Sports – Monday, October 2nd, 2017
The Salem Football Tigers scored 18 unanswered 4th quarter points taking advantage of three Mountain Grove turnovers and beating the Panthers Friday night, 33-22. Taylor Shipp and Sam Ball each finished with two touchdowns at Cameron Camden hit Lawson Toman on a 33-yard pass for the Salem scoring. Salem will be at Mountain View-Liberty to face the Eagles Friday night in SCA play starting at 7:00.
Signups for the City of Salem Adult Co-Ed Volleyball League for men and women age 18 and over is going on now through TOMORROW. Registration is per team with a minimum of three men and three women for $150. You can pickup and return your forms at the Salem Community Center@The Armory at 1200 West Rolla Road. Games will be held every Sunday starting October 15th at the Upper Elementary Gymnasium. For more information about the Adult Co-Ed Volleyball program, call Park and Recreation Director Tye Lydon at 729-6290.
The Salem Lady Softball Tigers went 1-3 in the Rolla Invitational Tournament this past weekend. On Friday, Salem lost to Waynesville 4-0, then lost to Buffalo by an 11-1 score. On Saturday, Salem beat the Rolla Lady Bulldogs, 15-0 and then lost to Pacific, 8-7. The Lady Tigers stand at the end of the regular season at 13-10 on the year. They are seeded 5th in the Class 3, District 9 Tournament that will be held in Sullivan. Salem will play St. James on Wednesday at 4:30. Admission to the game this year is $5.00 for everyone six years of age and above.
Aaron Wilkerson retired the first 17 batters he faced Sunday as the Milwaukee Brewers bounced the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 at Busch Stadium. Wilkerson (1-0), making his second big league start, lost his perfect game on a pinch-hit single by Jose Martinez in the sixth. Randal Grichuk’s solo homer in the seventh spoiled the shutout. Jack Flaherty (0-2) took the loss for the Cardinals, who wound up 83-79. Flaherty worked five innings, yielding five hits and four runs with a pair of walks and five strikeouts. A crowd of 44,787 attended the game, bringing St. Louis’ season attendance to 3,447,937 which is the second-highest in the majors.
The Washington Capitals scored two goals in the 3rd period and came back to beat the St. Louis Blues in the final pre-season game for both teams, 4-3. The Blues got goals from Dmitri Jaskin, Brayden Schenn and Wade Megan. St. Louis will open up their season at Pittsburgh Wednesday night at 6:30 on KSMO.
The Arizona Diamondbacks go into the wild card game against the Colorado Rockies Wednesday on a high note after pounding Kansas City in the final regular season game, 14-2 at Kaufmann Stadium. Eric Hosmer homered for the Royals who finished the year at 80-82.