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.
MASCOUTAH - The Taylorville Tournament treated the Civic Memorial girls basketball team well. The Eagles won the season-opening tournament for the fifth time in six seasons, winning by an average margin of 30 points. Their biggest win was 66-11 over Jacksonville before beating Taylorville 54-37...
PIASA - The Southwestern High School boys basketball team finds itself sitting at 2-2 after the 2023 Roxana Hoopsgiving Classic. The Piasa Birds have won their last two games over Jerseyville and Staunton. A large part of that is junior Ian Brantley. The three-sport athlete also plays football an...
ALTON – The Alton High School Athletics program inducted six more into its Hall of Fame. The six men were announced at halftime of Alton’s home basketball game Wednesday night and were announced by current AHS baseball coach Scott Harper. Partick Gibson A 2002 graduate, Gibson...
ALTON – The Alton High boys basketball team continued to play in its BSN Sports Tip-Off Tournament hosted at AHS Wednesday night. For the first time since the 2018-19 season, the Redbirds opened up with a 2-0 record. After a 65-50 win over Waterloo on Monday, the Redbirds followed that performance...
ROXANA 36, WATERLOO GIBAULT 34 After briefly trailing 3-2 early on in the first quarter, Roxana senior guard Chris Walleck made a couple of free throws, following those up with the game’s first three-pointer as the Shells stormed out to a 12-5 lead over the Class 1A defending state champs...
ROXANA - The 2023 Roxana Hoopsgiving Classic wrapped up pool play Wednesday morning into late afternoon. Marquette lost to Gateway Legacy 66-50, Piasa Southwestern lost to Carbondale 69-52, and Roxana beat Waterloo Gibault 36-34 in the final game of the day. These photos are from those three games.
ALTON - "Getting the first one is always the hardest," Alton High School boys basketball head coach Dylan Dudley said following his team's 65-50 win over the Waterloo Bulldogs Monday night. "I don't care who you're playing or where you're playing. It's just a different environment, so I'm very happy,...
ALTON - The Alton High School boys basketball team hosted the Waterloo Bulldogs in both teams' season-openers Monday night. The Redbirds led the entire way en route to a 65-50 win. These photos are from the game.
Click here to see full game video. ROXANA – A historic season for the Roxana football team came to an end Saturday night at Charles Raich Field. The Shells hosted the Mt. Carmel Golden Aces in the IHSA Class 3A state semifinals and fell 63-48 as both teams moved to 12-1 on the season....
ALTON - Just eight games remain in the IHSA football season as the 16 remaining teams try their luck for a state championship this weekend at Illinois State University Hancock Stadium. Of those 16 teams, six of them are trying to complete undefeated seasons. Here is the championship game schedule:...
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