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 - The Collinsville Kahoks dropped two spots in the Class 4A rankings after suffering their first loss of the season to Edwardsville last Friday. Breese Central remains at the top of Class 2A while Columbia, Trenton Wesclin, and Althoff Catholic all recieved votes. The entire rankings for...
ALTON – After reporting back to the Chicago area for a couple of games in the Grow the Game Shootout over the weekend, the Lady Redbirds can unpack their bags as they’ll be close to home for the remainder of the regular season. Alton played seven games in the span of 10 days between...
BETHALTO - Civic Memorial's girls basketball team made it three in a row on what became a snowy Monday night. The Eagles, ranked No. 6 in IHSA Class 3A by the Associated Press, hosted the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes in a big non-conference game and won 43-26. Teutopolis, better known as T-Town for...
ALTON 57, WHITNEY YOUNG 56 The Lady Redbirds were in the greater Chicago area once again for two big games over the weekend in the Grow the Game Shootout. The daunting double-header began with a nail-biter with Chicago Whitney Young, previously ranked No. 6 in IHSA Class 4A, but has since fallen...
TROY – The Jersey Panthers led after the first quarter, but from there on it was mostly Knights as Triad went on to a 57-33 Mississippi Valley Conference win Friday night. Tyler Thompson got things going for Triad, followed by back-to-back baskets from Drew Winslow as Triad went up quickly...
TROY – The Jerseyville girls basketball team is on a bit of a roll right now. The Panthers won their sixth straight game with a 50-44 win over Mississippi Valley Conference foes Triad on Friday night. The teams now split the regular-season meetings as the Knights won 47-41 back on Nov. 27...
ALTON - As of late, the Redbirds have been calling the greater Chicago area their home. Alton head coach Deserea Howard made one thing clear before the season even started. She wanted a tougher schedule. So, she went out and made one. "There's a lot of competition in Chicago; a lot of good shootouts,...
ALTON - Junior guard Kiyoko Proctor may not have actually scored her 1,000th career point at home against Chatham Glenwood Thursday night, but that's the night she chose to celebrate the occasion. Redbirds' head coach Deserea Howard believes that Proctor reached that milestone back on Dec. 19...
ALTON - The Associated Press updated its Illinois high school boys basketball ranking Wednesday afternoon. Collinsville (16-0) just cracked the top 10 in the initial rankings released on Dec. 13. Now, since winning its own Prairie Farms Holiday Classic over then No. 3 Quincy, the Kahoks made ...
ALTON - The Associated Press updated its Illinois high school girls basketball rankings Wednesday afternoon. The undefeated Alton Redbirds (15-0) moved up a spot in Class 4A to No. 2. Southwestern Conference rivals O'Fallon (13-4) dropped from No. 5 to No. 7. In 3A, Civic Memorial (14-3) fell...
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