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.
CARROLLTON – The Father McGivney Catholic High School girls basketball avenged a loss on Wednesday. A 57-48 loss at Granite City back on December 13 was just the second of the season, dropping the Griffins to 7-2. The two teams met again on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the 51 st Annua...
ROXANA – The Roxana High School girls basketball team routed Madison in the consolation bracket of the 51 st Annual Lady Hawk Invitational on Tuesday night. It wasn’t much of a game, Roxana handily taking care of the Trojans 81-8. The big reason for celebration wasn’t just the...
LITCHFIELD – One of the best rivalries in the Riverbend headed north on Friday as the Marquette Catholic Explorers and Roxana Shells met on the hardwood in the semifinals of the 2026 Rick McGraw Memorial Boys’ Basketball Invitational. Roxana had to overcome a slow start, but would go...
LITCHFIELD – The Triad Knights traveled just about 40 miles north on Interstate 55 Friday night to take on the Taylorville Tornadoes in the semifinals of the 2026 Rick McGraw Memorial Boys’ Basketball Invitational. A slow and methodical game needed overtime to determine a winner, and...
ROXANA – The Roxana Shells trailed for 31 minutes and 49 seconds Thursday night while hosting the Marquette Catholic Explorers. But after being down by as many as 11 points, Roxana clawed its way back into the game throughout the second half, before taking it’s one and only lead with...
LITCHFIELD – The Civic Memorial Eagles and Marquette Catholic Explorers met in their second pool play game of the 2026 Rick McGraw Memorial Boys’ Basketball Invitational on Wednesday night, with the winner moving on to the championship bracket semifinals. Marquette fended off a late...
LITHCFIELD – The Roxana Shells wore white and were the home team on the scoreboard even though they were taking on the hosting Litchfield Purple Panthers in their annual Rick McGraw Boys’ Basketball Memorial Invitational. Wednesday was the final day of pool play with both teams fighting...
ALTON – Tuesday night marked the halfway point of the Southwestern Conference gauntlet for the Alton High School boys basketball team as it hosted Belleville East. The teams were neck and neck throughout the first quarter, but the Redbirds gradually grew to a comfortable lead and held off...
ALTON – The Granite City High School girls basketball team traveled to Alton on Thursday night to take on the Marquette Catholic Explorers in non-conference action. After a slow start, Granite City came back to win a low-scoring affair 30-23. The Warriors have now won six of their last seven...
EAST ST. LOUIS – The news did not come as a surprise to East St. Louis Senior High School on Wednesday. It just confirmed what many already knew. The Flyers’ boys basketball team debuted at number one in IHSA Class 3A in the season’s first Associated Press rankings released on...
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