Bradley Piros has been a reporter at Riverbnder.com since January 2022.
He graduated from Western Illinois University in December 2020 with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism as well as a minor in Sports Broadcasting.
At WIU Bradley worked at the school's student-run newspaper publication The Western Courier. He began his freshman year as a writer and worked his way up to Sports Editor by the time he was a senior.
In his spare time, Bradley loves to stay active. He played soccer and ran track and field at Alton High. Now he stays busy with his favorite hobby disc golf. He also loves spending time with his family and friends, traveling to new places, and watching sports.
GLENN CARBON - Every year the Father McGivney baseball team hosts a baseball camp for incoming and current players. This time around head coach Chris Erwin said they had around 120 kids out for the three-day camp, the most he's ever seen. Here is a photo gallery of day two of the camp.
GLEN CARBON - For Father McGivney head baseball coach Chris Erwin, it's all about what's on the back of his practice shirts. "That's really important for our program. The back of our practice shirts say faith, family, baseball, no excuses and it's in that order," he said. He and a few of his current...
GODFREY - Last Thursday, June 16, Lewis and Clark Elementary School received a $5,000 grant from the YWCA. The money was used to buy new children's books depicting people with black and brown skin as well as lesson plans that go along with some of the books. The idea came from YWCA Racial Justice...
BETHALTO - Recent Civic Memorial High School graduate Claire Christeson was a two-sport standout athlete for the Eagles. She was a star on the girls' basketball team and also loved playing soccer come springtime. Because of injuries and the COVID-19 Pandemic, she had an absolute roller coaster o...
EDWARDSVILLE - Lewis and Clark Affiliate Habitat for Humanity held its first annual Habitat Home Sweet Home 5K race at Township Park in Edwardsville. The race took place at 9 a.m. Saturday morning taking off from the park down the Madison County Nickel Plate Trail and back after a turnaround. A...
ALTON - The even-year alums have won the Alton High School Alumni Baseball Game every time since it's inception. They wanted to make sure they kept it that way. It meant a little more being the first time the game was held at Lloyd Hopkins Field. For most of these alums, this was their old stomping...
These are photos from the fifth annual Alton High School Alumni baseball game. For the first time ever the game was hosted at Lloyd Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Park which was a big deal to player and their families.
ALTON - With Legion/summer baseball and camps in full effect as soon as the high school season ends, there isn't much time off for coaches. Scott Harper, the head coach for Alton High's baseball team, doesn't mind one bit. There's nothing he'd rather be doing than hosting a youth baseball camp durin...
GODFREY - Back on Wednesday, June 15, the Rolling Hills Golf Course Clubhouse in Godfrey suffered a minor support failure. It came after a beam slightly gave out. The wooden part around the bottom of the support had rotted out enough causing the beam to fail. Because of the incident, the Godfrey...
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