Sports – Friday, January 23rd 2026

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers went to Dixon and beat the Lady Bulldogs by the score of 49-42. Dixon went into the game as the 7th ranked school in Class 3. Salem was led by Paisley May who netted 19 points with Clara Ball adding nine more. Salem improves to 8-6 on the year. The Lady Tigers get another week off before hosting Stoutland next Thursday.

Hudson Moyer of the Falcons led all scorers last night with 16 points as the Salem Boys Basketball Tigers fell to the Blair Oak Falcons, 66-31 in the semi-final match of the St. James Invitational Tournament. For Salem, the leading scorer was Ryan Cunningham with nine points followed by Braiden Gapsch with seven and Tyson Connors with six. The Tigers will play in the 3rd place game which has been moved to tonight at 5:00 due to the expected winter storm over the weekend. 

The Boys Freshman game versus Rolla will be in the Upper Elementary Gym tonight with an updated start time of 4:30.

The Bunker Varsity Eagles and Lady Eagles are both competing in the Black River League Tournament Championship games tonight. The Lady Eagles will face Clearwater first at 5:00 with the Eagles game to follow against East Carter. The Lady Eagles played Clearwater earlier this year to start the season and won 52-47 while the boys played East Carter in December and won by a score of 73-47.

The Missouri Basketball Tigers will be hosting the Oklahoma Sooners tomorrow afternoon on KSMO Radio with pregame coverage at 12:30 and tip off at 1:00. Mizzou is 13-6 while the Sooners are 11-8 on the year.

The St. Louis Blues will be down in Dallas tonight to face the Stars. Then on Saturday the Blues will return home to face the Los Angeles Kings. Both games can be heard live on KSMO Radio with identical start times with pre-skate coverage at 6:30 and puck drop to follow at 7:00.