Sports – Monday, December 18th, 2023

The Salem Boys Basketball Tiger teams were swept Friday at Camdenton as the Freshman team lost 51-30, the JV lost 52-46, and the varsity fell by the score of 58-48. Haiden Sanders led the Varsity Tigers with 11 points followed by Landon Richter and Kaiden Gately who each scored ten points. The Salem Freshman fall to 3-4, the JV are now 6-1 and the Varsity Tigers are 3-4. All three teams will be at Sullivan Tuesday starting with the Freshman game at 4:00, the JV will follow with the varsity contest beginning close to 6:30. You can hear the varsity match on KSMO Radio starting with Tiger Talk and Coach Jared Patterson on KSMO Radio and audio streamed on KSMO Media.

Tonight at the Bunker High School Gym, the Eagles will be hosting a tribute to Mel Ritter who passed away unexpectedly earlier this year. Ritter was big part of Bunker sports scene and community for years. The tribute will be after the boys JV game and before the Lady Eagles Varsity game with Viburnum. KSMO Media will video stream the games and the tribute on the KSMO YouTube Page, KSMO Stream Facebook and ksmoradio.com starting just before 5:00.

Jordan Kyrou had a goal and two assists and Colton Parayko scored the overtime winner as the St. Louis Blues beat Dallas Saturday night by the score of 4-3. Brendon Saad and Kevin Hayes also scored for the Blues who will be in Tampa Bay Tuesday. The game will be on KSMO but delayed until 8:30 after Salem basketball.

The Missouri Basketball Tigers fell to Seton Hall Sunday, 93-87 in Kansas City to fall to 7-4 on the year. Tamar Bates led Missouri with 22 points. The Tigers will play Illinois Friday night at 7:30 on KSMO Radio.

The Kansas City Chiefs beat the New England Patriots Sunday, 27-17 to go to 9-5 on the year. Patrick Mahomes was 27 of 37 passing with two touchdowns and two interceptions. The Chiefs will play the Las Vegas Raiders Christmas Day.