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.
ROXANA - Senior Elias Thies already had two years of varsity baseball experience and was looking forward to another good season as a junior in 2023. Unfortunately, he never took the baseball field that year. He was instead sidelined after tearing his ACL on the first day of wrestling practice....
JERSEYVILLE – Eleven days ago the Shells and Panthers combined for a 23-run thriller in Roxana. On Wednesday, the teams ran it back. The second meeting was a low-scoring affair as Roxana picked up the 2-0 win. It was also a much better day for Shells' senior pitcher Aidan Briggs. After giving...
GLEN CARBON – The Columbia Eagles came into Monday’s clash with Father McGivney undefeated. They left that way, but not after a battle with the Griffins. After the first two weeks of the season, Columbia was 5-0, only allowing two goals in that span with three shutouts. However, some...
ROXANA - The Shells are off to an unprecedented 4-0 start this season after a 4-3 win over rivals Civic Memorial Wednesday afternoon. Calista Stahlhut started in the circle for Roxana and was a difference-maker in this game. She threw a complete game allowing six hits while striking out seven an...
SATURDAY, MARCH 16 RESULTS FATHER MCGIVNEY 4, ALTON 2 The Griffins were mainly unaffected by a couple of days of thunderstorms and were one of the few area teams to get in three games in the first week of play. Father McGivney took on the Alton Redbirds in Metro Cup action at Althoff...
EDWARDSVILLE – It wasn’t the season-opening game that Edwardsville was expecting, but it was the opening result the Tigers had hoped for. When EHS girls soccer head coach Abby Federmann was asked if she liked opening the season against a tough team like Triad, she had a simple answer....
EDWARDSVILLE – The highly-anticipated season opener for the Edwardsville High School baseball team was cut short Thursday afternoon. The Tigers hosted the Brother Rice Crusaders in a rematch of last year’s IHSA Class 4A state championship game. The game was originally scheduled to star...
ALTON – The 3 rd Annual Jack Warren Memorial Game ended early Wednesday night. In the middle of the fourth inning between the Marquette Explorers and Alton Redbirds, around 7:30 p.m., the game was delayed due to lightning in the area. The lightning continued and the weather radar showed...
ALTON – The Greenfield Tigers visited Gordon Moore Park and the Marquette Explorers Wednesday afternoon. The visitors got off to a fast start. Two runs in the first inning and three more in the second saw the Tigers take an early 5-0 advantage, but the Explorers didn’t give up in...
ALTON - Marquette Catholic hosted the Greenfield Tigers in a non-conference softball game Wednesday afternoon at Gordon Moore Park. After going down 5-0 after an inning and a half, the Explorers rallied with an 11-run sixth inning to notch a thrilling 17-9 win. These photos are from the game.
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