Sports – Monday, February 8th, 2021

The Thayer Bobcats had four players in double figures as they outscored Salem in the first half, 42-18 and cruised to a 68-33 win over the Tigers Friday night. Garrett Connell and Braiden Carmack each scored 13 points or Salem as they fall to 2-16 on the year and 0-3. The Tigers will host Mountain View-Liberty Tuesday night at the SHS Gym.

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers will be at Cuba tonight to face the Lady Wildcats. Salem is 13-7 on the season and 4-1 in the SCA Conference.

The Missouri Tigers upset the 10th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday, 68-65 with a key block with 4.1 seconds left in the game by by Mitchell Smith. The Tigers were led by Dru Smith with 16 points as they improve to 13-3 on the year and 6-3 in the SEC Conference. They will be at Ole Miss Wednesday night at 7:30 on KSMO Radio.

The Arizona Coyotes edged the St. Louis Blues Saturday afternoon, 3-1 to send the Blues to their second straight loss. Robert Thomas had the only Blues goal. St. Louis will face Arizona again tonight on KSMO Radio starting at 6:30 with the pre-game show.

Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes in the game, two to Rob Gronkowski, and led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to 31-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl Sunday. The championship was Brady’s 7th of his career who had six with New England prior to this one.

The St. Louis Cardinals announced they have traded veteran outfielder Dexter Fowler to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for a player-to-be-named-later or cash considerations.