Sports – May 1, 2017
The first place finishers for Salem at the St. James Invitational Track Meet last Thursday were Baylee Bilyou in Shot Put breaking her own school record by tossing the shot 39’6” and she also won in discus with a throw of 106’2”. For the men, first place winners were Ty Conley who won the 200 meter with a time of 23.56, Marcus Jessen who won the 3200 meter with a time of 11:21, JD Bowling won the shot put with toss of 45’7”, the discus with a throw of 139’9”, and the javelin with a throw of 141’10”, Jakob Happel won the high jump at 6’2” and Logan Woolf captured the long jump at 20’1”. The Tigers men and women’s teams each took 2nd place at the St. James Tournament. Way to go Tigers! Today, Salem will host the SCA Tournament starting at 4:00.
According to Coach Hubbs, the Salem Tigers Tennis match against Houston Friday and the tournament in Osage on Saturday were both cancelled. No makeup dates have been determined at this time. The Tennis Tigers will host Richland today at 4:30.
On Friday night, Vladimir Taransenko scored two goals including the game winner with 3:52 left in regulation as the St. Louis Blues evened their series with Nashville only to have the Predators take a 2-1 series lead Sunday. Ryan Ellis, Cody McLeod and Roman Josi scored goals while Pekka Rinne made 22 saves as Nashville bagged a 3-1 win at Bridgestone Arena. Alexander Steen scored the Blues lone goal and Jake Allen made 31 saves. Allen was St. Louis’ best player throughout the day, including 17 in a second period where the Blues were out shot 18-4. The Blues and Predators will play Tuesday night at 8:30 on ksmoradio.com and then on KSMO Radio after Cardinal baseball.
Joey Votto singled with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to complete a comeback from a 4-0 deficit and give the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 win Sunday over the St. Louis Cardinals. Mike Leake pitched six innings and gave up a run, but the bullpen could not hold the lead. Matt Carpenter had a bases loaded double and drove in three runs as the Cards take on the Brewers tonight starting at 6:20 on KSMO.
Miguel Sano drove in five runs, and Phil Hughes pitched effectively into the sixth inning as the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Sunday, their ninth straight loss. The Royals will host the Chicago White Sox tonight.