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 - If last season's 28-game win streak was hard to believe, the Father McGivney baseball team has done one better. After a dominant 12-1, five-inning short game win over Class 3A school Belleville West, the Griffins improved to 29-0 on the year. "I honestly can't ," McGivney head coach...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville High School girl’s track and field team hosted and won the Southwestern Conference Track and Field Championships Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers varsity and JV teams combined for 299 points, narrowly beating out the O’Fallon Panthers who scored 297...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Southwestern Conference girl's track and field teams were pitted against each other Wednesday afternoon in the conference championships. Area teams included Alton, Edwardsville, O'Fallon, Belleville East, Belleville West, and East St. Louis. These photos are from the meet.
GRANITE CITY - The Warriors' girls soccer team has had one of the best seasons in recent memory, largely in part to a tremendous senior class. Granite City currently sits at 11-2-1 on the season following a 2-2 tie against Marquette Catholic Tuesday night (May 2). The Explorers knocked in two goal...
PIASA - Piasa Southwestern sophomore Ryan Lowis could play any sport he pleases, so he does. Like many other Piasa Birds, Ryan is a multi-sport athlete, and is a standout in each of them. For his dedication to three different sports, Ryan is an Altonized Federal Credit Union Athlete of the Month....
GRANITE CITY – It was a regular-season finale to remember for the Marquette Catholic girls soccer team. Two of the top teams in the St. Louis area went at it Tuesday night when the Explorers traveled to Granite City to take on the Warriors. An exciting, back-and-forth affair ended in a 2-2...
BETHALTO - Civic Memorial junior runner Justice Eldridge is the definition of a versatile track star. He's geared more toward the distance side, with the one mile and 800m recently being his races, but can also run the 400m, and two mile. In his last outing on Friday, April 28 at the Triad Knight...
ALTON – Just a week prior, in a heartbreaking 2-1 loss against cross-town rivals Marquette Catholic, it wasn’t a great night for the Redbirds, especially senior captain Katie Stark. She went down hard in the 34 th minute, initially holding her shoulder, and would not return to the game...
TROY - Local boy's track teams had several good performances at the Triad Invitational meet held on Friday at Triad High School, with Edwardsville going on to win the team championship. The Tigers won with a total of 113 points, with Cahokia second at 90 points. Mt. Vernon came in third with 56...
ALTON – The Alton Redbirds were looking to snap a four-game losing streak Friday night as they hosted the Civic Memorial Eagles at Public School Stadium. Alton had a little extra motivation being Senior Night. It ended up being two seniors that scored for the Redbirds, a goal in each half...
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