Sports – Tuesday, September 5th, 2017

The Houston Football Tigers scored early in the 1st quarter, then Salem scored five unanswered touchdowns to topple Houston by the score of 34-7. Quinci Leslie score two touchdowns on runs of 30 and 55 yards respectively and finished the day with 127 yards on just seven carries. Chandler Gray ran for 97 yards on seven carries and scored on a 67-yard run. Salem improves to 2-1 on the year and 1-0 in the SCA. They will be home Friday to host the Thayer Bobcats starting at 7:00.

The Salem Lady Softball Tigers will be at Houston today to face the Lady Tigers starting at 4:30. Salem enters the game with a 4-3 record, but have lost their last two games.

The Salem JV Football Tigers will be at Houston tonight at 6:00.

The City of Salem Youth Flag Football signups for boys and girls in the 1st through 6th grades is going on now! You can sign up your child through Friday at the Salem Community Center@The Armory at 1200 West Rolla Road and the City Administrative Office at 4th and Iron Streets. Games will be held every Saturday starting October 7th through the 28th at the Al Brown Fields. The cost is $25 per child. For more information about the Youth Flag Football Program, contact Park and Recreation Director Tye Lydon at 729-6290.

Junior quarterback Drew Lock set school records with seven touchdown passes and 521 passing yards as Missouri improved to 17-0 versus FCS teams with a 72-43 victory over Missouri State on Saturday. The Tigers (1-0) also set a school record with 815 yards of offense, surpassing the previous mark of 744 set in a 69-0 victory over FCS member Western Illinois in 2011. Lock completed 21 of 34 passes with an interception. Running back Damarea Crockett rushed 18 times for 202 yards and two touchdowns for Missouri. Missouri will host South Carolina Saturday at 6:00.

Carlos Martinez threw his second shutout of the season and Yadier Molina had a two-run single as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Monday. Molina’s big hit came in the fourth inning as the Cardinals won for the fourth time in five games as they try to stay within striking distance of a National League wild-card berth. St. Louis is three games behind Colorado for the second wild card. The Cardinals had taken three out of four games from San Francisco over the weekend. The Cards will face the Padres tonight at 8:15 on KSMO Radio.

Eric Hosmer homered and drove in three runs leading the Kansas City Royals to a 7-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday at Comerica Park. Hosmer had a run-scoring single and two-run homer in support of starter Jakob Junis (7-2), who pitched the minimum five innings to notch the victory. The Royals and Tigers play again tonight.