Sports – Monday, October 29th, 2018
In a game of missed opportunities, the Salem Football Tigers season came to an end as they dropped a 28-7 decision to Eldon Friday night.
Salem missed on three opportunities inside the 20-yard line: getting stopped on the one yard line on the first drive of the game on 4th down, fumbling at the eight–yard line in the second quarter, and getting stopped at the four yard line on a fourth down play in the 3rd quarter. Sam Ball led the Salem offense rushing for 142 yards on 18 carries. Tristan Newman scored the only touchdown for Salem on a 32-yard run in the second quarter. To show how even the game was, Salem finished with 336 total yards and Eldon finished with 366 total yards. Salem finished the year with a 3-7 record.
The Missouri Tigers controlled the football game with Kentucky Saturday for 54 minutes and 42 seconds, but a Lynn Bowden Jr. punt return of 67 yards for a touchdown followed by Terry Wilson’s two-yard touchdown pass to C.J. Conrad on the final play gave No. 12 Kentucky a 15-14 victory over Missouri on Saturday. Missouri opened a 14-3 halftime lead with two 10-play touchdown drives. Damarea Crockett scored on a 2-yard run early in the second quarter, and Larry Rountree added a 1-yard TD run just before halftime. Missouri’s Drew Lock completed 15 of 27 passes for 165 yards, but the Missouri offense could not get a first down in the second half. Missouri is now 4-4 on the year and 1-4 in the SEC Conference and they will be Florida Saturday.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals, Ryan O’Reilly and Zach Sanford each had three points, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 on Saturday night to snap a two-game skid. Tyler Bozak and Alexander Steen each had goals for the Blues who will host the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night. You can hear the game at 6:30 on KSMO.
Patrick Mahomes threw for 303 yards and four touchdowns, Sammy Watkins had 107 yards receiving and two of the scores, and the Chiefs beat Denver 30-23 on Sunday to wrap up a sweep of the Broncos. Travis Kelce and Kareem Hunt added touchdown catches for the Chiefs who are 7-1 on the year, and have won 19 of their past 21 games against division rivals. The Chiefs head to Cleveland next Sunday.