Sports – Friday, January 5th, 2018

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers will face the Cuba Wildcats tonight at 5:30 in the Owensville Tournament. Salem enters the game with a 2-8 record. The Tigers beat Cuba earlier this season, 70-61. You can hear the game on KSMO and online at ksmoradio.com starting at 5:20 with Tiger Talk and Coach Conrad Prugh.

The Missouri Tigers will host Florida Saturday starting at 11:30 on KSMO Radio in SEC Conference play. They enter the game with an 11-3 record.

Paul Stastny broke a third-period tie with his eighth goal of the season, Carter Hutton continued his hot play in goal and the St. Louis Blues beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Thursday night. The Blues will be in Philadelphia on Saturday at 12:00 and you can hear the delayed broadcast on KSMO at 2:00. They will also play at Washington Sunday afternoon at 2:00. That game can be heard live on KSMO at 1:30.

The St. Louis Cardinals have announced the nearest 2018 Cardinal Caravan will be held on Saturday, January 13th at 5:30 at the Rolla High School Gym. This year’s current players that will be attending include Greg Garcia, John Gant and Alex Mejia with former players Kyle McClellan and Tom Lawless also expected to be in attendance. The emcee of the festivities this year will be Tom Ackerman. Fredbird may also make an appearance. As in previous years, the Cardinals will be implementing an autograph ticket system at each stop. The first 400 children aged 15 and under, that comes through the door on the day of the event will receive a free autograph ticket which guarantees one autograph from each current and former player. Due to high demand, autographs will only be available for fans 15 and under.