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The Salem Football Tigers host the Houston Tigers at home tonight at 7:00. If you can’t make it to the game, listen on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7) or video stream the game on KSMO Media by going to ksmoradio.com. There is no charge to video stream all Salem sports on KSMO Media during the regular season.

The St. Louis Cardinals beat out the Cincinnati Reds and won the series in game three by a score of 6-1. This was the first time Pitcher Sonny Gray beat the Reds in his career. The Cardinals will be in Toronto tomorrow evening to take on the Blue Jays in a three game series. You can tune in to listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM following the Salem Tiger Football game. 

The Kansas City Royals are traveling to Pittsburgh tonight to face off against the Pirates in a three game series. The game starts at 5:40.

The Kansas City Chiefs will be playing the Atlanta Falcons at home on Sunday evening at 7:20. 

Missouri State Tigers Football will be hosting the Boston College Eagles tomorrow morning at 11:45.

The Salem Lady Tigers Volleyball team goes on the road tonight to face off with the Owensville Dutchgirls. The freshman game will start at 4:45, followed by the JV and Varsity games.

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds last night by a score of 2-1, leaving them tied 1-1 in the series. They will be looking to break that tie and win the series in game three tomorrow afternoon. The pregame show will begin at 1:10 and you can listen to that live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM.

The Kansas City Royals fell to the New York Yankees in their third game of the series by a score of 4-3 in the 11th inning. They won the series, 2-1. The Royals will stay on the road, traveling to Pittsburgh on Friday evening to take on the Pirates in a three game series. Game one starts at 5:40.

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers came back from a 24-21 deficit to win the first game of the match with Eminence, 27-25; but the Lady Red Wings won the next three games by the scores of 25-19, 25-22 and 25-22. Addison Fulton unofficially finished with 21 kills in the four games. Salem is now 1-3 on the year and will be at Owensville Thursday starting with the freshman game at 4:45, the JV game at 5:30 and varsity match at 7:00. 

The Salem JV Lady Volleyball Tigers split the two sets that were played against the JV Eminence Lady Redwings. Salem lost the first set, 16-25; and won the second set, 25-23.

The Salem 7th and 8th grade football season will begin Thursday night against Willow Springs starting with the 7th grade game at 5:30 followed by the 8th grade game at 7:00 at the SHS Football Field.

The St. Louis Cardinals lost to Cincinnati in game one of the series, last night by a score of 3-0. Their next game will be this evening with the pregame show starting at 5:50. You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM.

The Kansas City Royals shut out the Yankees, last night by a score of 5-0. Seth Lugo, a front-runner for the American League Cy Young Award ended up pitching seven frames, allowing only three hits and striking out ten batters. In the fifth inning, Salvador Perez drove in his 100th run of the season. This marked the second time Perez has reached the RBI Century mark in his career. Kansas City will hold the second AL Wildcard spot, three games ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The Royals will be looking for another win over the Yankees in game three, tonight at 6:05.

The Salem JV Tigers improve to 2-0 and with a 62-0 win over the Cabool Bulldogs Monday night at the SHS Field. The Tigers will host Houston Monday night at 6:00 at the SHS Football Field.

The Salem Lady Varsity Volleyball Tigers fall to 1-2 on the year as the ladies lost to the Winona Wildcats in three straight games. They will host the Eminence Red Wings tonight in a varsity only contest starting at 5:30. The match will be video streamed on ksmoradio.com, the KSMO Media YouTube Page, and the KSMO Stream Facebook Page. 

The Salem JV Lady Tigers beat Winona in two straight games to even their season record at 1-1. They will be off until Thursday at Owensville starting at 5:30.

The Salem Cross Country Team will participate in the Steve Waggoner Invitational Cross Country meet at 4:00 Thursday.

The St. Louis Cardinals kick off a three game series by taking on the Cincinnati Reds tonight. Pregame starts at 5:40 You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM.

The Kansas City Royals are in New York for a three game series against the Yankees. They lost game one, yesterday with a score of 10-4. Their next game is tomorrow evening at 6:05. 

Noah Walton ran the ball 13 for 151 yards and scored three touchdowns for the Potosi Trojans as they beat the Salem Football Tigers Friday night, 46-19. The freshman Trojan Quarterback, David Miller, was 10 for 14 passing for 161 yards and two touchdowns. Gavin Sapaugh and Reuben Hovey scored for Salem as the Tigers fall to 0-2 on the year. The Tigers will host the Houston Tigers this Friday night starting at 7:00 and the night will include with Homecoming festivities at the high school football field. You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM and 95.7 FM as well as live stream the game on KSMOradio.com where you’ll find links to watch the game on YouTube, Facebook, or Twitch. All of these streams are free to watch.

The Salem JV Football Tigers will host the Cabool Bulldogs tonight starting at 6:00 at the SHS Football Field. Salem is 1-0 on the year. 

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers will be on the road for the first time this season as they will be in Winona starting with the JV match at 5:30 to be followed by the varsity contest. The Salem JV is 0-1 on the year and the varsity is 1-1. 

The St. Louis Cardinals played the Seattle Mariners over the weekend, losing on Friday 6-1, winning on Saturday 2-0, but losing game three on Sunday 10-4. The Cardinals will start a new series tomorrow evening against the Cincinnati Reds with pregame starting at 5:50. You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM.

The Kansas City Royals swept the Minnesota Twins this past weekend winning game one, on Friday 5-0, Game two on Saturday 4-2 and game three, on Sunday 2-0. The win on Sunday was Kansas City Pitcher Michael Wacha’s 100th career win, making him just the 20th active pitcher to reach that milestone. The Royals will be looking to continue their winning streak and close the gap with the AL Central leading Guardians, when they go to New York to face the Yankees, tomorrow evening at 6:05.

Ava Blankenship had 20 kills for the Sullivan Lady Eagles as they beat the Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers at the SHS Gym Thursday night in three straight games by the scores of 25-8, 25-8 and 25-20. Addison Fulton had six kills and Taylor Fulton had three more for the Lady Tigers who fall to 1-1 on the year. They will be at Winona Monday starting with the JV Game at 5:30 followed by the varsity game.

The Salem JV Lady Volleyball Tigers fell Thursday night to Sullivan in two straight games: 18-25 and 13-25 to lose their first match of the year, and the Salem Freshman also fell to Sullivan, losing two games to one. 

The Salem Football Tigers will host the Potosi Trojans tonight in their first home game of 2024 at 7:00. Salem enters the game with an 0-1 record while Potosi is 1-0 after beating St. Clair last Friday night. Don’t forget the opening day parade from the City Administration offices on 4th Street to the football field before the game. If you can’t make it to the game, listen on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7) or video stream the game on KSMO Media by going to ksmoradio.com. There is no charge to video stream all Salem sports on KSMO Media during the regular season.

The Kansas City Chiefs opened the 2024 NFL season versus the Baltimore Ravens last night and won 27-20. Rookie Xavier Worthy rushed for 21 yards and a touchdown while also tallying 47 receiving yards and another touchdown.

The St. Louis Cardinals will start a three game series versus the Seattle Mariners tonight. Both teams enter the contest with 71 wins. You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM following the Salem Tiger Football game.

The Kansas City Royals begin a new series versus the Minnesota Twins tonight at 6:15.

The Salem JV Football Tigers Tuesday night defeated the St. James Tigers by a score of 20-6. Will Land scored two touchdowns and Brent Halinar had an interception return for a touchdown. Salem will host the Cabool Bulldogs Monday night at 6:00 at the SHS Football Field.

The Salem Lady Tigers will host the Sullivan Lady Eagles tonight starting with a freshman match at 4:45 followed by the JV match at 5:30. The varsity match will begin around 6:45 to 7:00 on KSMO Radio and streamed on KSMO Media beginning with Tiger Talk and Coach Deanna Adkinson.

The St. Louis Cardinals played the Milwaukee Brewers last night, and like the night prior, it took extra innings to settle the match. The Cardinals again pulled out the late victory over the NL Central leading Brewers, 3-2, and took the overall series 2-1.

The Kansas City Royals broke their seven game losing streak and avoided the sweep last night versus the Cleveland Guardians by winning, 4-1.

The Salem Lady Tigers faced a young St. James team and beat them in three straight games Tuesday night: 25-4, 25-12 and 25-11. Unofficially Salem had 32 aces in the three games led by Madison Flores with nine followed by Reagan Dubois with eight. The Tigers are 1-0 on the year and will host the Sullivan Lady Eagles Thursday night starting with a freshman match at 4:45 followed by the JV match at 5:30. The varsity match will begin around 6:45 to 7:00 on KSMO Radio and streamed on KSMO Media beginning with Tiger Talk and Coach Deanna Adkinson.

The St. Louis Cardinals played the Milwaukee Brewers last night, and the game would take three extra innings before the Cardinals claimed victory, 7-4. The final game of the tied series begins this evening at 6:40 with pregame starting at 5:45. Tune into KSMO 1340 AM, 95.7 FM to listen live.

The Kansas City Royals lost their seventh straight last night versus the Cleveland Guardians, they’ll try to avoid the sweep tonight at 6:40.

The St. James Quarterback John Altis ran for one touchdown and threw for another as the St. James Tigers defeated the Salem Football Tigers Friday night after a 2 hour and 15 lightning delay, 28-0. Altis ran for 80 yards on nine carries with a touchdown, and was 6 of 15 passing for 35 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Blaine Noakes had 12 carries for 67 yards and a touchdown for St. James to complement their running game. Salem was led by Reuben Hovey who ran the ball 19 times for 68 yards. Salem will host Potosi Friday night in their home opener starting at 7:00.

The Salem Lady Tiger Volleyball Team will begin their season at home tonight when they play the St. James Lady Tigers at the SHS Gym. This will be a varsity only game and will begin at 6:00. The match will be video streamed live by KSMO Media on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch, of these links are available on ksmoradio.com. The game will not be heard on KSMO Radio due to St. Louis Cardinals Baseball.

The Salem JV Football Tigers will be at St. James for their opening game which will start at 5:30 this afternoon.

The St. Louis Cardinals played the New York Yankees over the holiday weekend, losing on Friday 6-3, and winning a close one on Saturday, 6-5. But Sunday’s game would prove historic as the recently called up right fielder Jordan Walker stole the show with an incredible performance going 5 for 5 with a home run, three RBI’s, and four runs, as well as a stolen base for good measure. The Yankees haven’t seen a player put up those kinds of stats against them in nearly 100 years. The Red Birds would go on to win, 14-7. Yesterday St. Louis started a new series versus the Milwaukee Brewers, losing 9-3. Game two of the three game series begins this evening at 6:45 with pregame starting at 5:50. Tune into KSMO 1340 AM, 95.7 FM to listen live.

The Kansas City Royals were swept by the Houston Astros over their four game series. Yesterday they played the AL Central leading Cleveland Guardians and lost 4-2. This marks a six game slide by the Royals that they hope to break this evening versus Cleveland beginning at 6:40.

The Salem Tigers will play their season opener versus the St. James Tigers this evening at 7:00. Listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM, 95.7 FM, or watch it live on KSMO’s various streaming channels which are available on KSMOradio.com.

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres yesterday, 4-1 and took the series 2-1. Today the Cardinals start a new series versus the Yankees. KSMO 1340 AM, 95.7 FM will play this game on a delay to follow the Salem Tiger Football game.

The Kansas City Royals played the Houston Astros yesterday, and lost 6-3. Game two is tonight at 7:10.

The Mizzou Tigers played their season opener versus the Murray State Racers yesterday. Mizzou raced out to a 28-0 lead in the first quarter, going on to beat Murray State 51-0.