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 – The Edwardsville Tigers girls track and field team finished second at the 2024 Triad Lady Knight Invitational Friday afternoon at Triad High School. The Lady Tigers finished with a team score of 83 points, finishing only behind Normal University with 90 points. Other area schools including...
ROXANA – The Alton Redbirds are having their best start to a baseball season since 2017 when they rattled off eight straight wins to open the year. While Alton has suffered a few defeats in 2024, it is still off to a 9-3 record. “I think we were optimistic about being successful with...
ROXANA - The Roxana Shells hosted the Alton Redbirds Monday afternoon in varsity baseball action. Alton won by a score of 6-3 as it improves it's stellar start to the season, now sitting with a 9-3 record. The Shells fall to 6-6. These photos are from the game.
BRIGHTON – The Piasa Birds know that this is their year. A team with nine seniors who are all looking to have a record season, and it has been just that so far as Southwestern is off to a 7-1 start. “We’ve been talking about this for a while now,” Piasa head coach Brian...
ALTON – The Althoff Crusaders have kind of been the Achilles heel for the Marquette girls soccer team. The Explorers had suffered seven straight defeats dating back to 2018. It was March 21, 2014, the last time Marquette beat Althoff, a 2-0 win played at McKendree University. The streak...
JERSEYVILLE - Senior Easton Heafner is already showing promise of another solid baseball season with the Panthers. He pitched a complete seven-inning game against Roxana on Wednesday striking out seven batters along the way, only allowing two runs on six hits in a narrow 2-0 loss. He's a go-to...
ROXANA - Senior Elias Thies already had two years of varsity baseball experience and was looking forward to another good season as a junior in 2023. Unfortunately, he never took the baseball field that year. He was instead sidelined after tearing his ACL on the first day of wrestling practice....
JERSEYVILLE – Eleven days ago the Shells and Panthers combined for a 23-run thriller in Roxana. On Wednesday, the teams ran it back. The second meeting was a low-scoring affair as Roxana picked up the 2-0 win. It was also a much better day for Shells' senior pitcher Aidan Briggs. After giving...
GLEN CARBON – The Columbia Eagles came into Monday’s clash with Father McGivney undefeated. They left that way, but not after a battle with the Griffins. After the first two weeks of the season, Columbia was 5-0, only allowing two goals in that span with three shutouts. However, some...
ROXANA - The Shells are off to an unprecedented 4-0 start this season after a 4-3 win over rivals Civic Memorial Wednesday afternoon. Calista Stahlhut started in the circle for Roxana and was a difference-maker in this game. She threw a complete game allowing six hits while striking out seven an...
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