Sports – Thursday, February 29th, 2024

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers will play Blair Oaks tonight at 5:30 at St. James in the district semi-final. Salem is seeded 4th while the Falcons are seeded 1st in the bracket. The game will be heard on KSMO at 5:15 and audio streamed on KSMO Media. The contest will be video streamed on MSHSAA.TV by KSMO Media. There is a charge to video stream the game.

Connor McDavid scored in overtime as the Edmonton Oilers beat the St. Louis Blues Wednesday, 3-2. The Blues will be home Saturday to host the Minnesota Wild at 5:00 which is a time change from the original schedule. That game can be heard on KSMO Radio.

The St. Louis Cardinals lost to the New York Mets Wednesday, 3-0 to fall to 2-2-2 for the spring. Alec Burleson had two of the Cardinals’ five hits. They will play the Washington Nationals today.

Kyle Isbel and Ryan Fitzgerald hit three-run homers as the Kansas City Royals beat Seattle Wednesday, 9-7 to go to 5-2 in the Cactus League. The Royals will tangle with the Chicago White Sox this afternoon.

The Missouri Basketball Tigers lost to the Florida Gators Wednesday night, 83-74. Sean East II had 20 points to lead the Tigers who clinched last place in the SEC Conference with the loss. They will play Ole Miss Saturday night. Missouri has lost 15 games in a row and stand at 8-20 overall and 0-15 in the SEC Conference.