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.
TROY – In a rematch of last year’s IHSA Class 2A boys soccer sectional final, the Triad Knights hosted the Althoff Crusaders Saturday afternoon. The script was flipped with top-seeded Althoff coming out the other side with a 4-2 win, moving onto Tuesday’s super-sectional against...
ALTON – The Edwardsville Tigers kept their postseason alive after a 2-0 win over Normal Community in the IHSA Class 3A Alton Sectional Final Friday night at Alton’s Public School Stadium. Edwardsville moves on to Tuesday’s super-sectional against Naperville Central (16-4-4) which...
GRANITE CITY – The Father McGivney Griffins couldn’t have dreamt up a better start to Wednesday night’s Class 1A Murphysboro Sectional Final. Just four minutes into the game senior Kai Gaither unleashed an unstoppable shot from about 25 yards out that weaved its way through traffic...
COLLINSVILLE – Edwardsville had not beaten the O’Fallon Panthers this season, suffering two overtime losses as the Tigers finished the season 5-5 in the Southwestern Conference. The Panthers were second in the conference with an 8-2 mark, earning them the No. 2 seed in the top half...
GRANITE CITY – The Belleville West Maroons earned the No. 1 seed in their sub-sectional after a 15-5 regular season and an impressive 9-1 record in the Southwestern Conference. After defeating Alton 7-0 back on Tuesday, it set up a regional final with Collinsville at Granite City High School’s...
ALTON – Heading into Wednesday night’s regional championship game against the Marquette Explorers, the Columbia Eagles hadn’t lost a game in 53 days. After starting the season at 0-2, Columbia has since gone 21-1. The Eagles' 21st win came in dramatic fashion in a penalty shootout,...
Southwestern East St. Louis 14, Edwardsville 7 Belleville East 38, Belleville West 14 Alton 30, O’Fallon 17 Mississippi Valley Highland 63, Jersey 33 Triad 49, Civic Memorial 6 Waterloo 56, Mascoutah 28 Cahokia - Mississippi Roxana 27, East Alton-Wood River 8 Breese Central...
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