Sports – Friday, February 16th, 2024

The Lady Basketball Tigers regular season ended last night at the SHS Gym with a 35-25 win over the Ava Lady Bears. Salem was led in scoring by Addison Fulton who had 12 points. Salem finished the regular season with a 6-20 record and 3-4 in the SCA Conference. The seed meeting for the District playoffs will be held Saturday. The Lady Tigers will play on Monday, February 26th at St. Francis Borgia against an opponent yet to be determined.

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers will host Ava in the Homecoming game Friday night with the JV game starting at 6:00 with the varsity game to follow. The Homecoming festivities will be held between the JV and varsity games. Salem is 12-12 overall and 3-3 in the SCA Conference while Ava is 5-18 and are 2-4 in the SCA Conference. The game can be heard live on KSMO Radio and video streamed on KSMO Media starting around 7:25 with Tiger Talk and Coach Jared Patterson.

Six different St. Louis players scored as the Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers Thursday night in St. Louis, 6-3. Robert Thomas and Jake Neighbours had a goal and two assists while Jordan Kyrou, Torey Krug, Brendon Saad and Pavel Buchnevich scored for the Blues who face Nashville Saturday afternoon at 4:00. The pregame show begins at 3:30 on KSMO.

The Missouri Basketball Tigers will be at Ole Miss to face the Rebels Saturday night at 7:00. Missouri is 8-16 on the year and have lost ten straight games, while Ole Miss enters the game with an 18-6 record. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio right after Blues hockey Saturday night.