Sports – Friday, May 9th 2025

The Salem Lady Softball Tigers Class 2, District 3 opening round game with Kingston Thursday was postponed due to rain and rescheduled for today at 4:00 at Potosi. Salem is 11-11 on the year and the 2nd seed, while Kingston is 1-16 and is seeded 7th in the tournament. The game can be heard on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7) and will be audio streamed on KSMO Media. Due to previous commitments, there will be no video of the game available on MSHSAA.TV. Admission at the gate is $6.00 for those who are six years of age and older.

The Salem Baseball Tournament games for “Pool A” Thursday were postponed and have been rescheduled for Saturday with Salem playing Pacific at 10:00 in the morning, Pacific will play Mountain Grove at 12:30, with Salem facing Mountain Grove at 3:00. The tournament today will feature “Pool B” teams with the 11:30 game featuring the Licking Wildcats and Waynesville Tigers, followed by Waynesville taking on Cuba at 2:00, with Cuba facing Licking at 4:30 at the SHS Baseball Field Complex. The winner of both pools will then play a championship game Saturday at 5:30 at the SHS Baseball Field.

The Salem Baseball Tigers are seeded 4th in the Class 4, District 4 Tournament and will face St. James next Thursday afternoon in the first round of district play at 4:00 at St. Clair.

The Salem Golf team will participate in the Class 3, District 1 Tournament today at the Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington.

The Salem Track Teams will participate in the Class 3 District 5 Tournament on Saturday at the Cuba High School.

The St Louis Cardinals are in D.C. today taking on the Nationals in the first game of three over the weekend. You can listen to tonight’s game live on KSMO Radio following Salem Lady Tiger Softball. Saturday afternoon’s game coverage will begin at 2:10 and Sunday afternoon’s coverage at 11:40.

The Kansas City Royals completed their four game sweep of the Chicago White Sox yesterday with a convincing 10-0 shutout. They’ll start a new three game series tonight versus the Boston Red Sox at 6:40.