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.
EDWARDSVILLE – The Marquette Catholic High School boys golf team will be heading to the state finals this weekend. The Explorers took third place in Monday’s IHSA Class 2A Highland Sectional, played at Oak Brook Golf Club in Edwardsville, qualifying the entire team for this weekend’s...
PLAINFIELD – For the fourth straight year, an Alton Redbird will be headed to the IHSA Class 3A boys golf state finals. Landon Mayer kept the streak alive on Monday, October 6, at the Lockport Sectional by finishing in ninth place, shooting a 2-over par 73 at Wedgewood Golf Club. He started...
PEKIN – It was once again Rachel Johnson’s day as she earned her spot in the IHSA girls' golf state finals. She did so by winning the IHSA Class 2A Pekin Sectional on Monday afternoon at Pekin Country Club. She was the only golfer under par at 1-under par 71. She won the event by one...
ALTON – The Althoff Catholic High School boys soccer team remained perfect in the Gateway Metro Conference after a convincing 4-1 win over the Marquette Catholic Explorers Thursday afternoon at Glazebrook Park. Nate Pitre scored two top-tier goals, one of them coming relatively early on in...
CARLYLE – The Father McGivney Catholic High School boys golf program captured its first regional title Wednesday afternoon at Governor’s Run Golf Club. The Griffins won the IHSA Class 1A Carlyle Regional, posting a score of 313. That was seven strokes better than second-place Staunton...
TAYLORVILLE – Marquette Catholic senior Carson Jones was the only golfer to break par, firing in a 3-under par 69 at Wednesday’s IHSA Class 2A Taylorville Regional at Lakeshore Golf Course. Jones started his round on hole one with his only blemish being bogey on hole seven. He got hot...
QUINCY – The Edwardsville Tigers’ boys golf team once again did battle with O’Fallon and some other Southwestern Conference rivals Wednesday afternoon up at the IHSA Class 3A Quincy Regional. And while not coming out on top, the Tigers finished second out of the nine teams to qualif...
QUINCY – Wednesday’s IHSA Class 3A Quincy Regional was essentially the Southwestern Conference Tournament 2.0. The Alton Redbirds had an average-at-best showing in that two-day tournament, finishing fifth out of six SWC teams. They put that memory in the back of their heads, took the...
O’FALLON – It was a tight race between the Edwardsville Tigers and hosting O’Fallon Panthers to see who would take down Tuesday’s IHSA Class 2A O’Fallon Regional at Tamarack Golf Course. Only three strokes separated the teams as it was Edwardsville who came out on to...
GRANITE CITY – Legacy Golf Course was the site of Tuesday’s IHSA Class 1A Glen Carbon (Father McGivney) Regional, which hosted 13 schools prying for the top three spots to move on to the Jacksonville Sectional. The Father McGivney Griffins and Marquette Catholic Explorers were not two...
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