Sports – Monday, May 24th, 2021

Five Salem Track Tigers will move on to the Class 4 State track meet after the sectional competition this past Saturday. The Tigers moving on are Caden Camden who finished 4th in pole vault, John Myslinski who came in 3rd in the 800-meter run, Nathan Pyle who took 2nd in discus, Savannah Manthey who came in 3rd in the javelin throw, and Ashton Mink who took 2nd in Shot Put. Congratulations Tigers!

Basketball camp for girls in 9th through 12th grade will be today through Thursday, May 27th at the Salem High School Gym from 11:00 in the morning until 1:00 in the afternoon. Girls in grades 5th through 8th will have camp the same afternoons from 3:30 until 5:30 in the high school gym. Girls may register upon arrival at the first day of camp for a cost of $25 per camper. All campers receive a camp t-shirt. For more info about the camps, e-mail head coach Jake Reardon at jake.reardon@salemr80.org or assistant coach Nick Frillman at nick.frillman@salemr80.org.

Javier Baez hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 2-1 over the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday in the rubber game of the series. Adam Wainwright went eight innings and pitched one hit ball getting no decision. The Cardinals start a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago. Game time tonight is 6:15 on KSMO.

Carlos Santana hammered a line drive over the right-center-field wall for a two-run home run in the Royals’ 3-2 walk-off win over Detroit Sunday and series victory at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have won four of their last six games and will have the day off today before traveling to Tampa Bay to face the Rays in a three-game series.

The St. Louis Blues season came to an end Sunday at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche as they lost by the score of 5-2 and were swept in the best-of-seven series, 4 games to none. Friday night, the Blues lost to Colorado by the score of 5-1. In the series, the Blues gave up a total of seven empty net goals.