Sports – Monday, October 17th, 2022

The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers won the Sparta Tournament Saturday by defeating Miller in the finals! The Lady Tigers won 25-23, lost 22-25 and then won the final game of the night, 25-20. Prior to the championship match, Salem swept past Ava, Ash Grove, Forsyth and Fordland winning all eight games. The Lady Tigers are now 24-8-1 and wrap up their regular season at Ava Tuesday night starting at 5:30 with the JV contest with the varsity match to follow.

The Salem Football Tigers lost to Mountain View-Liberty Friday evening at Salem’s Homecoming, 60-0. The Eagles scored on eight of their possessions in the first half. The Salem Tigers will host the Cabool Bulldogs Friday night which will be Senior Night. Salem enters the game with an 0-8 record and 0-6 in the SCA Conference. The game will be streamed on KSMO Media and heard on KSMO AM 1340 & 95.7 FM. Tiger Talk with Stan Stevens and Coach Bryson Barnes will begin about 6:45.

The St. Louis Blues started off the 2022-2023 regular season with a win Saturday night over the Columbus Blue Jackets, 5 to 2. Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals while Ivan Barbashev, Pavel Buchnevich and Jake Neighbours also scored for St. Louis. The Blues will be in Seattle to face the Kracken Wednesday evening starting at 8:30 on KSMO Radio.

Josh Allen’s 14-yard touchdown pass to Dawson Knox with 1:09 left gave the Buffalo Bills a 24-20 win over the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday. Patrick Mahomes was 25-40 with two TD passes and two interceptions including one late in the 4th quarter. The Kansas City Chiefs will be at San Francisco Sunday at 3;25 to face the 49er’s. The Chiefs are 4-2 on the year.