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 – The Father McGivney Catholic High School boys soccer program continued its run of good form, narrowly taking down Gateway Metro Conference rivals Marquette Catholic by a score of 1-0 Monday evening. The Griffins have now gone 10 games unbeaten, outscoring their opponents 21-1....
ALTON – The Marquette Explorers and Alton Redbirds took to the greens of Spencer T. Olin Golf Course to decide the winner of the ‘City Championship’ on Thursday, September 25. After a nine-hole match, the Explorers came out on top with a team score of 160 compared to Alton’s...
WOOD RIVER – It was the freshman Maggie Pruetzel who led the way for the Marquette Catholic Explorers’ girls golf team on Thursday at Belk Park Golf Course. Pruetzel finished seventh out of an 89-player field in the Gary Bair Invitational. Her 8-over par 80 led the Explorers to a fifth-place...
WOOD RIVER – Edwardsville High School’s Rachel Johnson was the only player under par Thursday afternoon at Belk Park Golf Course. She won the Gary Bair Invitational with her 4-under par 68 and led the Tigers to a first-place team win at 313 strokes. Breese Mater Dei (324) came second,...
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – One stroke separated the Marquette Explorers and Althoff Crusaders boys golf teams Wednesday afternoon at Stonewolf Golf Course. Marquette, led by Andrew Belden’s 4-over par 76 and Sam Jun’s 5-over par 77, came in with a combined team score of 319 to win the...
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – Father McGivney’s Sarah Hyten had a stellar day out at Stonewolf Golf Course on Wednesday, September 24, as she led the Griffins to the Gateway Metro Conference title. Hyten was the only golfer out of the 21-player field to shoot below par, and she did so comfortably....
ALTON – After leading 20-0 at halftime, the Marquette Catholic High School football team fended off a second-half rally from Aurora Central Catholic, winning their third game of the season by a final score of 41-20. The Explorers improve to 3-1, off to their best start since the 2017 season,...
ALTON – The East St. Louis Flyers have had a whacky start to their 2025 football season. So far, it has included a week-one, 22-21 loss to Bergen Catholic of New Jersey, a week-two game cancellation, and a week-three 35-10 loss to Bishop Gorman of Nevada. So, it wasn’t until week four...
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – After round one of the Southwestern Conference boys golf tournament, the O’Fallon Panthers held a 16-shot lead over the next best team, Edwardsville. It was too much ground to make up, and instead, O’Fallon widened the margin to 27 strokes, winning the tournament...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville High School boys soccer program hasn’t lost to the Alton Redbirds since 2015. The Tigers grew that unbeaten streak to 21 games Tuesday night at the Edwardsville District 7 Sports Complex as the two met for the first of their two Southwestern Conference...
Did you know Riverbender.com is free for you thanks to our awesome advertisers? We noticed you're using an ad block software. Please give our sponsors some exposure by disabling your ad blocking service for Riverbender.com.
