Sports – Friday, January 9th 2026

Paisley May scored 16 points to lead all Salem scorers as a total of nine Lady Tigers netted points in the Salem win over the Ava Lady Bears, 54-38 in their SCA Conference opener Thursday night at the SHS gym. The Lady Tigers are 5-6 on the year and 1-0 in the SCA Conference. They will be in Houston Monday night to face the Lady Tigers in SCA Conference play starting at 6:00 with the JV game with the varsity match to follow.

The Salem Lady JV Tigers jumped out to a 20-3 lead at halftime, then held on for a 28-24 win over Ava Thursday night. The JV is 4-1 on the year and they will play at Houston Monday night.

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers will be at Sullivan tonight to face the Eagles with the freshman game starting at 5:00 with the JV game to follow just after 6:00. The varsity match will begin around 7:30. The varsity game can be heard on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7) and audio streamed on ksmoradio.com, KSMO Stream Facebook Page and the KSMO YouTube Page.  The Salem varsity goes into the game tonight with an 8-5 record while the Eagles are 2-5 on the season.

The Bunker Eagles and Lady Eagles Basketball teams will be at Mountain View Saturday at the Legends Shoot-Out at the Mountain View-Liberty High School gym. The Lady Eagles, who are 10-0, will be playing Alton at 2:30, and the boys’ game with Mountain Grove will start around 4:00. The Bunker Boys Varsity is 14-0 on the year.

The Mizzou Basketball Tigers will be in Mississippi this Saturday afternoon to face-off with the Ole Miss Rebels at 5:00. You can hear this game live on KSMO Radio with pregame set to begin at 4:30. Mizzou enters the game with a 12-3 record while Ole Miss is 8-7 on the year.

The St. Louis Blues will be in Utah tonight to face the Mammoth and will be in Las Vegas Saturday night. The game tonight will have delayed start until after Salem Basketball. Saturday, the Blues will be in Las Vegas to face the Golden Knights with coverage starting at 8:30 on KSMO Radio.