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.
GILLESPIE – After trailing by nine points multiple times throughout the game, the Marquette Catholic girls basketball team was able to come back and beat Gillespie in an IHSA Class 2A regional semifinal hosted by the Miners. The No. 3-seeded Miners played host to the regional and took on No...
GILLESPIE – The Roxana High School girls basketball team saw its season come to a close Monday night. After winning Saturday’s play-in game against Litchfield, the No. 8-seeded Shells took on the No. 2-seeded Staunton Bulldogs in the IHSA Class 2A Gillespie Regional semifinals. Daisy...
ALTON – Due to the predicted weather forecast for Tuesday, Feb. 18, the two IHSA Class 4A Granite City Regional semifinal games have been pushed up a day to Monday, Feb. 17. The schedule is as follows: (4) Edwardsville vs. (5) Quincy 6 p.m. (1) Alton vs. (8) Granite City 7:30 p.m. Both...
ROXANA – One week ago, the Roxana High School girls basketball team hosted their next-door neighbor East Alton-Wood River and won a thrilling game 47-46. After that game, Shells’ head coach Mike Arbuthnot was recognized and inducted into the coveted Shells Athletic Hall of Fame. He...
ALTON – The Alton Redbirds took down the Bethalto Eagles in the first round of the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association playoffs. Alton won the best-of-three series in two games, winning by scores of 3-0 on Feb. 10 and 6-1 on Feb. 11. Belleville ended East Alton-Wood River’s season...
EAST ST. LOUIS – The Edwardsville Tigers had a chance to clinch at least a share of the Southwestern Conference title Friday night when they hit the road at East St. Louis. They needed to beat the Flyers and Alton needed to lose to Belleville West. The Redbirds won that game 71-52, keeping...
ALTON – Prior to the arrival of head coach Deserea Howard, the Alton High School girls basketball team had only won the Southwestern Conference once. That was back in the 1991-92 season under head coach Tammy Bowling, who coached the team for 22 seasons with a record of 259-269. Howard took...
TROY, Ill. – The Triad Knights hosted the Columbia Eagles Tuesday night in what was on paper a tough non-conference game between two 20-win teams. But a fast start saw the Knights take control of the game early and never lose sight of their lead, winning 58-43. Thanks to Savannah Hildebrand’s...
ALTON – The Alton Redbirds beat Granite City on Friday in front of a full house to celebrate Senior Night and reach a 20-win campaign for the first time since the 20-18-19 season. They would put their five-game win streak to the test the following night against Althoff Catholic. The Crusaders...
ROXANA – The ‘Backyard Rivalry’ went to the home team Friday night as the Roxana Shells hosted the East Alton-Wood River Oilers in girls basketball action. It was a night when a record was broken, and a coach recognized as a back-and-forth game went down to the wire, with Roxana’s...
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