Sports – Monday, November 13th, 2017
At the Salem High School Athletic Banquet Thursday night, 11 Salem Football players earned All-SCA Honors. Named to the All-SCA Honorable Mention Team were tight end end Dawson Wynn and running back Quinci Leslie. The All-SCA Second Team Awardees included offinsive lineman Nate Case, running back Chandler Gray, wide reciever Lawson Toman, linebacked Taylor Shipp and defensive back Cameron Camden. Making the All-SCA First Team were offensive lineman Evan Howard, linebacker Sam Ball, defensive lineman J.D. Bowling and placekicker Nick Holliday. Coach Brian Mcnamee also presented team awards and Evan Howard was presented the Offensive Lineman Award, J. D Bowling earned the Defensive Lineman Award, Sam Ball captured the Defensive Back Award and Chandler Gray was presented the Offensive Back Award. The Defensive Most Valuable Player Award was given to Dawson Wynn and the Offensive Most Valuable Player Award was presented to Cameron Camden. Salem finished the year with an 8-4 overall record. Congratulations Tigers on a great season!
St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Adam Wainwright provided enough offensive punch over 50 plate appearances to distinguish himself by winning the Silver Slugger Award for pitchers. He led all pitchers with 11 RBIs and seven runs scored. Wainwright’s slugging percentage (.452) and OPS (.731) were tops among pitchers with at least 40 plate appearances. Wainwright was also among the league leaders in extra-base hits (four), home runs (two), doubles (two) and hits (11). The last Cardinal hurler to win the Silver Slugger Award was Jason Marquis in 2005.
Kansas City Royals First baseman Eric Hosmer was named the American League Gold Glove winner at First Base last week, the fourth in his career, and he followed that up Thursday by winning the Silver Slugger Award from Louisville Slugger. Hosmer hit 25 home runs with 94 RBIs and a career-best .318 batting average in 2017.
Kansas City Royals Third Baseman Mike Moustakas was voted by his peers as the American League Players Choice Comeback Player of the Year on last Wednesday night. After playing in only 27 games in 2016 due to an injury, he bounced back this season to hit .272 with a career-high and franchise-record 38 home runs. He also had 85 RBIs.
Ish Witter rushed for 216 yards, and his backfield mate Larry Rountree III added 155 on the ground to lead Missouri to a 50-17 win over Tennessee on Saturday night in Columbia. Drew Lock was 13-for-28 for 217 yards and four touchdowns. The Tigers have won four straight games, averaging more than 53 points per contest during the streak. Missouri will be Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon at 4:30 on KSMO.
John Tavares ignited a three-goal flurry in the first period with his 13th goal of the season to send the New York Islanders to a 5-2 victory Saturday night over the St. Louis Blues. Brayden Schenn and Scottie Upshall scored for the Blues who lost only their second game of the year on home ice. The Blues will be in Calgary to face the Flames tonight at 7:30 on KSMO Radio.
Kevin Puryear led Missouri with 17 points as the Tigers beat Iowa State, 74-59 Friday night. Jordan Barnett scored 15 points and Jeremiah Tilmon added 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds. The Tigers will host Wagner tonight that will not be heard on KSMO due to a conflict with Blues Hockey.