Sports – Friday, March 7th 2025
The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers face the Owensville Dutchman tonight in the Class 4, District 3 Championship game starting at 6:00. Salem enters the game with a 14-14 record while Owensville is 14-12 on the season. Salem has not won the district championship since 2005, and Owensville has not won since 1996. Admission to the game is $6.00 per person who is six years of age and older. The game will be carried on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7) and also audio streamed on KSMO Media. The game will be video streamed on MSHSAA.TV and the cost is $10 plus other fees per device. The broadcast tonight will begin around 5:45 with Tiger Talk and Coach Jared Patterson.
The St. Louis Blues beat the LA Kings Wednesday night, 3-2 as Robert Thomas scored the winner in the shootout. Jake Neighbours and Thomas scored in regulation for the Blues who are 5-1-1 since the break. The Blues will be at Anaheim to face the Ducks tonight starting at 8:30 with the pre-game show and Saturday will be in Los Angeles to play the Kings again starting with the pregame show at 6:30. You can hear the games on KSMO Radio.
The Missouri Basketball Tigers wrap up their regular season Saturday morning against Kentucky beginning at 10:30 on KSMO Radio. Missouri is 21-9 overall and 10-7 in the SEC Conference. Kentucky is 20-10 on the year and 9-8 in the SEC Conference.
The St. Louis Cardinals will play the Houston Astros today in the Grapefruit League before taking on Washington Saturday and the New York Yankees on Sunday. Saturday’s game will be delayed and can be heard on KSMO Radio at 1:55, and the Sunday’s game will be at 11:55 on KSMO.
The Kansas City Royals play the LA Angels of Anaheim tonight in the Cactus League before playing a split squad doubleheader on Saturday with San Franscisco and Texas. On Sunday, the Royals will play Milwaukee. Kansas City has announced that Mike Moustakis will retire a Royal on May 31st as he will sign a one-day contract. There will be a pre-game ceremony to honor “moose” and the impact he had on Kansas City and the 2015 World Series winning Royals team.