Sports – Monday, February 24th 2025
The Mountain Grove Panthers clinched a share of the SCA Conference Championship Saturday with Thayer as they beat the Salem Tigers, 63-49. Cale Gardner led Mountain Grove with 18 points as they had four players with double figures. Salem was led by Braiden Gapsch and Gavin Sapaugh with 14 points each followed by Lincoln Thomas with ten more. Salem falls to 11-14 and will be at St. Clair Tuesday night with the varsity game starting around 7:00.
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers ended their regular season with a convincing 71-24 win over the Salem Tigers Saturday at the SHS Gym. Raylee Stenzel led Mountain Grove with 32 points as the Lady Panthers ended their season with a 21-4 record, but did not share the SCA Conference title as they had two SCA Conference losses. Salem lost for the 13th straight time and will host St. Clair tonight. The varsity game will begin around 7:00, following the JV game beginning at 5:30, and can be heard on KSMO Radio and video streamed on KSMO Media.
The Salem Boys JV Basketball Tigers fell to Mountain Grove Saturday, 50-37, and they finish their regular season at 5:30 Tuesday night at St. Clair. The Salem JV are 12-8 on the year.
The Salem Lady JV Basketball Tigers fell to Mountain Grove Saturday in a two-quarter contest, 22-8.
Robert Thomas scored two goals (his 100th and 101st in the NHL) and had an assist, but Winnipeg tied the game with :28 seconds left before winning the game in the shoot-out on a goal by Kyle Conner, 4-3. Last night, the Blues faced the Colorado Avalanche and after trailing early came back for a 3-1 win. The Blues will host the Seattle Kraken tomorrow night and you can listen to this game on delay following the Salem Tiger basketball game on KSMO Radio.
The Arkansas Razorbacks beat the 15th ranked Missouri Tigers Saturday in Fayetteville, 92-85 to keep their NCAA hopes alive. Missouri had five players with double figures led by Mark Mitchell with 17 points followed by Marquis Warrick with 16. The Tigers fall to 20-7 and 9-5 in the SEC Conference. They will play Tuesday night at 8:00 against South Carolina.
The Miami Marlins scored five runs in the 7th inning and two more in the 8th inning to beat the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, 7-6. Then on Sunday, it was the Houston Astros with a breakout inning scoring seven runs in the top of the 6th, going on to defeat the Cardinals 11-6. The Cardinals play the New York Mets today.
The Kansas City Royals on Friday beat Texas, 5-2; then defeated the LA Dodgers Saturday, 11-10 on John Rave’s two-run triple in the top of the 9th inning. Yesterday, the Royals scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth to defeat the White Sox, 4-3. The Royals will face the Sacramento Athletics today.