Sports – Monday, May 26th 2025

Salem High School has announced the following SCA honors were awarded to the Salem Baseball program. Cayden Moody was selected as a 1st Team Outfielder, while 2nd Team Honors went to Pitcher Blake Edwards, Outfielder Kash Howard, and Infielder Roy Stevens. Catcher Sylis Dubois
was awarded Honorable Mention. Coach Tony Edwards was named Coach of the Year

The Salem Tiger Track & Field Team’s Luke Pryor and Evan Mendenhall qualified to represent the Salem Tigers at the MSHSAA Class 3 State Tournament this past Friday and Saturday. Evan Mendenhall competed in the 400 meter dash where he placed 7th. Luke Pryor competed in the 110 meter hurdles and finished 13th. The Salem High School MSHSAA competitive sports schedule for the 2024-2025 season is now complete.

Coach Jared Patterson’s Summer Boys Basketball Camp will begin soon! Camp will be held Tuesday June 3rd, through June 6th. Grades 3-5 will meet from 3:30 until 4:30, Grades 6-8 will be 4:30 until 6:00, and Grades 9-12 will meet from 6:00 until 8:00. Participants will learn the basic fundamentals of basketball. The fee is $30, which includes a T-Shirt and is due on the first day of camp. For more information call Coach Patterson at 573-247-9972. Applications are available at The Community Center @ The Armory.

The St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks wrapped up their series over the weekend that started on Friday. During Friday’s game the Cardinals scored all four of their runs in the sixth inning and held off a late Diamondback rally, claiming a 4-3 victory. On Saturday it was another close one with the Cardinals coming from behind late in the eighth inning and securing the 6-5 win. Yesterday in a back and forth affair the Red Birds got the sweep with a 4-3 win. The Cardinals start a new series with the Baltimore Orioles that you can listen to live on KSMO Radio this afternoon at 2:05.

The Kansas City Royals were on the road Friday in Minnesota and after an early run batted in during the first, the Royals bats fell silent while the Twins claimed a 3-1 victory. On Saturday the Royals would have a better offensive performance, batting in four runs on eleven hits but Minnesota outpaced Kansas City with five runs on nine hits. Yesterday afternoon the Royals avoided the sweep in extra innings when Maikel Garcia batted in Nick Loftin giving the Royals a 2-1 win. Kansas City is hosting the Cincinnati Reds this afternoon at 3:10.