Sports – Thursday, February 20th 2025

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers are scheduled to host the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers tonight at the SHS Gym starting with the JV game at 6:00 with the varsity game to follow. If played, the varsity game can be heard on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and 95.7 FM) and video streamed on KSMO Media (ksmoradio.com, KSMO Stream Facebook and KSMO Twitch Page). The Salem varsity team enters the game with a 4-19 record.

The Salem Lady Tigers game with Couch Tuesday was postponed due to the weather and no makeup date has been announced.

The Missouri Basketball Tigers played the Alabama Crimson Tide last night and came out of the gate shooting. The Tigers racked up 12 points before the Crimson Tide could score their first basket. This set the tone for the night as Missouri, who never trailed, defeated fourth ranked Alabama, 110-98. Mark Mitchell was the leading scorer for the Tigers with 31 points. Missouri faces the Arkansas Razorbacks this Saturday evening. You can listen to this game live on KSMO Radio with pregame beginning at 6:30.

The St. Louis Blues announced the team has acquired forward Corey Andonovski from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for forward Mathias Laferriere. Andonovski will report to the Blues’ AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds.

The St. Louis Cardinals begin spring training play against the Miami Marlins starting 12:00 Saturday, then take on the Houston Astros Sunday at 11:55. Both games can be heard on KSMO Radio.