Sports – Monday, February 3rd 2025

Brennon Meloy scored 28 points including hitting 13 straight free throws in the 4th quarter to help lead the Bunker Eagles past the Salem Tigers Friday night, 56-48. Salem was led by Braiden Gapsch with 17 points followed by Lincoln Thomas with 13. The Eagles improve top 14-3 with the win while Salem falls to 7-11. The Salem JV Tigers trailed at halftime against Bunker, 15-12, then outscored the Eagles in the 2nd half, 25-3 and won the game, 37-18.

The Tigers will be home tonight to face the Sullivan in a make-up game with the Eagles. the JV will play at 6:00 with the varsity game to follow around 7:30. The varsity game can be heard on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7) and be video streamed on KSMO Media (ksmoradio.com, KSMO Stream Facebook Page, and the KSMO YouTube Page.

Kinsey Barton scored 32 points as the Bunker Lady Eagles beat the Salem Lady Tigers Friday night, 77-29. Hailey Turnbough from Bunker added 21 more points as the Lady Eagles netted eleven 3-pointers in the contest. Salem was led by Raven Gillam who scored 11 points. The Lady Tigers have lost four straight games and are 4-11 on the season. They will be at Willow Springs tonight to take on the Lady Bears in SCA Conference play. Salem is 1-2 in the conference while the Lady Bears are 0-2.

Friday night, the Colorado Avalanche scored four first period goals and shut down the St. Louis Blues, 5-0. It was the Blues fourth straight loss. Then Sunday, they would bounce back with a victory over the Utah Hockey Club last night, 2-1.

The 20th ranked Mizzou Tigers dominated the 14th ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon, winning 88-61. This marks Missouri’s largest margin of victory over a ranked opponent in school history. Leading scorer for Mizzou was Caleb Grill with 20 points. Mizzou is now 17-4 on the season and undefeated at home.

Salem Tiger Pitcher Blake Edwards has committed to join the baseball team at Hannibal-LaGrange University in Hannibal after graduating from Salem High School in May. Edwards will be a senior this year and will be one of the leaders of this year’s Salem Tiger Baseball team. Congratulations to Blake!