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.
GLEN CARBON – Eighty minutes wasn’t enough to decide a winner between the Father McGivney Griffins and Columbia Eagles Wednesday evening. After Spencer Martin scored a penalty kick with 1:13 left in the game to tie the class 2A regional final up at 1-1, overtime would be necessary. T...
GLEN CARBON - Sophomore Sarah Hyten had one of the most dominant golf seasons in all of the St. Louis Metro-East area. Countless regular-season medalist honors, new personal and school records all but prepared her for an impressive post-season run. When it mattered most, she continued to play...
ROXANA - Senior Reagan Lynn ended her golf career on a high note. After the Shells didn't move on as a team from the Alton (Marquette) Regional, Lynn qualified for the Roxana Sectional as a top-10 individual. She shot an 89 at Spencer T. Olin Golf Course in the regional to advance. At the sectional,...
ALTON – Monday afternoon concluded the IHSA Class 1A girls tennis sectional hosted by Marquette Catholic at the courts at Gordon Moore Park. In a continuation after Saturday’s postponement due to the rain, the Jersey Panthers and Civic Memorial Eagles had a good day, both schools...
BELLEVILLE – The Belleville West class 2A girls tennis sectional wrapped up Monday afternoon after being postponed from Saturday. Monday afternoon saw both the singles/doubles semifinals and finals matches. In singles, Edwardsville’s Katie Woods defeated Elli Surges from Chatham...
ALTON – Heading into the 2023 postseason, the Alton Redbirds were trending in the right direction. Winners of five of their last eight regular-season games, they improved to a 6-12 record to close out the year. “We made a goal for ourselves for our last eight games, to have a winning...
WEBER WINS MVC CHAMPIONSHIP, EAGLES FIRST AS A TEAM, TRIAD SECOND ELSAH – Civic Memorial sophomore Max Weber was the fastest out on Principia College’s cross-country course Thursday afternoon at the Mississippi Valley Conference meet. He came in first with a time of 15:33.80. The Eagles...
PRINCIPIA - The Mississippi Valley Conference cross country championships were held at Principia College's course Thursday afternoon. Area teams competing were Civic Memorial, Jersey, and Triad. These photos are from both the boys' and girls' varsity races.
ALTON – While many people look forward to the spooky, supposedly unlucky day, others, not so much. Did you know that the fear of Friday the 13 th is called Paraskevidekatriaphobia or Friggatriskaidekaphobia? Did you know that in other areas of the world, Tuesday the 13 th is considered a...
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