Sports – Monday, September 18th, 2017
The Ava Football Bears held Salem to a total of 96 yards in offense and shut out the Tigers by the final score of 45-0. It was the second straight game Salem has been shutout and they have not scored in the last nine quarters of football going back to the 3rd quarter against Houston. Caleb Johnson threw three touchdown passes to Michael Lane and Stephan Copeland ran for 153 yards and two touchdowns for Ava. Salem is now 2-3 on the year and 1-2 in the SCA. They will be home for their Homecoming game this Friday night against Willow Springs.
The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers will be at St. Clair tonight to face the Lady Bulldogs. Salem varsity enters the game with a 5-7-1 record. The JV will start play at 6:00 with the varsity games to follow.
The Salem Lady Softball Tigers beat Waynesville Friday afternoon in Waynesville in a “slugfest” as Salem banged out 15 hits with Trista Heavin, Rebekah Kirker, Alexus Woolman and Taylor Bradshaw each having three hits. Nina Howard had two hits for Salem while Waynesville had 12 hits of their own. Heavin and Woolman had home runs in the game but Waynesville also cracked two homers in the contest. Salem is now 11-4 on the year and they will host Dixon today at 4:30 at the Salem City Park.
Signups for the City of Salem Adult Co-Ed Volleyball League for men and women age 18 and over is going on now through October 3rd. 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.
Purdue quarterback David Blough completed 22 of 28 pass attempts for 187 yards and a touchdown, and backup Elijah Sindelar added 85 yards and a touchdown on 4-of-6 passing, as the Boilermakers pounded Missouri on Saturday, 35-3. The Tigers offense managed only 203 yards in falling to 1-2 on the year. Missouri will host Auburn this Saturday at Faurot Field in the 4th straight home game to start the season.
Jason Heyward hit a go-ahead single with two outs in the seventh to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon to complete the three game series sweep for Chicago and dampen the playoff hopes for the Cardinals. Tyler Lyons took the loss for the Cardinals and drops to 4-1 on the year. Dexter Fowler’s three-run homer tied the game for St. Louis in the 6th inning as they fall six games behind the Cubs in the Central Division Race. The Cards are off today before going to Cincinnati on Tuesday.
Corey Kluber pitched seven scoreless innings and Edwin Encarnacion belted his 36th home run as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Sunday at Progressive Field. Royals’ starter Danny Duffy (8-9) took the loss, although he pitched well. Duffy allowed one earned run on one hit in five innings, with eight strikeouts and no walks. Kansas City will be off today.
Two second-half touchdowns from running back Kareem Hunt helped the Chiefs pull away with a 27-20 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs finished with six sacks, including three by defensive lineman Chris Jones who also had an interception on the day. The Chiefs are 2-0 on the young season and they will be in Los Angeles next week to face the Chargers.