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 – The Roxana Shells football team was fired up to start their season at home. They did so with a 16-13 win over Robinson in a close game. Roxana kicked off to Robinson, but nothing would come of the Marrons’ first drive. They turned the ball over on downs with five minutes to go...
BETHALTO – The Civic Memorial High School football team kicked off their season with a 24-3 win over Marquette Catholic in the Eagles’ home-opener. They broke in their new turf field and improved to 1-0. It seemed as if the entire town of Bethalto came out to cheer on the Eagles o...
BETHALTO - The Civic Memorial Eagles and the Marquette Catholic Explorers locked up for week one of the football season. These photos are from that game.
ALTON - The Alton High School boys' soccer team did not have a season to remember last year. Senior forward Ashton Scheppers will be the first one to tell you that. He's ready to put all that behind him though and is looking forward to his senior season. The Redbirds' season kicked off Thursday night...
ALTON - Marquette Catholic senior Hanna Marshall is a two-sport athlete for the Explorers who just wants to have as much fun as possible in her final year of high school. This fall she's playing volleyball and come spring she plays soccer. She has played both sports at Marquette for all four years...
ROXANA INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT On the second day of the group stage at the Roxana Invitational at Larry Milazzo Memorial Gym and other venues, Carrollton defeated Piasa Southwestern 25-11, 25-20, it was Hardin Calhoun over Civic Memorial 25-16. 25-13, Auburn won over Valmeyer 25-13, 25-22, Gillespie...
ALTON - The Alton High School boys soccer team kicked off their season with a big 6-0 win over the visiting Springfield Southeast Thursday night (August 25) at Public School Stadium. The start time was originally scheduled for 6:30 p.m. but after a heat delay and then another rain delay in the gam...
Video provided by Randy Manning. ROXANA - The Roxana Shells football team open their season at home against Robinson tomorrow night (August 26) at 7 p.m. and they couldn't be more ready for it. "Summer was really good," head football coach Wade Devries said. "We were able to add a lot of sessions....
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