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.
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA – For the second time in five years, the Father McGivney High School baseball team’s state dream came up one game short of being realized. The Griffins fell 6-5 to the Ottawa Marquette Crusaders in the IHSA Class 1A state championship at the University of Illinois on...
MONTICELLO – The Edwardsville High School softball team couldn’t fight back after an early 3-0 deficit, eventually falling to the Bradley-Bourbonnais Boilers 6-1 in the IHSA Class 4A Normal (Community West) Sectional championship. The game was moved up a day and to a new location, being...
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA - For the first time since 2021, the Father McGivney Catholic High School baseball team is headed back to the IHSA Class 1A state championship game. The Griffins pounded Pawnee by a score of 16-1 in the second state semifinal Friday afternoon at Illinois Field, giving them a titl...
ALTON – The last time the Edwardsville Tigers faced off against O’Fallon’s Connor Blue on the mound, they jumped on him, scoring three earned runs on three hits in a 7-0 win two weeks ago. The Panthers and Tigers split their regular-season Southwestern Conference meetings. O’Fallon...
ALTON – Marquette Catholic High School will begin the search for its next baseball coach as of Wednesday, June 4. It was announced that longtime head coach Tim Fahnestock would be stepping down after 11 seasons. Fahnestock, who has just turned 50, will be enjoying his coaching retirement...
TROY – The Triad High School girls soccer team had a unique opportunity Tuesday night. A chance to punch its ticket to the state tournament on its home field. The Knights hosted the Springfield Senators, and after 100 minutes played, the game was tied 1-1, sending it to a penalty shootout....
SPRINGFIELD – It took a long time for the Father McGivney Catholic High School baseball team to get over how its season ended a year ago. A super-sectional loss to Jacksonville Routt Catholic. On Monday, the Griffins had their shot at redemption, taking on the Rockets once again in the IHSA...
GREENVILLE – The Griffins have been cruising through these playoffs. The Father McGivney Catholic High School baseball team earned a No. 1 seed in the Greenville University Sectional and breezed by Bunker Hill (15-0) and Carrollton (12-0) to win the Metro-East Lutheran Regional. They then...
WATERLOO – Triad head coach Matt Bettlach and the Knights girls soccer team know a thing or two about Waterloo. Bettlach, in his 11th postseason as head coach, has played the Bulldogs eight times in the playoffs. It was the fifth straight year they’ve met for a sectional title. And...
BELLEVILLE – The Father McGivney Catholic High School girls soccer team ran into its Achilles heel of the 2025 season, the Columbia Eagles, Tuesday night, battling it out for the Belleville (Althoff Catholic) Sectional championship. Columbia, McGivney’s lone regular-season loss back...
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