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 - The Jackson Rockabillys got on the board first thanks to a solo home run in the opening frame, but the Alton River Dragons would score runs in each of the first five innings to go on to an 11-8 win Wednesday night at Lloyd Hopkins Field. Griffin Cameron got the game started off right for...
ALTON - The 6th Annual Alton High School Alumni Baseball game is this Sunday, June 18th at Lloyd Hopkins Field. First pitch is scheduled for noon. The teams are separated by graduating year, evens and odds. Since the inception of the game, the even year alums have won each time by scores of 5-0,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Senior Ethan Stukenburg signed his letter of intent to continue his track and field career at the next level. He committed to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Monday afternoon with his family and coaches inside Edwardsville High School's main lobby. Stukenberg will be joining...
ALTON - The Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association (IHSSCA) announced its year-end All-State selections. 99 players from all across Illinois are chosen. These three local players stood out among the rest in the 618 area. First, senior midfielder Kiley McMinn was named the IHSSSCA Girls...
ALTON - After leading by as much as 8-0, the Alton River Dragons ended up losing 12-8 in extra innings to the Quincy Gems Monday evening at Lloyd Hopkins Field. Things were good early on for Alton. Leadoff man Brayden Caskey hit a solo homer into deep left-center to get going early. He would finish...
GLEN CARBON - The Illinois High School Association announced the Class 1A and 2A All-State baseball teams over the weekend. Most notably, Father McGivney senior pitcher Gabe Smith was named to the Class 2A team. Smith, an Ole Miss commit, was the Griffins' ace. After seven starts he had a 6-1 record...
EDWARDSVILLE - It's impossible to think about Tigers baseball without thinking about the Funkhouser family. Through three generations, the family has countless stories, more specifically, a lot of stories from the state tournament. Bill Funkhouser coached the Tigers from 1973-1980 and took the team...
JOLIET - The Tigers are seeing double. Edwardsville High School's baseball team defeated the Brother Rice Crusaders (26-16) in the Class 4A state championship by a score of 6-4 to secure back-to-back state titles for the program and its third in four years. The story of this year's title game fo...
JOLIET - The Edwardsville Tigers defeated the Brother Rice crusaders by a score of 6-4 in the IHSA Class 4A State Championship game Saturday night at Duly Health & Care Field in Joliet. These photos are from the game.
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