Sports – Monday, February 27th, 2023

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers begin Class 4, District 3 tournament play tonight against the Cuba Wildcats in St. James tonight at 7:00 The Wildcats beat Salem in the regular season. The winner will play St. Clair at 7:00 Wednesday night at St. James, March 1st at 7:00. the cost of admission is $6.00. KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and 95.7 FM) will be broadcasting the game and audio stream the contest on ksmoradio.com and the KSMO Stream Facebook page. KSMO Media will be video streaming the game through MSHSAA.TV and there is a charge to watch.

The Salem Lady Tigers are seeded 2nd in the Class 4, District 3 playoff which gives them a bye tomorrow. Salem will play the winner of the Sullivan/St. Clair game at St. James on Thursday, March 2nd at 7:00.

D’Moi Hodge scored 18 points followed by Nick Honor who netted 17 points to lead Missouri past Georgia Saturday, 85-63 as they outscored the Bulldogs in the 2nd half, 45-22. Noah Carter scored 12 points and DeAndre Gholston added 10 more as Missouri goes to 21-8 on the year and 9-7 in the SEC. They will play LSU Wednesday night at 7:30.

Bryan Rust scored the overtime winner Saturday as Pittsburgh beat the St. Louis Blues, 3-2 to send them to their fifth straight loss. The Blues will play Seattle Tuesday night on KSMO.

Jordan Walker went 2-for-4 and had a 3-run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Miami Sunday, 8-2 after losing Saturday, 3-2 to Washington in spring training action. The Cards play the New Yorks Mets today.