Sports – Monday, November 27th, 2017
The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers will be at Sullivan tonight at 6:00 to participate in the 4th Annual FCNB Bank-It Challenge. Their opponent tonight will be the Steelville Cardinals. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio beginning at 5:45 with Tiger Talk and Coach Conrad Prugh.
Late registration for the City of Salem Youth Basketball for all children in Kindergarten through the 6th grade is being accepted through this Thursday for $35. For more information about the Youth Basketball League, contact Salem Parks & Recreation Director Tye Lydon at 729-6290 or e-mail salemparks@salemmo.com.
Jaden Schwartz scored two goals including one on the power play while Paul Stastny and Sammy Blais also added power play goals as the St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Saturday, 6-3 after losing 2-0 to Nashville Friday night. Kyle Brodziak added a short-handed goal Saturday for St. Louis who leads the NHL with 35 points. The Blues will host Anaheim Wednesday night at 7:30 on KSMO Radio.
Quarterback Tyrod Taylor completed 19-of-29 passes for 183 yards while running nine times for another 27 yards to send the Buffalo Bills to a 16-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs, sending them to their third straight defeat. Alex Smith finished 23-of-35 passing for 200 yards. The Chiefs will be at New York next Sunday to face the Jets.
Sophomore Tucker McCann kicked a 19-yard field goal with five seconds remaining Friday lifting Missouri to a 48-45 victory over Arkansas in the regular-season finale for both teams Friday in Fayetteville. Missouri finished the game with 696 yards of total offense. Junior quarterback Drew Lock completed 25 of 42 passes for 448 yards and five touchdowns for Missouri. The Tigers also got a big performance from senior running back Ish Witter, who ran 39 times for 170 yards and a touchdown.
The Missouri Basketball Tigers blew a 16-point second half lead with just over 8 minutes left and fell to West Virginia in the Advocare Invitational Tournament Championship Sunday night, 83-79. Jordan Barnett had 21 points to lead Missouri who beat Long Beach State and St. Johns to get the to the championship game. Missouri is now 5-2 on the year and they will be at UCF Thursday night at 7:30 on KSMO Radio.