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 Marquette Catholic High School baseball team hosted the Southwestern Piasa Birds Monday afternoon at Lloyd Hopkins Field. The Explorers won the game 12-2 after six innings. These photos are from the game.
ALTON – Alton firefighters had a busy morning Monday with two unrelated serious fires in the city. Alton firefighters just finished work on the second fire at 9 Holly Hill Drive in Alton around 1 p.m. Monday. The call on that fire came in at 7:08 a.m., Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Fischer said....
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis City SC hosted it’s second-ever Major League Soccer (MLS) game Saturday night. They defeated the San Jose Earthquakes by a score of 3-0. With the win, City SC becomes the first-ever MLS Expansion team to start off the season 4-0. Saturday was also St. Louis’ first shutout in club...
EDWARDSVILLE - Junior Jillian Lane had two hits while sophomore Riley Nelson had a very good outing in the circle as the starting pitcher as a young Edwardsville softball team went to 2-0 in the new season with a come-from-behind 8-5 win over Breese Central in the Tigers' home opener, moved from...
ALTON - Marquette Catholic High School added to its impressive list of college signings the past couple of weeks. Four more athletes committed to continuing their academic and athletic careers at the next level. All are Tucker's Automotive Repair & Tire Athletes of the Month for Marquette. Th...
ALTON – Lloyd Hopkins Field inside Gordon Moore Park was the site for the now annual Jack Warren Memorial Game between the Alton Redbirds and the Marquette Catholic Explorers Wednesday evening. A large crowd gathered to watch the game and support a good cause. The game itself was well worth...
EDWARDSVILLE - Illinois State Police and Edwardsville Police and Fire Department are working together on a situation where a trash truck struck a pedestrian at the corner of the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Northern Access Road near Northwest University Drive on Wednesday morning. The...
TROY - It was a highly anticipated girls soccer season opener Tuesday night at Triad High School as the Knights hosted the O'Fallon Panthers. The defending Class 2A State Champions took on the defending Southwestern Conference Champions. Triad was 25-1 last season while O'Fallon was 20-2. O'Fallon's...
TROY - The Marquette High School girls soccer team only graduated two seniors a season ago, meaning that, almost the entirety of the team is back for this season, including some familiar faces returning from injury. Expectations are pretty high, and the team fought through some first-game jitters...
MASCOUTAH – “A win, a shutout, a good way to start the season,” Alton girls soccer head coach Gwen Sabo said after a 2-0 win over the Mascoutah Indians in the season-opener Monday night. “First game jitters, a little inorganization to be expected, it’s a new group,...
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