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.
BELLEVILLE - The Edwardsville High School baseball team just had arguably their toughest stretch of three games so far this season. The Tigers went 1-2. It took Cole Funkhouser's walk-off RBI single to nab a 2-1 win over the Belleville East Lancers back on Tuesday at Tom Pile Field. After that,...
BELLEVILLE - The Belleville East Lancers hosted the Edwardsville Tigers in a Southwestern Conference clash Thursday afternoon. It was the home team coming out on top with a 5-3 win. These photos are from the game.
BETHALTO - Area boys track teams competed in the Mississippi Valley Conference Championships held at Hauser Field behind Civic Memorial High School Wednesday afternoon. These photos are from the meet, mainly of CM, Jersey, and Triad.
BETHALTO - Civic Memorial High School's Hauser Field was the home of the 2023 Mississippi Valley Conference Boys Track and Field Championships. It was a partly cloudy day in the mid-to-high 70s, a perfect day for a track meet on Wednesday afternoon. Looking at combined varsity and JV scores, Mascoutah...
TROY - The Triad High School girl's soccer program has never really had a goalie issue during head coach Matt Bettlach's tenure. Players graduate, and there's always another player ready to step up in net. This season, that player was senior Tavey Duncan. For her contributions in goal, Tavey i...
PIASA - The Southwestern High School baseball team improved its winning streak to six games Tuesday afternoon at Schneider Park in Brighton. The Piasa Birds (22-10, 7-2 conference) hosted the East Alton-Wood River Oilers and won by a score of 10-0 after six innings. EAWR ends its regular season at...
TROY - The Triad High School baseball team already had a share of the Mississippi Valley Conference regular season title, but they didn't like sharing. After a five-inning, 13-3 win over Civic Memorial Monday afternoon, the Knights were crowned MVC champions our right for the third year running....
TROY – The Triad Knights closed their regular season with a 1-1 draw against the visiting Collinsville Kahoks Saturday afternoon. Triad ends regularly scheduled play with an 11-7-3 record and 9-1 in Mississippi Valley Conference action. Saturday’s non-conference game against Class 3...
ALTON - Many student athletes from around the RiverBend area signed their college letters of intent yesterday, May 4. The following students took part: East Alton-Wood River Aidan Loefflman - Track and Field - Seattle University Roxana Kendall Kamp - Soccer - Bellarmine University Ashton...
GLEN CARBON - Sophomore Kannon Kamp has gone to Catholic schooling his entire life. In the last two years, he's gone to two different private schools. During his freshman year, he attended Marquette Catholic before his family moved to Maryville where he was then enrolled at Father McGivney. For hi...
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