Sports – Monday, October 12th, 2026

Quarterback Dalton Shannon scored three touchdowns while running backs Eli Golden and Damien LaFranchise each scored two touchdowns as the Mountain Grove Panthers beat the Salem Tigers Friday night in SCA Conference play at Mountain Grove, 46-7. The Panthers stay undefeated in SCA Conference play (5-0), while Salem is still looking for their first SCA Conference win (0-5). Salem was led by Jake Gover who ran for 132 yards with a touchdown for Salem. The Tigers are 1-6 on the year and will host the Mountain View-Liberty Eagles Friday night at 7:00 at Bill Schuchardt Stadium in SCA Conference play.

The Salem JV Football Tigers will be at Mountain Grove tonight starting at 6:00. Salem is 3-1 on the year going into the game.

The Salem Varsity Lady Volleyball Tigers will be at Plato tonight following the JV contest at around 7:00. The Salem varsity enters the match with a 14-14-3 record while Plato is 14-6-1. 

The Salem JV Lady Volleyball Tigers will also be at Plato to face the Lady Eagles starting at 5:30 tonight. The Salem JV Lady Tigers are 10-4-1.

Coming off the West County Invitational Tournament, the Bunker Lady Volleyball Eagles will be taking on Greenville today at 5:00 the Bunker High School Gym and it will be Senior Night. The varsity contest will be video streamed on KSMO Media (ksmoradio.com, the KSMO Stream Facebook Page and the KSMO YouTube Page).

The Bunker Lady Volleyball Eagles are seeded 5th in the Class 1, District 6 tournament to be held at the Lesterville High School. Bunker will face the 4th seeded host Lesterville Lady Bearcats at 5:00 on Friday, October 23rd. The winner of that match will face the #1 seeded Eminence Lady Red Wings on Monday, October 26th at 5:00 at Lesterville.

The Salem Cross Country Teams competed in the Licking Wildcat Invitational Cross Country meet last Thursday. The Salem Lady Tigers Team captured 3rd place in the meet led by Zoey Elliott who came in 3rd place overall with a time of 21:20 followed by Bea Hovey who finished in 29th place and Abby Terrill taking 30th place. The Salem Boys Cross Country Team finished 5th at the meet led by Noah Hoodenpyle who finished 33rd with a time of 23:22 followed by Parker Dempsey who was one second behind. The Salem Boys Cross Country team will participate in the Willow Springs Invitational today.

Jamal Roberts rushed for over 200 yards for the second consecutive game as the Missouri Football Tigers beat Texas A&M Saturday, 27-6. Roberts finished with 34 carries for 222 yards and two touchdowns, while Quarterback Austin Summers was 14 of 28 passing for 147 yards and a score. Missouri is 5-1 on the year and 2-1 in the SEC Conference. Missouri will play Ole Miss Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in Oxford, Mississippi on KSMO Radio.

Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and Dylan Holloway had three assists as the St. Louis Blues beat the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday night, 5-3. Jonatan Berggren scored the game winning goal midway through the 3rd period. Also scoring for St. Louis was Jake Neighbours and Pavel Buchnevich as the Blues will play Tuesday at Ottawa starting at 6:00 with the pre-game show on KSMO Radio.