Sports – Friday, October 23rd, 2026

The Salem Volleyball Lady Tigers fell to the St. Clair Lady Bulldogs in three straight sets in the Class 3, District 9 Tournament in Cuba Thursday night. St. Clair won 25-17, 25-20 and 25-16. It was the 16th straight match win for the Lady Bulldogs who have not lost since they fell to Pacific on September 17th. Salem finished the year with a 17-16-3 record under Coach Mackenzie Stoner. It was the first time they have finished the season with an over .500 record since the 2022-23 school year. St. Clair is 19-8-2 on the year and they will play for the District Championship Monday night at Cuba against Sullivan.

The Bunker Lady Volleyball Eagles will take on Lesterville tonight at 5:00 in the Class 1, District 6 Tournament at Lesterville. Bunker is seeded 5th and Lesterville is seeded 4th. Bunker enters the match with a 7-17-1 record while Lesterville is 18-11-4. The winner of the match will face the #1 seeded Eminence Lady Red Wings Monday at 5:00.

The Salem Football Tigers will host the Cabool Bulldogs tonight at the Bill Schuchardt Stadium on the Salem High School campus in their final regular season game and it will be Senior Night. Seniors will be saluted prior to the game. Salem and Cabool enter the contest with 1-7 records with each team is looking for their first SCA Conference win. The game can be heard on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and 95.7 FM) and video streamed on KSMO Media (ksmoradio.com, the KSMO Stream Facebook Page and the KSMO YouTube Page).

The Missouri Football Tigers will have a bye this week and will take on Arkansas on Saturday evening, October 31st at 6:45.  

The St. Louis Blues hosed the Vegas Golden Knights last night and had their way with Vegas’ defense as five different Blues players scored a goal. With a strong 6-2 victory over the Pacific Division leaders the Blues are looking to string three wins in a row as they’ll host the Carolina Hurricanes Saturday night live on KSMO Radio with pregame at 5:30 and puck drop at 6:00.