Sports – Friday, October 9th, 2026

The Licking Lady Volleyball Wildcats swept the Salem Lady Tigers Thursday night in three straight sets: 25-17, 25-23 and 25-14. The JV teams split with the Licking JV winning the first set, 25-22, with the Lady JV Tigers taking the second set, 25-23. The varsity is now 14-14-3 and the JV is 10-4-1. The Salem Lady Tigers will be at Plato Monday with the JV contest starting at 5:30 with the varsity match to follow around 7:00. 

The Salem Lady Varsity Volleyball Tigers have been seeded 4th in the Class 3, District 9 Volleyball Tournament that will begin October 20th at 5:00 with Salem playing Cuba at Cuba. St. Clair was seeded 1st followed by Sullivan and Owensville. Cuba was seeded 5th and St. James was seeded 6th. St. Clair and Sullivan get byes for the first round.

The Salem Tiger Varsity Football Tigers will be at Mountain Grove tonight at 7:00 in an SCA Conference game. Salem enters the game with an 1-5 record overall, 0-4 in the SCA and have lost four straight. Mountain Grove enters the match with a 4-2 overall record and 4-0 in the SCA. The game will be broadcast live on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7) and video streamed on KSMO Media (ksmoradio.com, KSMO Stream Facebook Page and the KSMO YouTube Page) starting around 6:30 with Tiger Talk and Coach Neal Myers. Salem has lost their last seven games against Mountain Grove.

The Salem 8th Grade Football Tigers defeated the Houston 8th grade team by the score of 16-6 to go to 4-1 on the season. The Salem 7th Grade Football Tigers won by a forfeit, 13-0 and are 3-2 on the year. The 7th and 8th grade football teams will end their season Thursday when they play West Plains at the Bill Schuchardt Stadium in Salem.

The Salem Cross Country Boys Team will participate in the Willow Springs Invitational Monday for JV and varsity action as well as junior high boys.

The Bunker Lady Volleyball Eagles will participate in the West County Invitational Tournament. They will face Crystal City, West County and Valley on Saturday.

The Missouri Football Tigers will host Texas A&M starting Saturday morning at 11:00. Missouri is 4-1 on the year and 1-1 in conference play. The game can be heard on KSMO Radio. Missouri enters the game with a 4-1 record.

The St. Louis Blues will host the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday at 6:00 with the pre-game show starting at 5:30. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio.