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 Marquette Catholic High School girls basketball team is young. Part of that young core is sophomore Allie Weiner. The team's leading scorer had a big game Monday night against the Christ Our Rock Lutheran Silver Stallions. After scoring just two points in the first half, Allie went...
BETHALTO - Civic Memorial junior Meredith Brueckner has been overcoming a familiar injury over the past year. Unfamiliar to her personally, but very much familiar to the Lady Eagles' basketball program. Brueckner was the sixth girl in six years to tear her ACL on the hard court. During her time...
ALTON - After a low-scoring first half, the Marquette Explorers and Christ Our Rock Silver Stallions were tied up at 10-10 Monday night in a Gateway Metro Conference clash at Marquette Catholic High School. After scoring just two points in the first half, sophomore Allie Weiner stepped up in a bi...
BETHALTO – The last four games between Civic Memorial and East St. Louis have been decided by seven points or less, with the Eagles on the right side of all four of those. Monday night, in the Eagles’ home opener, it was not a close game. CM won by 50 points by a score of 74-24 to remain...
BETALTO - Civic Memorial senior Adam Ogden has big shoes to fill for the Eagles' boys basketball team, figuratively, and literally. One of only two seniors on the team, Adam will be looking to pick up the slack after losing five seniors last year, including the seven-footer Sam Buckley. Buckley...
JERSEYVILLE – After being down by 12 points midway through the third quarter, the Panthers boys basketball team came back to beat the Civic Memorial Eagles 42-35 Friday night. Dubbed as ‘Mega Night’ this was both teams’ first look at the new Mississippi Valley Conference...
JERSEYVILLE – Just like Monday night in Mascoutah, the Civic Memorial girls basketball team picked up a Mississippi Valley Conference road win, this time against the Jersey Panthers Friday night. It was another good three-point shooting night for the Eagles. They were led by Marley Ogden an...
ALTON - Sophomore Semaj Stampley has had to make some tough decisions. Go and play his freshman year at Alton High with his older brother, for a program that hadn't been showing much promise the last handful of seasons, or go the private school route. He chose the latter, and doesn't regret it....
BETHALTO - After a 48-year coaching career, longtime Civic Memorial football coach Rick Reinhart announced his retirement earlier this week. “It's been quite a journey,” Reinhart said. “It was like a movie. It really was.” Reinhart began his coaching career in 1975 at Mascoutah...
BETHALTO - Civic Memorial junior Reegan Twente has been with the girls basketball team since her freshman season, improving each year. She scored 11 points her freshman season, then 63 as a sophomore on varsity while mainly playing JV minutes. Now, she finds herself as a varsity starter and has...
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