Sports – Friday, October 3rd 2025

The Salem Varsity Football Tigers will host the Willow Springs Bears in their annual Homecoming game tonight starting at 7:00. Prior to the game homecoming court will be held. This year’s Senior Queen Candidates and their escorts include Maggie Hogan escorted by her father Joshua Hogan, Addison Fulton escorted by her father Travis Fulton, and Lizabeth Hendrix escorted by her father Chris Hendrix. This year’s class court members and their escorts will be Brinkley Tripp escorted by her mom Tammy Quick representing the Freshman Class, Aubree Grauf escorted by her father Lenis Grauf representing the Sophomore Class, and Rylee Parker escorted by her father Matthew Parker representing the Junior Class. The Varsity Salem Tigers enter tonight’s game with a 1-4 record and 0-3 in the SCA Conference, while the Bears are 3-2 overall and 1-2 in the SCA Conference. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and 95.7 FM) and video stream the game on KSMO Media (ksmoradio.com, the KSMO Stream Facebook Page, and the KSMO YouTube Page).

The Salem 8th Grade Football Tigers improved to 4-0 as they beat the Cabool Bulldogs, 40-8. The 7th Grade Football Tigers won by a forfeit by the score of 13-0. The 7th grade team is 3-0-1 on the year. Both Tiger Teams will host Houston next Thursday night at the SHS Football Field at Bill Schuchardt Stadium.

The Salem Lady Varsity Volleyball Tigers won their first SCA Conference match of the year Thursday at the SHS Gym as they beat the Thayer Lady Bobcats in five sets. Thayer edged past Salem in the first set, 25-23 before the Tigers rebounded with a solid effort winning the second set, 25-16. The third set belonged to the Lady Bobcats as they took advantage of numerous Salem mistakes winning 25-17, only to have the Lady Tigers turn the tables on Thayer in the fourth set capitalizing on the Lady Bobcat miscues, winning by the identical 25-17 score. The fifth set belonged to the Lady Tigers as they won, 15-12. Salem is now 7-15-1 on the year and 1-3 in the SCA Conference. The Lady Tigers will play in the Houston Volleyball Tournament Saturday.

The Salem Lady JV Volleyball Tigers continued their fine play as they beat Thayer in two straight sets: 25-7 and 25-16. The JV Lady Tigers are 13-2 on the year and they will play in the Potosi JV Tournament on Saturday.

The Bunker Lady Volleyball Eagles fell to the Clearwater Lady Tigers Tuesday night at Clearwater in five sets. Bunker lost the first two sets: 22-25 and 20-25, before winning the next two sets: 25-22 and 25-18. In the fifth and deciding set, the Lady Tigers edged Bunker, 18-16. Bunker falls to 9-14-2 on the year and they will be at Couch tonight to face the Lady Indians starting at 5:30 with the JV contest with the varsity match to follow.

The Missouri Football Tigers have a bye this weekend and will host Alabama next Saturday.

The St. Louis Blues got their first preseason win over the Ottawa Senators Thursday night, 7-1, as Philip Broberg scored twice for the Blues who scored the first six goals of the game. The St. Louis Blues will be at Chicago Saturday night for the final preseason game of the year.