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.
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. – The date had been circled on every Redbird player, coach, and fan’s calendar, and when it finally came around, it delivered. Alton headed across the state line to University City High School to take on national power Incarnate Word Academy, part of the Southern...
EAST ST. LOUIS – Tensions ran high Friday night on the campus of East St. Louis High School as the Flyers hosted the Alton Redbirds in a pivotal Southwestern Conference matchup. East Side got off to a quick start, but Alton climbed out of the hole and came back to win convincingly 69-50. ...
CARROLLTON – It seemed as if it just wasn’t Calhoun’s night when the Warriors took on the Nokomis Redskins in the first Lady Hawk Invite semifinal played Thursday evening at Carrollton. Calhoun took a 1-0 lead thanks to a free throw from Sadie Kiel but from there Nokomis took over...
CARROLLTON – Last year was a tough pill to swallow for the Marquette Catholic girls basketball team. Especially the Carrollton Lady Hawk Invite. A season ago, the Explorers lost to Calhoun in the first round and then were eliminated from the consolation bracket by Father McGivney’s...
CARLINVILLE – In one of the state’s longest-running basketball tournaments, the Southwestern Piasa Birds were trying to join an elusive club. They were trying to become just the second team to win four straight Macoupin County Tournament titles. But the top-seeded Staunton Bulldogs...
CIVIC MEMORIAL 67, LITCHFIELD 53 The Eagles finished pool play with a 2-0 record, advancing to the championship semifinals on Friday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. from Simmons Gym where they’ll take on Mattoon. No. 2 seeded CM beat 10th-seeded Nokomis 53-37 last Saturday to kick open the tournament...
BETHALTO – Heading into an ever-important Mississippi Valley conference game, the Civic Memorial Eagles had lost three out of their last four games. One of those losses was to then No. 3 ranked Mount Vernon (3A), another to No. 1 ranked Breese Central (2A), and the other to a notoriously toug...
BETHALTO – The Eagles were not to be outshined by a potential record-breaking night for Jersey’s Jaxon Brunaugh. CM head coach Lee Green knew of the situation – Brunaugh fastly approaching the Jersey all-time scoring record – but his goal was simple; win the game. Both o...
ALTON – Past the halfway point in their Southwestern Conference schedule, the Alton Redbirds hosted their natural rivals Edwardsville Thursday night. Alton beat the Tigers at their place on Dec. 5 in a low-scoring game 41-24. That game was dominated by Alton’s Jarius Powers who put...
ALTON – For the first time in over a month, the Alton Redbirds played a home game. They hosted the Collinsville Kahoks in another huge Southwestern Conference matchup. Collinsville came into the game having won just one out of its last six games but shocked the Redbirds with a come-from-behind...
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