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.
ALTON - Friday, August 25: the first 'Friday Night Lights' of the season. Here is a rundown of area high school football week one games. Games in bold will be the ones Riverbender.com will be covering in-depth. Some games were pushed back until 8 p.m. Friday night due to the heat, while others...
COLLINSVILLE – A record heat wave wasn’t going to stop the season-opener for the Triad High School boy’s soccer team Wednesday evening. For the Knights, they’ve been champing at the bit to get back onto the field. “It’s the anticipation,” Triad head coach...
NORMAN LEWIS SOCCER INVITATIONAL MARYVILLE CHRISTIAN 3, ROXANA 2 (PENALTIES) Roxana opened their season at home against Maryville Christian in the 2nd Annual Norman Lewis Invite. A game that was originally scheduled to start at 5 p.m. was pushed way back to finally start around 8:30 p.m....
ROXANA - The high school volleyball season kicked off for multiple area teams when they competed on the first day of pool play in the Roxana Tournament. Local schools pictured on night one were East Alton-Wood River, Jersey, Granite City, Carrollton, and Father McGivney.
ROXANA - Carrollton won all three of its matches in Group C, with Father McGivney Catholic winning two of its three matches. At the same time, Valmeyer swept Group D on the opening day of the Roxana Girls Volleyball Invitational tournament on Monday evening at Larry Milazzo Memorial Gym, the Roxana...
ALTON - The Marquette Girls Golf Blast-Off took place Saturday afternoon at Spencer T. Olin Golf Course. Out of 15 schools, the Father McGivney Griffins finished in fifth place with a team score of 375. Sarah Hyten set the pace with a 2-under par 70. This was the lowest 18-hole score posted...
QUINCY - The Alton High School boy's golf team can finally take a breath after a blazing start to the 2023 season. Saturday was the Redbirds' fifth tournament in nine days time, putting up competitive scores each time. It was no different over the weekend when the team traveled north to take...
ALTON - On a day full of doubles action tennis, it was the Highland Bulldogs that came out on top of the Andy Simpson Doubles Invitational, a girl's tennis tournament hosted in a few locations including Gordon Moore Park, Alton High School, and Lewis and Clark Community College on Saturday. The...
WOOD RIVER - For the 11th time in 12 years, the Edwardsville Tigers are Madison County big schools champions. Thanks to four top-10 finishes EHS set a tough mark to beat at 291, going on to win the event 18 strokes ahead of second place Alton (309) Thursday afternoon at Belk Park. It was Collinsville's...
WOOD RIVER - An exciting day of golf at Belk Park saw the Metro-East Lutheran boy's golf team take the Madison County small schools title for the first time in 10 years. Thanks to another blazing performance from Ryan Suhre, MEL as a team shot 302, beating out Father McGivney (320) and Marquette...
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