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.
EDWARDSVILLE - Have yourself a day Cade Hardy. The junior outfielder went 3-4 with five RBIs and three runs against the Belleville East Lancers in the Class 4A Sectional Semifinal game Wednesday night. He single-handedly batted in half of the runs scored by Edwardsville as they went en route to...
EDWARSDSVILLE – The Edwardsville High School baseball team opened their regular season on a 22-game win streak. Their first loss wasn’t until May 3. It was handed to them by the at the time undefeated Belleville East Lancers by a score of 2-0. The two teams split the regular-season series....
WOOD RIVER - East Alton-Wood River High School senior track and field star Noah Mason is one who loves training, whether it is for track and field or in martial arts. Noah has been running track for two years now and says that his favorite thing about it is having to put in all the work needed to...
ALTON - Alton High School held its annual Spring Sports Banquet and Awards Ceremony last night (May 31). The event was held in the gym and started at 6:30 with the main program and then the teams broke off to hand out their individual team awards. Girls Soccer The team awards were voted on by...
WOOD RIVER - Baseball has been part of East Alton-Wood River freshman Caleb Handler's life for many years. He started in the sport with tee-ball at age 4 and he just recently completed his season for the Oilers. He will be a sophomore in the 2022-2023 school year. Caleb is a Midwest Members Credit...
ALTON - Art Williams is a World War II veteran who served in the United States Army from December 1942 to December 1945. He was one of five WWII veterans who are going to be marshals in the year’s Alton Memorial Day Parade. Williams has been participating in the parade for a while now. The...
ALTON - Alvin Roderfeld is a World War II veteran who served in the United States Navy. He recalled being in Great Lakes boot camp when the bomb dropped. He served for about 15 months, he said. Roderfeld was one of five WWII veterans in this year's Alton Memorial Day Parade. He’ll get to be...
NORMAL – Edwardsville girls soccer head coach Abby Federmann said “this is like our state” after defeating the defending Class 4A champions O’Fallon Panthers 2-0 in the sectional semifinals. It meant the world to her and her team and you could see it by the looks on their...
ALTON – The Edwardsville High School baseball team (31-4) took on and defeated the Quincy Blue Devils Saturday morning in the regional championship game. The Tigers won the game 13-3 after six innings. “Boy, you have to cherish every one,” Edwardsville head coach Tim Funkhouser...
TROY – The Triad High School girls soccer team (22-1) continue their journey to defend their Class 2A State Championship. They took on and defeated Waterloo 1-0 Friday night in the sectional finals. The Knights only suffered one loss during their regular season, and it came from Waterloo...
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