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.
BETHALTO - The Civic Memorial Eagles baseball team hosted the Mascoutah Indians in a Mississippi Valley Conference baseball showdown Wednesday afternoon. It was Mascoutah who made the long trip back home with a 12-1 win. These photos are from the game.
ALTON – The Marquette Catholic High School girl’s soccer team hosted the Freeburg Midgets Wednesday night at Gordon Moore Park. The result saw the Explorers suffer their first tie of the season. The word suffer is used because the game could have been a win if it wasn’t for a 76th-minut...
ALTON - The Alton High School girl's soccer team came into the game against Southwestern Conference powerhouse O'Fallon having won four straight, three over SWC opponents and the other against a good Rock Bridge team from Columbia, Missouri. Momentum was on their side as they hosted the Panthers...
GLEN CARBON – The bats have been hot for the Father McGivney Catholic High School baseball team. One of the hottest bats on the team has been senior Jacob McKee’s. For his offensive contributions this season, Jacob is a Byron, Carlson, Petri, & Kalb LLC Athlete of the Month for the Griffins...
WOOD RIVER - Riverbend Family Ministries held its grand opening on Friday at their new location at 144 E. Ferguson Ave. in Wood River. Riverbend Family Ministries Executive Director Tammy Iskarous was beaming on Friday at the grand opening event. "We are finally in the whole building, and today...
EDWARDSVILLE - Following a Southwestern Conference loss to O'Fallon on Thursday, the Edwardsville Tigers' girl's soccer team took off to Missouri for a three-game tournament at St. Joseph's Academy. Edwardsville went 2-1 on the weekend. The Tigers dropped the first game to St. Joe's on Friday b...
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City SC welcomed MLS league-leaders FC Cincinnati to a very wet CITYPARK on Saturday night. After a two-hour and 10-minute weather delay, City went to work, and dismantled Cincinnati 5-1. The weather was the main story of the day heading into the match. A huge wave of severe...
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City SC picked up an impressive 5-1 win over FC Cincinnati, a team who came into the game sitting atop Major League Soccer. After a two-hour rain delay, the game that was scheduled to kick off at 7:35 p.m. finally got underway at 9:49 p.m. These photos are from the game.
ALTON – Coming off of a shock win against O’Fallon the day before, the Alton Redbirds hosted another high-caliber team Friday afternoon in the unbeaten Father McGivney Griffins. The Redbirds wanted to put that streak to the test. “I thought they threw the kitchen sink at us,”...
ALTON - The Alton Redbirds hosted the Father McGivney Griffins in a non-conference baseball game Friday afternoon. It was the Griffins who won by a score of 4-1 to remain undefeated (17-0) on the season. Alton falls to 5-7. These photos are from the game.
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