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.
ALTON - After the new year, the Alton River Dragons wasted no time in announcing some exciting news about the upcoming 2024 season. The team, heading into its fourth season, will be looking to get back to the playoffs like it did in 2022, going on to win the Prairie Land Division and the Western...
HIGHLAND – For the second year straight, the Lady Redbirds are Highland Tournament champions. A season ago Alton beat Okawville 54-38 in the final. This year, in the tournament’s 37th installment, the Redbirds defeated Breese Central by a score of 57-46. Alton beat Belleville West...
JERSEYVILLE – The Warriors found themselves at 4-8 on the season after a first-round loss to Decatur MacArthur in the Prairie Farms Holiday Classic in Collinsville back on Dec. 27. Since then, they’ve rattled off nine wins in a row now including back-to-back wins over Alton and Edwardsville...
JERSEYVILLE – After a heartbreaking loss to Granite City in their last contest, the Alton Redbirds were delegated to the third-place game of the Jersey Mid-Winter Classic where they’d meet the hosting Panthers. Alton went on to lead wire to wire in a 79-43 win. After Alton scored the...
HIGHLAND – CM head coach Mike Arbuthnot wanted to play four games at the 37 th Annual Highland Tournament. Only eight of the 16 teams in the tournament get to do so, but CM is one of those teams. “It's one of the top tournaments in the state,” Arbuthnot said before it had even...
HIGHLAND - The Lady Redbirds are headed back to the Highland Tournament championship game. While many clamored for a semifinal between the two Southwestern Conference juggernauts, Nashville had other plans. The No. 4 team in Class 2A according to the latest AP rankings beat O'Fallon (No. 9 Class...
ALTON - The Associated Press updated its Illinois high school girls basketball rankings as of Jan. 17, 2024. Alton gained its spot back at No. 2 in Class 4A while O'Fallon dropped a couple spots down to No. 9. Civic Memorial also dropped down to the No. 9 spot in Class 3A. Peoria Notre Dame knocked...
ALTON - The Associated Press updated its Illinois high school boys basketball rankings as of Jan. 17, 2024. Collinsville, after suffering its second loss of the season, falls down to No. 7 in Class 4A. Breese Central remains atop of Class 2A while Trenton Wesclin, Columbia, and Althoff Catholic...
LITCHFIELD - Having only scored 70-plus points once this season, the Eagles proved that they can score, and that's exactly what they've done so far at the Rick McGraw Memorial Tournament. After an 80-60 win over Hillsboro on Monday, CM followed that up with a 74-63 win against the hosting Litchfield...
LITCHFIELD - It was the Shells who got off to a fast start in their second game of the Rick McGraw Memorial Tournament in Litchfield, but Marquette battled back for it's second 20-point win over Roxana this season by a score of 50-30. The previous meeting on Dec. 22 saw the Explorers win 56-36 i...
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