Sports – Monday, October 26th, 2026

The Salem Football Tigers exploded for 26 unanswered 3rd quarter points to break open a 13-0 contest after the first half Friday night as they went on to defeat the Cabool Bulldogs, 39-6. Six different Salem Tigers scored touchdowns and Jake Gover ran for 121 yards on 11 carries to lead the ground game. The Tigers finish the regular season with a 2-7 record and 1-6 in the SCA Conference. Salem finishes as the 6th seed and they will play the 3rd seeded St. James Tigers in the first round of District play Friday night starting at 7:00.

The Bunker Lady Eagles lost to the Lesterville Lady Bearcats Friday night in four sets to be eliminated form the Class 1, District 6 Tournament. Bunker lost the first set by a 25-14 score, then won the second set, 25-23. Lesterville edged the Lady Eagles in the 3rd set, 25-20, before the Lady Bearcats took the 4th set by the score of 25-23. The Lady Eagles finished the year with an overall 7-18-1 record.

The Salem JV Football Tigers game scheduled with Cabool for tonight has been cancelled due to the Bulldogs not having enough players.

Sean Walker and Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored goals 20 seconds apart early in the second period Saturday night to break a scoreless tie and the Carolina Hurricanes never looked back, beating the St. Louis Blues, 4-0. The loss snapped a Blues two-game winning streak and was the first regulation time loss at the Enterprise Center. St. Louis will host Montreal Tuesday night at 7:00 and you can hear the game on KSMO Radio starting at 6:30 with the pre-game show.