Sports – Monday, February 11th, 2019
The Salem Lady Tigers beat Viburnum Thursday night, 71-24 after outscoring the Lady Jays, 21-4 in the first quarter that set the tone for the rest of the night. Five Lady Tigers were in double figures for the game. Michaela Chilton and Taylor Norris led the way with 13 points followed by Bella Jadwin with 12 points, Madison Woolf netted 11 points and Tatum Hatridge finished with 10 points. Salem is 14-9 on the year and they will host Houston tonight in SCA play starting at 6:00 with the JV game followed by the varsity game.
The Salem Basketball Tigers played three strong quarters at Ava and led 60-53 before the Bears outscored Salem in the 4th quarter by a 25-8 margin to beat the Tigers, 78-68. Salem was led by Jordan Shults with 26 points while Reese Dotson had 14 points and Dawson Conway netted 10 more. Salem has now lost six straight games and are now 5-16 on the year and 0-4 in the SCA Conference. They will be at Willow Springs tonight in a makeup game starting at 6:00 with the JV game followed by the varsity contest at about 7:15 on KSMO Radio and online at ksmoradio.com.
Vladimir Tarasenko completed a hat trick by scoring 16 seconds into overtime, and the St. Louis Blues held off the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Sunday, stretching their winning streak to a season-best six games, sweeping the home and home series. Alex Pietrangelo and Tyler Bozak each scored a goal. Ryan O’Reilly and Jay Bouwmeester had two assists apiece for the Blues. Jake Allen made 40 saves in his first appearance since January 17th as the Blues took their second game in as many days from Nashville, following up a 3-2 win in St. Louis on Saturday where rookie Mackenzie MacEachern got the came winning goal. Vince Dunn and Tarasenko scored for the Blues who are now in the 1st wild card playoff spot. They will host New Jersey Tuesday night.
Wendell Mitchell scored 20 points to help Texas A&M erase a 12-point, second-half deficit and beat Missouri 68-59 on Saturday. Javon Pickett led Missouri with 15 points, and Torrence Watson and Jordan Geist each scored 12. Missouri is now 11-11 on the year and 2-8 in the SEC Conference. They will play Arkansas Tuesday night.