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The Salem Middle School Football Tigers 7th grade team beat the West Plains Zizzers 48-8 last night. The 8th grade Tigers beat the Zizzers 40-0 in their game. Both Middle School teams went UNDEFEATED in their 2024 campaigns!

The Salem Lady Volleyball Varsity Tigers fell to the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers Thursday night in their regular season finale in three straight sets: 25-8, 26-24 and 25-15. Addison Fulton led the Lady Tigers with 16 kills in the three games. Salem finished the season with a 7-23-2 record and will face the Cuba Lady Wildcats Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 in Class 3, District 9 play. KSMO will broadcast the game on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7). It will also be streamed on MSHSAA.TV and there is a cost to watch the match.

The Salem Volleyball JV Lady Tigers beat the Mountain Grove Volleyball JV Lady Panthers in three sets, winning the first set, 25-15; then losing the second set, 12-25. The third set went to Salem as the Lady Tigers won 25-18 to finish the season with a 7-6 record.

The Salem Football Tigers host the Mountain View-Liberty Eagles tonight in SCA Conference play. Salem is 1-6 on the year and 1-4 in the SCA while Mountain View is 5-2 with a 4-1 SCA Conference record. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7) or video stream the game live on KSMO Media including ksmoradio.com, KSMO Stream Facebook Page and the KSMO YouTube Page. If you miss the game. you can go back and view the game later on Facebook and YouTube.

The Missouri Football Tigers will host Auburn Saturday at 11:00 in SEC Conference Play. KSMO Radio will join the game near halftime around 1:00 due to a prior commitment. Missouri is 5-1 on the year and 1-1 in the SEC Conference.

The St. Louis Blues hosted the New York Islanders last night and it would take overtime to find a winner in this contest. Jake Neighbours scored at 2:04 to give the Blues the victory. The next Blues game will be versus the Carolina Hurricanes at 6:00 tomorrow night. You can tune into KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM to hear this game live with pregame at 5:30.

The Salem Volleyball Lady Tigers will be in action tonight against the Lady Panthers of Mountain Grove. This will be the last home game of the regular season for the Lady Tigers. If you can’t make it to the game you can watch the Varsity game live on KSMO Media’s YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook page. JV will start at 5:30 with Varsity to follow.

The West Plains 7th and 8th grade Football Zizzers are coming to Salem to face the undefeated Tigers during their Pink Out game this evening. This is the last game of the regular season for the Middle School Football Tigers. During their undefeated run the 7th grade Tigers have only allowed 14 points while scoring 241 points of their own. With one fewer game on the season, the 8th grade Tigers have also only allowed 14 points scored as well while scoring 210 of their own. The 7th grade game starts at 5:30 with 8th grade to follow at 6:30.

The Mountain Grove Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams are coming to Salem to participate in a meet with the Salem Tigers. Use caution while driving in the area around the Salem High School and Middle School campus.

The St. Louis Blues will be hosting the New York Islanders tonight at 7:00. You can listen to this game live on KSMO Radio 1340 AM & 95.7 FM with pregame set to start at 6:30.

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers lost to the Mountain View-Liberty Lady Eagles Tuesday night in three straight sets: 25-10, 25-14 and 25-17. Salem falls to 7-22-2 on the year and 2-4 in the SCA Conference. In the game, Mountain View-Liberty’s libero, senior Kaylie Wagner, recorded her 1,000 career dig. The Salem Lady Tigers will play Mountain Grove Thursday in their regular season finale starting around 7:00 at the SHS Gym. The game will be video streamed on KSMO Media.

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers are seeded 4th in the Class 3, District 9 tournament beginning Tuesday night in Sullivan at 5:00. Salem will face the 5th seeded Cuba Lady Wildcats at 5:00 and the game will be on KSMO Radio and video streamed on KSMO Media through MSHSAA TV.

The Salem Volleyball Lady JV Tigers lost to Mountain View-Liberty Tuesday night in two straight sets, 25-20 and 25-22. The JV Lady Tigers are 6-6 on the year. The Lady JV Tigers will play Mountain Grove in their season finale at 5:30 Thursday night.

The Salem JV Football Tigers lost to Mountain Grove Monday night, 30-0. Their last game will be Monday night against Mountain-View Liberty in Salem starting at 6:00.

The Salem 7th and 8th Grade Football Tigers will host West Plains Thursday night in the season finale at the SHS Football field starting with the 7th grade at 5:30 followed by the 8th grade game. Both the 7th and 8th grade teams are undefeated going into that game.

The St. Louis Blues played their home opener last night against the Minnesota Wild. The Wild would manage 3 goals before the Blues could respond with a Mathieu Joseph goal at 9:50 in the 3rd. The last goal of the night was a Filip Gustavsson, the Wild’s Goalie, unassisted goal into an empty net with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game. The Blues lost 4-1 and will face the New York Islanders tomorrow night. You can listen to this game live on KSMO Radio 1340 AM & 95.7 FM with pregame set to start at 6:30.

The St. Louis Blues are back in action and will play their home opener this evening versus the Minnesota Wild. The Blues are 2-1 on the year with wins over the Seattle Kraken and San Jose Sharks. The Wild are the inverse with a 1-2 record with their lone win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The puck drops at 6:30 tonight, and you can tune in to listen live on KSMO Radio 1340 AM & 95.7 FM with the pregame show at 6:00.

The Salem Volleyball Lady Tigers will be in action tonight versus the Liberty (Mountain View) Lady Eagles. Salem’s JV team is 5-5 on the year while Liberty is 6-4. The Varsity Lady Tigers are 6-21-2 and Liberty is 15-9-5. JV’s game starts at 5:30 with Varsity to follow at approximately 7:00 tonight. Tonight’s game will be the Pink Out game, supporting all those women and men who’s lives have been touched by cancer. You can watch the Varsity game live on KSMO Media’s YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook page. You can also visit KSMOradio.com and click on the “Live Stream” button. Tiger Talk will start about ten minutes prior to the game.

The Mountain Grove Panthers Friday night scored on all nine of their possessions to beat the Salem Football Tigers, 60-6. The Panthers were led by their quarterback Aden Estep who ran the ball for two scores and threw for another, and running back Braydon Curtiss ran the ball six times for 168 yards and two touchdowns. Mountain Grove finished with 576 yards in total offense for the game. Jeven Blair scored the lone Salem Tigers touchdown. Salem is 1-6 on the year, 1-4 in the SCA Conference and they will host Mountain View-Liberty Friday night at 7:00.

The Salem JV Tigers will be at Mountain Grove tonight to face the Panthers at 6:00.

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers will be at Plato tonight starting with the freshman match at 5:00, the JV contest at 5:30 and the varsity match around 7:00. 

The Salem Tiger Cross Country Team will be at Willow Springs today for their next meet.

On Saturday the Missouri Tigers faced off with the UMass Minutemen and held the Minutemen to 3 points on the day as they went on to win 45-3.

The St. Louis Blues lost their game against the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Friday by a score of 4-3. After three games on the road the Blues are 2-1 on the season and look to play their home opener tomorrow evening versus Minnesota.

The Salem Varsity Football Tigers will be in Mountain Grove to take on the Panthers at 7:00. You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM and 95.7 FM or watch the game live on KSMO’s YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook pages or click on “Live Stream” at KSMOradio.com

The 7th and 8th grade Salem Football Tigers played the Houston Tigers last night. The 7th grade team won, 46-0 and the 8th grade team followed up with a 36-6 victory of their own.

The St. Louis Blues faced off with the San Jose Sharks last night and after forcing overtime they won, 5-4. The Blues travel to Las Vegas tonight to play against the Golden Knights. You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM following the Salem Tiger Football game.

The Kansas City Royals played the New York Yankees last night and fell, 3-1. The Yankees take the series 3-1 and this loss concludes the Kansas City Royals 2024 season.

The Salem Varsity Tigers and Lady Tigers Cross Country teams will be traveling to Licking for the Wildcat Invitational today, at the time of this publication a start time has yet to be determined.

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers will be on the road to Licking to face-off against the Lady Wildcats. The Freshman game will begin at 5:00 with the JV and Varsity teams to follow.

The 7th and 8th grade Salem Football Tigers will be in Houston tonight to take on the Tigers. The 7th grade team will start first at 5:30 with 8th grade to follow. Both Salem Tiger teams are undefeated heading into the contest.

The St. Louis Blues will be playing the San Jose Sharks tonight at 9:30. You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM beginning at 9:00 with the pregame show.

The Kansas City Royals played the New York Yankees last night and fell, 3-2. The series is now in the Yankees’ favor 2-1. Game four of the five game series begins this evening at 7:08.

The Kansas City Royals will play game three of five versus the Yankees this evening at 6:08. The series is currently tied at a game a piece. You can stream this game on various platforms but most notably on TBS, YouTube TV and MLB.tv. Subscriptions or fees may apply.

The St. Louis Blues faced off against the Seattle Kraken yesterday afternoon and after the Kraken went up 2-0 the Blues rallied and score three unanswered goals to take the win 3-2.

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers fell to the Bunker Lady Eagles in five sets Monday night at the SHS Gym. Bunker won the first game, 25-22; before Salem came back from a 19-24 score to win 27-25. Bunker then won the third game 25-13 before the Lady Tigers responded with a 25-19 win in Game 4. The final set went to Bunker by the score of 15-9. Salem has lost five straight matches and are 5-15-2 on the year. Bunker is now 11-6.4. Salem will be at Licking Thursday night.

The Salem JV Volleyball Tigers won in two straight sets over the Bunker JV Lady Eagles by the identical scores of 25-11. The JV will play at Licking at 5:30.

The Kansas City Royals played the Yankees in game two of five in postseason play and won 4-2. This ties up the series and they’ll play again tomorrow evening in Kansas City at 6:08.

The St. Louis Blues will play the Seattle Kraken this afternoon and you can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM, 95.7 FM with pregame at 3:00 and puck drop at 3:30.

The Kansas City Chiefs faced off against the New Orleans Saints last night and won 26-13, they remain undefeated this season with a 5-0 record.

Running back Reuben Hovey ran for 90 yards and a touchdown, while quarterback Hayden Ragsdale in the second half rushed for 81 more yards and a score as the Salem Football Tigers won their first game of the year beating the Willow Springs Bears Friday night, 28-14. Tobey Gover also had a rushing touchdown while Evan Mendenhall intercepted a Jace Rodgers pass and returned it 22 yards for a score. Salem is now 1-5 and they will be at Mountain Grove Friday night at 7:00 to face the Panthers in SCA Conference play. 

The Salem Tiger JV Football Tigers will be at Willow Springs this evening at 6:00 while the Salem Freshman Football Tigers will be at Sullivan with that game starting at 5:00.

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers will host the Bunker Lady Eagles tonight at the SHS Gym and it will be Senior Night. Seniors will be honored before the varsity game which is scheduled to begin at 5:30. Salem is 5-14-2 going into the match while Bunker is 10-6-4. There may be a JV set or two played after the varsity contest, depending on the lengthy of the varsity contest. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7) or video stream the game on KSMO Media including ksmoradio.com, KSMO Stream Facebook or KSMO YouTube Page.

The Kansas City Royals lost game one versus the Yankees on Saturday 6-5. Game two is tonight at 6:38. There are several viewing options including Max, MLB.TV, Sling.TV, TBS, truTV, and YouTube TV. Subscription or fees may apply.

The St. Louis Blues played their final preseason game on Saturday, losing to the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2.

The Kansas City Chiefs will play the New Orleans Saints tonight at 7:15 on ESPN or streaming on NFL+, Fubu, Sling TV or YouTube TV.