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 Jake Merda Adams break down the awards and talk about the first-teamers, from Freeport's Mackenzie Magness to North Catholic's Lizzie Fabian. There's a lot to discuss.

Plus, Derek got back from vacation and returned to civilization, and we learn something new.

Go to butlereagle.com/section/sports for the full teams. We'll announce the rest of our spring all-stars next week.

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This podcast is recorded and produced by Alter Eagle at The Butler Eagle, Eagle Printing, located in Butler, PA.

Cast:

Host: Derek Pyda, Eagle Sports Writer

Co-Host: Brendan Howe, Eagle Sports Writer

Co-Host: Jake Merda Adams, Eagle Sports Editor

Producer, Host & Editor: Laura Crago, Alter Eagle Producer & Host

Summer Intern: Dominic Frye

"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 celebrating their PIAA championship, the second in program history. The crew relived the final minutes of the game, their favorite highlights of the season, proving "the doubters" wrong and talked about what it means to them.

Brendan and Jake also reacted to Butler baseball's historic season ending a win short of the ultimate glory — the program's first state title — but how it brought the Golden Tornado program to new heights and left a lasting legacy.

And our Butler Eagle Male and Female Athlete of the Year finalists are out this week. Before the staff announces the official honorees in July, who made the final cut and what do you need to know about the 10 top athletes of the entire 2025-26 year? Find out here, then go vote before next week to tell us who you think were the two best athletes.

But first ... congrats to the Knicks, yada, yada, but Jake has an ax to grind about the coverage of New York's championship celebration to a certain other city's portrayal and is not going to be stopped shouting from the rafters about it.

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This podcast is recorded and produced by Alter Eagle at The Butler Eagle, Eagle Printing, located in Butler, PA.

Cast:

Host: Derek Pyda, Eagle Sports Writer

Co-Host: Brendan Howe, Eagle Sports Writer

Co-Host: Jake Merda Adams, Eagle Sports Editor

Producer, Host & Editor: Laura Crago, Alter Eagle Producer & Host

Summer Intern: Dominic Frye

"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, well ... you get the picture.

Butler baseball and volleyball are in the PIAA tournament this week, plus Mars and girls lacrosse and a few other teams. Derek and Jake preview the first-round matchups and talk about some of the history being made by local teams.

And one of those historic figures, legendary Tornado volleyball coach Lew Liparulo makes his debut on the pod and shares his stories from 50 years of coaching and finally getting the chance to lead a team to a WPIAL championship game.

And we wrap up with Derek stumping Jake on a gimme Eagles question, debating which sports franchise nickname we'd want to change and recapping and sometimes-wild state track and field championships.

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For more on Butler Eagle Sports go to:

https://www.butlereagle.com/section/sports/

Follow on social media:

https://www.instagram.com/altereaglepodcast/

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#WesternPA #butlercounty #highschoolfootball #predictions #Sports #sportspodcast #eyeonsports #altereaglepodcast #movember #menshealth #mentalhealth #butlereagle #sportswriters #swedishfish #pittsburgh #downtownbutler #butlerdowntown #podcast #butlerpa #butlercounty #collegefootball #steelers #eagles #coach #steelers #WPIALS #piaa #HighSchoolSports #HighSchoolFootball #Fall2025 #EyeOnsportsPodcast #SeasonTwo #2026 #WPIAL #PIAA #NCAA #Butler #PittsburghPA #LewLiparulo #ButlerBoysVolleyball

This podcast is recorded and produced by Alter Eagle at The Butler Eagle, Eagle Printing, located in Butler, PA.

Cast:

Host: Derek Pyda, Eagle Sports Writer

Co-Host: Brendan Howe, Eagle Sports Writer

Co-Host: Jake Merda Adams, Eagle Sports Editor

Producer, Host & Editor: Laura Crago, Alter Eagle Producer & Host

Summer Intern: Dominic Frye