Sports – Monday, January 26th 2026

Tate Gruver scored 22 points and Aiden Boone added 17 more for St. James who beat the Salem Tigers in the 3rd Place game at the St. James 

Tournament Friday, 75-53. Salem was led by Gavin Sapaugh with 19 points and Eli Wofford who netted 11 more. Braiden Gapsch was named to the All-Tournament team for Salem who falls to 11-7 on the year. They will host Steelville Tuesday night at the SHS Gym starting at 5:30 with the JV contest with the varsity game to follow.

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers JV is scheduled to face Iberia in the Licking JV Tournament tonight, weather permitting. The JV is 7-4 on the year.

The Salem Freshman Boys Basketball Tigers defeated Rolla Friday night, 46-33. The Salem Freshman Tigers are 8-3 on the year and will participate in the Owensville Freshmen Tournament this week with their first game Tuesday night against St. James.

The Bunker Varsity Boys Basketball Eagles remain undefeated as they beat East Carter Friday in the Black River League Tournament Championship game, 56-45. They are now 19-0 and will be off until Friday when they travel to Festus.

The Bunker Lady Basketball Eagles continued their fine play as the won the Black River Tournament Championship Friday beating Clearwater, 70-46 to go to 15-1 on the year. The Lady Eagles will host Licking Tuesday starting at 5:30 at the Bunker High School Gym.

The Missouri Basketball Tigers edged the Oklahoma Sooners Saturday in overtime, 88-87 to go to 14-6 on the year. Mark Mitchell led Missouri with 25 points followed by T.O. Barrett with 21 and Jayden Stone with 20 more. Missouri is 4-3 in the SEC Conference and will be at Alabama Tuesday night.

The St. Louis Blues fell to the Dallas Stars Friday night when Jason Robertson scored with one minute left in regulation, 3-2. Then on Saturday night, the Blues fell to the LA Kings in a shoot-out, 5-4. Jordan Kyrou scored twice for the Blues who have lost their last four straight games. The Blues will host Dallas Tuesday night.