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 – As the regular season winds down for the Roxana High School baseball team, a huge home-and-home Cahokia Conference series against Freeburg would make or break it for the Shells. As of Thursday, it helped make it. The teams met in Freeburg on Tuesday, and Roxana won 2-0. Mason Crum...
COLLINSVILLE – All around, it was a good day for the Edwardsville High School girls track team. The Tigers won the 2025 Southwestern Conference Invite Wednesday afternoon with a team score of 137 points. O’Fallon and Belleville East tied for second with 122 points, Alton was fourth wit...
COLLINSVILLE – Thanks to some excellent individual performances, the Alton Redbirds scored 81 points to finish fourth at the 2025 Southwestern Conference Girls Track Invite hosted by the Collinsville Kahoks on Wednesday. Rayna Raglin continued her hot streak, winning both the 100-meter...
COLLINVILLE – The Collinsville Kahoks hosted the 2025 Southwestern Conference Girls Track Invite Wednesday afternoon into evening. The Edwardsville Tigers won the event. These photos are from throughout the meet.
O’FALLON – The Edwardsville High School girls soccer team has an interesting history with O’Fallon. Edwardsville has won two out of the last three postseason meetings but hasn’t won a regular-season Southwestern Conference matchup since April 15, 2021. That was the last...
ALTON – The Edwardsville High School baseball team remained perfect in the Southwestern Conference Friday afternoon after defeating the Alton Redbirds by a score of 8-1. A game that was originally scheduled for Thursday was rained out and postponed for a day. The Tigers had won a thrilling...
GLEN CARBON – The Father McGivney Griffins hosted another rendition of ‘Friday Night Lights,’ this time, it was their Gateway Metro Conference rivals, Althoff Catholic, who stopped by. After trailing by a goal in the first 10 minutes, McGivney rallied back to tie the game 2-2 heade...
TROY, Ill. – The Triad High School girls soccer team beat their Mississippi Valley Conference rivals, Waterloo, by a score of 5-1 back on April 8. The Knights hosted the conference rematch Thursday night, and Triad head coach Matt Betlach knew the previous scoreline did not reflect how closely...
ALTON – The Roxana Shells weren’t bothered by a somewhat lengthy lightning delay Wednesday evening at Lloyd Hopkins Field. After the Marquette Explorers took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, the Shells answered with a single run in the top of the fourth, right before the...
ST. LOUIS – The Father McGivney Catholic High School baseball team remains undefeated at Busch Stadium. The Griffins met up against the Alton Redbirds inside ‘Baseball Heaven’ in Downtown St. Louis for the second straight year. And for the second straight year, Father McGivney...
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