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.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - The Triad Knights were back in the IHSA Class 2A girls soccer state championship game Saturday afternoon at North Central College, looking for a fifth state title. They took on Crystal Lake Central on a rainy day in Naperville and were defeated 1-0, finishing second at state...
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - The Edwardsville girls soccer team tried to end its first ever state tournament on a high note in the third-place game Saturday afternoon at North Central College, but it wasn’t meant to be. Edwardsville lost 4-2 in the pouring rain to Fremd High School, finishing in...
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - The Edwardsville girls soccer team headed up to North Central College to partake in the girls soccer state tournament for the first time ever Friday evening. The Tigers went up there and took on a team that had been around the block a few times. It was the 13th trip to state...
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - It wasn’t uncharted territory for the Triad Knights girls soccer team on Friday afternoon at North Central College in Naperville. They had been there before, and triumphed. Triad was playing in the second IHSA Class 2A state semifinal against the Peoria Notre Dame Irish...
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – The Edwardsville Tigers’ baseball sectional championship is now Friday, May 31 at 6 p.m. With future weather forecasts predicting storms rolling through central Illinois on Saturday, the game was moved up a day. Edwardsville (29-8), in the sectional championship...
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Three local girls soccer teams will represent Southern Illinois this weekend at the state tournament, one in each class. In Class 3A, state-bound for the first time in program history, are the Edwardsville Tigers. They finished the regular season at 13-3-1 before winning...
TROY, Ill. – The thought of last season’s 5-0 loss to Chatham Glenwood in the Class 2A girls soccer super-sectional haunted Triad. The only way to make things right was to return the favor, which the Knights did Tuesday night when they hosted the Titans, again meeting in the super-sectional....
ATHENS, Ill. – For the second year straight, the Carrollton Hawks met the Illini Bluffs Tigers in a softball super-sectional. The teams met Monday afternoon and the result was similar to last year. Illini Bluffs went on to win by a score of 2-1, earning a spot in the state tournament for...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Last year, the Father McGivney baseball team ran into a brick wall in 2023 MLB Draft pick Dominic Voegele and Columbia in the Class 2A sectional final. At that time, the two teams were ranked number one and number two in their class. The Griffins were in an awfully familiar...
(All photos from Brad Piros) ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City SC returned to CITY PARK Saturday night to take on the Seattle Sounders in an MLS Western Conference showdown. The two teams came into the contest with similar struggles, scoring goals and winning games, but Seattle has been a bogey...
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