Sports – Monday, March 1st, 2021
The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers jumped out to a 17-0 lead in the first 3:30 of the 1st quarter over Houston Saturday and cruised to a 70-38 win. Salem was led in scoring by Ashton Bowers with 22 points followed by Savannah Manthey with 13 points and ten more by Bella Jadwin. The Lady Tigers finish the regular season with a 15-9 record and 5-2 in the SCA Conference. The Lady Tigers play the Owensville Dutchgirls tonight in the 1st round of district play at Owensville. That game will begin at 6:00. Admission to the game is $5.00 and debit and credit cards will be accepted to allow for contactless pay. Please be prepared to wear a mask when walking in the gym and to your seat, restroom or concession stand. You can also watch the game on MSHSAA.TV for $10. Search for Owensville if you want to watch the game. You can hear the game on KSMO and on ksmoradio.com starting at 5:45 with Tiger Talk and Coach Jake Reardon.
The Houston Tigers beat the Salem Boys Tigers Saturday, 61-49 as Houston went 15-19 from the free throw line in the 4th quarter to break open a tight ball game for over three quarters. Lucas Morrison scored 16 for Salem in the loss. Salem finished the year with a 3-20 record and 1-6 in the SCA Conference. Salem will play Owensville Tuesday night at 6:00 in the district play.
The St. Louis Blues outlasted the San Jose Sharks Saturday night, winning 7-6 as Marco Scandella scored two goals and it was the first time in his career to have a two goal game. The Blues also got goals from Zach Sanford, Sammy Blais, Brayden Schenn, Ryan O’Reilly Mackenzie MacEachern. The win snapped a three game losing streak. The Blues will play the Anaheim Ducks tonight starting at 8:30 on KSMO Radio.
Washington shortstop Jackson Cluff muffed Ivan Hererra’s groundball with two outs in the 9th inning to allow the St. Louis Cardinals to score two runs to tie the Washington Nationals, 4-4. The Cardinals will have today off before they play Miami on Tuesday at noon.
Kansas City came back from a 2-0 first inning deficit to beat the Texas Rangers in six innings Sunday on home runs by Ryan O’Hearn and Salvador Perez, 3-2. The Royals will play the Cleveland Indians this afternoon in Arizona starting at 2:00.