Sports – Thursday, January 9th 2025

Braiden Gapsch hit a three-pointer from near the scorer’s table with three seconds left in regulation to force overtime, but the West Plains Zizzers outlasted the Salem Tigers Wednesday night in winning 60-57. Gapsch finished with 25 points while Lincoln Thomas ended up with 11 more for Salem who falls to 4-8 on the year and will host Sullivan Friday night near 7:30 and that game can be heard on KSMO Radio and it will be video streamed on KSMO Media.

The West Plains Zizzers “C” Team beat Salem Wednesday night, 42-25 and Zizzer JV also won by beating the Salem JV Tigers, 48-36. The Salem “C ” team is 1-6 on the year and the JV is 4-4, losing four of their last five games. The Sullivan Eagles come to town Friday night starting with the “C” team game at 5:00 to be followed by the JV Tigers game at 6:15 at the SHS Gym.

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers will open their SCA Conference schedule at Ava tonight starting with the JV game at 6:00 followed by the varsity contest around 7:30. Salem enters the game with a 3-5 record while the Ava Lady Bears are 5-6 on the season.

The St. Louis Blues will start a four-game homestand tonight against the Anaheim Ducks beginning at 6:30 on KSMO Radio. The Blues have lost two straight contests going into the game and are 19-19-4 on the season.