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 – “It wasn’t pretty,” Alton High School girl’s basketball coach Deserea Howard said after a hard-fought 40-36 win over the visiting O’Fallon Panthers Thursday night. This Southwestern Conference tie was supposed to be an absolute barnburner on paper. Alton...
BLOOMINGTON - The IHSA football state finals will be coming back to Hancock Stadium on the campus of Illinois State University. This was the original site for the finals from 1974-1978. Since then the state championship games bounced around from a couple of different locations including the University...
ALTON - The Police Benevolent and Protective Association Alton Unit 14 Annual Shop With A Cop event once again left many area children with smiles and hope for Christmas. Officer Elliott Ferguson directed the Shop With A Cop activity that was held at its traditional home Target at 300 Homer Adams...
ALTON - The Marquette High School boys basketball team snapped a two-game losing streak with a big conference win over Father McGivney Tuesday night. The Explorers beat the Griffins by a score of 52-38 to boost their record this season back above .500 at 4-3. Senior guard Parker Macias had a big...
ALTON - The Alton Police Department held its annual Shop With A Cop event Saturday morning. This year it was held at the Target on Homer M. Adams Parkway. About 15-20 officers came out to the event and nearly 50 different families were allowed a shopping spree. These photos are from the event.
ALTON – The Alton High School boy’s basketball team hosted their Southwestern Conference rivals Friday night. The Redbirds were beaten by the Edwardsville Tigers by a score of 59-42. Alton falls to 1-3 after three straight setbacks while EHS improves to 2-2. Both teams came out slugging...
ALTON - The Alton High School boy’s basketball team hosted their Southwestern Conference rivals Friday night. The Redbirds were beaten by the Edwardsville Tigers by a score of 59-42. Alton falls to 1-3 after three straight setbacks while EHS improves to 2-2.
These photos are from the game.
BETHALTO - It was a special night inside the new-and-improved gymnasium at Civic Memorial High School. The girl's basketball team took on conference foe Jersey in their home opener. It wasn't your typical home opener though, CM had some things to celebrate. Before the 7:30 p.m. tip-off with the Panthers,...
BETHALTO - The Civic Memorial High School girls basketball team hosted the Jerseyville Panthers in their home opener Thursday night. The Eagles won the game 65-26. These photos are from the game.
ALTON – The Marquette Catholic High School boy’s basketball team took on the Highland Bulldogs in their home opener in front of a packed house Tuesday night. They put on a show that led to overtime and eventually resulted in a 56-52 setback. The Explorers fall to 3-2 on the season while...
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