Sports – Monday, December 13th, 2021

Salem High School Senior Garrett Connell was named to the Class 3 All-State 3rd Team as a linebacker for the 2021 season. Joining him from the area on the 3rd team was junior Cody Wilfong of St. James. Congratulations to these individuals on their outstanding seasons!

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers fell to Hartville in the Championship game of the Norwood Tournament, 53-51 on a buzzer beating three-pointer. The Lady Tigers are 3-1 and will play Owensville in bracket play tonight at the Sullivan High School in the People’s bank Holiday Classic. If Salem wins, they will play Wednesday at 6:00, and if they should lose, they would play at 4:30 Wednesday.

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers fell to St. James Friday night, 62-35. Peyton Gruver led St. James with 24 points and ten rebounds. Salem will be at Cuba tonight to face the Wildcats with the JV starting at 5:30 with the varsity game to follow. Salem enters the game with an 0-6 record.

The Missouri Basketball Tigers fell to Kansas Saturday, 102-65 to fall to 5-5 on the year. Missouri will be off until Saturday when they play Utah.

The Kansas City Chiefs rolled over the Los Vegas Raiders Sunday, 48-9, to go to 9-4 on the year. They play the LA Chargers Thursday.

The St. Louis Blues beat Montreal Saturday, 4-1 and on Sunday, lost to Anaheim in overtime, 3-2. The Blues will be in Dallas Tuesday night at 7:00 on KSMO.