Sports – Monday, February 9th 2026
Ryan Cunningham scored 18 points and Gavin Sapaugh added 17 more as the Salem Varsity Boys Basketball Tigers dominated the Bulldogs Friday night at Cabool, 82-22. Twelve different Salem Tiger players scored in the win which improved the Tigers record to 14-7 overall and 3-0 in SCA Conference play. The Tigers will host Willow Springs in a key SCA Conference matchup Tuesday night starting around 7:15 at the SHS gym. The Bears enters the game with a 13-9 record overall and 2-1 in the SCA Conference. That game will be aired on KSMO Radio and Video streamed on KSMO Media.
The Salem JV Boys Basketball Tigers cruised past Cabool Friday night, beating the JV Bulldogs, 82-6. The Salem JV Boys are 9-4 on the season and will play the Willow Spring Bears JV Tuesday night starting at 6:00 at the SHS Gym.
The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers will host the Cuba Lady Wildcats tonight in a varsity only game beginning at 5:30. The Lady Tigers have lost their last three games and are 9-10 on the year. The game will NOT be on KSMO Media due to the video coverage of the Bunker Eagle doubleheader.
The Bunker Boys Varsity Eagles hit 17 3-pointers Friday night in their Homecoming game against St. Pius X of Festus as they rolled past the Lancers, 96-51. Five Eagle players scored in double figures with Brennen Maloy leading the way with 31 points followed Brayden Radford with 26 points, Owen Sanders with 16, Jayton Skaggs with 11 and Chetan Calzado with 10 points. In the game, Sanders netted his 1,000 career high school point and play was stopped to honor the event. The Varsity Eagles improve to 21-0 on the year and they will play the Mountain View-Liberty Eagles tonight around 7:30 that will be video streamed on KSMO Media.
The Bunker Lady Eagles will host the Lady Eagles of Mountain View-Liberty tonight starting at 6:00 at the Bunker High School Gym. Bunker enters the game with a 17-2 record while the Liberty Lady Eagles are 9-13. That game will be video streamed on KSMO Media.
The Bunker Boys JV Basketball Eagles beat the Lancers of St. Pius X of Festus Friday, 54-44. The Mountain View-Liberty JV game tonight following the Lady Eagle contest has been canceled.
Jaydon Stone scored 22 points and Mark Mitchell added 20 more as the Missouri Basketball Tigers beat the South Carolina Gamecocks Saturday, 78-59. T. O. Barrett added 14 more points for the Tigers who improve to 16-7 with the win and go to 6-4 in SEC Conference play. The Tigers will play at Texas A&M Wednesday night with the game starting at 8:00.