Sports – Monday, January 22nd, 2018

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers outlasted Newburg Friday in the 7th place game at the St. James Tournament, 51-47. Salem is 5-12 on the year and they will host Steelville tomorrow night starting with the JV game at 6:00 with the varsity game to follow. The varsity game will be aired on KSMO Radio and online at ksmoradio.com and recorded for Fidelity Local 6.

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers dropped the Lady Cat Classic in Licking to the Lady Wildcats by the score of 55-49. Salem was led by Baylee Bilyeu with 26 pts, 15 rebounds and five blocks. The Lady Tigers will face the Steelville Lady Cardinals Thursday at the SHS Gym starting at 6:00 as there will be no JV game that night.

Christian Dvorak scored twice in the first period as Arizona scored four times in that period, and Antti Raanta made 25 saves to help the Arizona Coyotes beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 Saturday night. Brayden Schenn and Alexander Steen scored for the Blues who will host Ottawa Tuesday night at 7:00.

Tonny Trocha-Morelos scored a game-high 14 points and Texas A&M defeated Missouri 60-49 on Saturday. No one on Missouri was in double figures as they appeared to be overmatched by the Aggies big men inside. The Tigers play host to Auburn Wednesday night at 7:30.