Sports – Thursday, April 2nd 2026

The Salem Baseball JV Tigers beat Owensville Monday at the SHS Field, 7-4. Salem scored five runs in the 2nd inning helping send them to their first win of the year. Dalton Franklin had a hit and two RBI for Salem while Cody Lundy and Will Thomas each singled and drove in a run. Also getting a hit for Salem was Wyatt Clancy, also singled. Then on Tuesday, the JV Tigers fell to the Licking JV Wildcats, 9-5. Ben Land had two hits and an RBI for Salem, while Clancy and Thomas had RBI singles. The Salem JV is 1-1 and are scheduled to play Potosi today.

The Salem Varsity Baseball Tigers are scheduled to host the Potosi Trojans today at 4:30 at the SHS Baseball Complex. Salem enters the game with a 2-4 record, while Potosi is 5-2. 

The Salem Lady Softball Tigers are scheduled to face the Ava Lady Bears in SCA Conference play at the Salem City Park starting at 4:30 today. The Lady Tigers are 4-2 on the year while Ava is 4-3. The game can be heard on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and 95.7 FM) and will be video streamed on KSMO Media (ksmroadio.com, KSMO Stream Facebook Page and the KSMO YouTube Page) starting at 4:15 with Tiger Talk and Coach Jim Moore.

The Salem Tiger Tennis match scheduled Wednesday against Potosi was postponed. No makeup date has been set. Salem will travel to Willow Springs today and face Houston at 2:00, and then the Willow Springs Bears at 4:00. Houston will play Willow Springs at noon. The Salem Tennis Tigers are 3-0 on the year.

The St. Louis Cardinals wrapped up their three game series against the New York Mets yesterday afternoon. With just a single run scored by each team in the sixth, extra innings were needed to declare a winner. In the eleventh inning the Cards survived a pair of Mets batters with the bases loaded. Masyn Winn’s pop-up single in the bottom of the inning would allow JJ Wetherholt to score and give St. Louis the 2-1 game and series win. The Cardinals are off today before visiting Detroit to face the Tigers on Friday.

The Los Angeles Kings hosted the St. Louis Blues last night as both teams are on the outside of the NHL playoff picture looking in. Robert Thomas hit a deflected shot in the 3rd to tie up the score and force overtime however it was the King’s Trevor Moore who would score the final goal. With the 2-1 loss the Blues will remain on the road and head for Anaheim on Friday to face the Ducks.