TJ Wiley. But the Knights have hope heading into the 2026…
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Can D9 Champion Karns City Football Repeat? Coach Sherwin as Disney Princess: Media Day Special
The Karns City Gremlins kick off the 2026 PIAA football season as defending District 9 Class 2A champions and made the state tournament. With standout…
Eye On SportsCan Freeport Football Keep up Winning Ways in WPIAL in 2026? Least Favorite Chore: Media Day Special
The Freeport Yellowjackets made the WPIAL Class 3A tournament second round in 2025, finishing 8-4. Without stars Amos Glenn and Drew Ross leading the offense…
Eye On SportsCan Butler Football Follow up on Breakout 2025? Who Would be in Team's Boy Band: Media Day Special
The Butler Golden Tornado head into the 2026 PIAA football season looking to build off the overwhelming success of 2025. Can coach Eric Christy's bunch match…
Eye On SportsSeason 2 Review - Best Moments, Laughs, Interviews and More
It's hot. It's summer. Everyone's taking vacation. And with that, it's time to look back at Season 2 of Eye on Sports. What'd we get right? What'd we get very…
Eye On SportsAthletes of The Year Nolan Stefaniak And Simone Sharpless on Careers, Sibling Rivalries And More
"There was a human-shaped hole in the wall." Ummm ... what? The Butler Eagle named its third annual Male and Female Athletes of the Year this week: Butler…
Eye On SportsButler Eagle All-Stars Part 2: Breaking Down Baseball, Softball and Lacrosse
Jake is here, but he's not. But he's here! The power of YouTube magic has Jake Merda Adams, on vacation, back in studio with Derek Pyda this week to break down…
Eye On SportsButler Eagle All-Stars Part 1: Breaking Down Track, Volleyball, Flag and Tennis
A couple two-time players of the year and our very first flag football all-star team! Who made the cut for the all-Butler County spring teams? Derek Pyda and…
Eye On SportsMars Boys Lacrosse Celebrates Its State Title, and Butler Baseball's Lasting Legacy
"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…
Eye On SportsRainbow Vacuum Cleaners, Previewing PIAA Championships and Butler's Lew Liparulo
"They look like a droid from Star Wars." We go off the rails almost immediately, from pistachio chocolate to rainbow vacuum clearers, cutting the grass and…
Eye On SportsCan Jake Stand the Heat? Trying Wings for the Beacon Hotel's Wing Fest 2026
The 2026 Wing Fest is June 7, and Jake broke containment from the office for the difficult task of taste-testing some of the wings that might be entered in the…
Eye On SportsBreaking Down the WPIAL and District 9 Baseball and Softball Championships
"You're not Derek!" Nope, she's not. Laura steps into the host seat for the first time with Derek and Brendan in parts unknown so we can drop a special…
Eye On SportsWhat to Watch at PIAA Track and Field Championships
Can Freeport's Mackenzie Magness defend her PIAA pole vault title? And who else will join her on the podium at Shippensburg University this weekend? Derek…
Eye On SportsCan Butler Baseball Win Its First WPIAL Title? Plus Karns City's Alex Wilson Joins The Show
We won't make the Jim Mora "Playoffs?!?!" joke this season. It's a Derek and Jake episode this week, and they're breaking down a couple big WPIAL playoff…
Eye On SportsMadi Barnyk, Simone Sharpless' Moment on the NFL Stage, Plus WPIAL Track and Penguins
The WPIAL track and field championships are next week, as are District 9 and 10. What can we expect from some of Butler County's top runners, jumpers and…
Eye On SportsNFL Draft Hits Pittsburgh, WPIAL Track Shines & JJ Wetherholt Update
Jake's on vacation, but the sports world isn't slowing down. This week, we dive into JJ Wetherholt's continued impact, highlight standout performances from…
Eye On SportsThe Only Steelers Draft Breakdown You Need, featuring PennLive's Nick Farabaugh
"It's very hard not to see 2 or 3 players on the board (they like)." The Penguins are down bad, but it's the week of hopes and dreams for all football fans…
Eye On SportsNCAA Champ Easton Bazzoli, Butler Eagle Swimming and Wrestling All-Stars, and Steelers Draft Talk
"I got about four hours of sleep last night." Seneca Valley grad Easton Bazzoli still hasn't slept much since leading Gannon men's basketball to its first NCAA…
Eye On SportsA Debt Paid off, Butler Eagle All-County Basketball, Mars' Jackson Krock Joins Us
"What do you got there, Brendan?" Jake finally pays off his debt from the fantasy football season, much to Brendan's full stomach's content. He chows down…
Eye On SportsHall of Fame Inductee Brad Mueller in Studio, Only After We Go Off The Rails
Mars football and track star Brad Mueller is heading to the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame this month. The former Boston College running back who later went…
Eye On SportsMars' Marin Raible Joins the Show, Previewing the PIAA Spring Season
"Diving is definitely the way we still get that excitement." Mars diver and newly crowned WPIAL and PIAA medalist Marin Raible hopped on "Eye on Sports" to…
Eye On SportsFlag on The Play! Talking PIAA Flag Football's Debut, Spring Storylines and NBA Tanking.
"Speaking of flags..." Warmer weather means outdoor sports are back. And that means storylines. Jake is all on board the flag football train. The first…
Eye On SportsPIAA Wrestling Championships Recap; Mars' Bednars, Wetherholt Having Big Spring Trainings.
Butler's Santino Sloboda won his fourth medal, bronze, at the PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships, closing out a historic career. Jake was on site with…
Eye On SportsBreaking Down PIAA Basketball and Wrestling Championships, Plus an NFL Combine Scouting Report.
"Some of its jokes haven't aged well." Jake gets nostalgic for Scrubs returning after nearly 15 years, which gets Brendan to open up about his love for Peaky…
Eye On SportsA LOT of WPIAL Wrestling Thoughts, That Knoch-North Catholic Semifinal and Olympics.
We find out Jake REALLY likes to talk about the Olympics, and figure skating, and King Klaebo. And we didn't even get to Nazgul the wolfdog! But first, Derek…
Eye On SportsSantino Sloboda's Record-Breaking Day at Butler, Talking Karns City Girls Basketball's Playoff Odds
It's the best time of the wrestling calendar — POSTSEASON! Jake was on site at Butler High School and got some highlights and news from the WPIAL sectional…
Eye On SportsWPIAL Basketball Bracket Release, Karns City's Naomi Venesky on Her Milestone & Super Bowl Thoughts.
So, as soon as we started recording this week's episode, the WPIAL basketball tournament brackets were announced. But unlike that bracket show, ours doesn't…
Eye On SportsKnoch Basketball's Joe Lafko Joins the Show, District Basketball Lookahead and the Belichick Snub
The WPIAL, District 9 and District 10 playoffs are right around the corner. But many Butler County teams still have to make the dance. Derek, Brendan and Jake…
Eye On SportsBest Student Section? Karns City in the Running + Mike McCarthy to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Student section week is here in Butler County, and Derek, Brendan and Jake talk about how high school crowds do it best. And then Karns City senior Quinn…
Eye On SportsMoniteau Basketball Coach Jake Jewart Joins the Show; Reacting to Mars, Slippery Rock Openings.
Move over, Mike Tomlin. There's bigger coaching carousel news this week! Derek, Brendan and Jake break down last week's stories on Mars and Slippery Rock…
Eye On SportsCourt to the Sideline: Madison Romanovich & Coach Jeff Steele, and the End of the Mike Tomlin Era.
In this episode, John joins Derek in the studio for a wide-ranging sports conversation that hits both the local and national stage. They're joined by Slippery…
Eye On SportsMidseason High School Basketball and Wrestling Surprises, MVPs and What To Watch The Rest of The Season.
It's a whole new year! Not really, we're at the midway point of the PIAA winter season. And with that, let's have some fun. Since we last were on air, Butler…
Eye On SportsKarns City Two-Sport Star Mason Bell Joins Us, More All-Stars and Christmas Power Rankings.
Why is Karns City's Mason Bell already bored? The soccer and football all-star joins the show to talk about his unbelievable season. Please we break down the…
Eye On SportsAll-Butler County Football Sweet 16s; SRU's Roberta Page On Launching Flag Football, Wrestling.
A good ol' fashioned sports debate about Notre Dame and the CFP? Yeah, let's do it! Oh, and the guys break down the Butler County Sweet 16 football teams, from…
Eye On SportsThe Winter Warm-Up Episode; Featuring Coach Cameron Raidna From Butler Hockey
Winter sports are officially underway in Butler County! In this episode, the crew previews high school wrestling, swimming & diving, and takes a look at early…
Eye On SportsHigh School Basketball Tips Off, Jake Rails Against Black Friday Football Games.
Who will be the best players in the county? How good will the Forbes-Gettinger-led Butler Tornado be? The guys break down the upcoming season. Jake is ready…
Eye On SportsThanks For The Memories, Football Season! We Crown A Fantasy League Champ, and At The Buzzer!
Derek's losing streak this football season continues, and he is despondent while Brendan's rags to riches story reaches his apex. Can the show handle its new…
Eye On SportsCan Karns City And North Catholic Win Again? Basketball Media Day Highlights, Steelers Looked Bad.
Karns City and North Catholic football get ready for their biggest tests yet in the playoffs, plus Brendan and Jake recap the fun and games from basketball…
Eye On SportsKnoch's Carter French On PIAA Championships, How Many Shoes He Runs Through; Can Freeport, North Catholic Pull Off Upsets?
Carter French goes through HOW MANY pairs of running shoes and socks each year? The PIAA and WPIAL cross country medalist from Knoch tells all. Freeport, Karns…
Eye On SportsA Savannah Banana, Rex Kwon Do, Kip, Dynamite & A Hunter Preview District Football Playoffs (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL.)
This is Halloween, this is Halloween! A spooky special with Kip and Napoleon Dynamite and more break down all the football as only they can. Don't forget to…
Eye On SportsKarns City Girls Soccer's Dynasty With Tracy Dailey, Week 10 PIAA Football Predictions.
We sit down with the Gremlins' head coach as they aim to win their 27th District 9 title in 31 years. From her first days as a player on the fledgling team to…
Eye On SportsSeneca Valley Hockey Stars Join The Show, Week 9 Predictions, Is Penn State "Mediocre!?"
Seneca Valley hockey won PIHL and state titles last year. John Sroka, Carter Hoehn and Vinci Villella join the guys to talk about defending their titles…
Eye On SportsSeneca Valley Soccer Coach Mark Perry Interview, Jake's No-Good Sports Weekend, Week 8 Predictions.
We're checking in on Jake's mental health this week after the Eagles and Phillies went 0-fer over the weekend. Plus, reactions to a wild Week 7 of football…