Sports – Thursday, January 16th, 2020

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers will be at Mountain View-Liberty to face the Lady Eagles tonight starting with the JV game at 6:00 followed by the varsity contest. Salem is 11-4 on the year and 2-0 in the SCA Conference.

The City of Salem Park and Recreation Department is announcing the return of the “Start Smart Soccer” Program to the Salem Community Center@The Armory at 1200 West Rolla Road. This indoor program is for those boys and girls ages 3 through 5 and parent participation in the program is required. Each participant will get a participation manual, a soft bounce soccer ball, a size three soccer ball, a set of shin guards, four practice cones and a T-shirt. Registration for the Start Smart Soccer program is going on now through February 7th and the cost is $55 per child. Children in the program will learn to dribble, kick, pass, do throw-ins and run. The program will be held in March and if anyone has any questions or need more information, call Salem Parks and Rec Director Melissa DuBois at 729-6290 or e-mail her at salemparks@salemmo.com.

Ryan O’Reilly and Alexander Steen scored in the 3rd period against former Blues goaltender Brian Elliott to tie the game at 3-3 between St. Louis and Philadelphia Wednesday night and send the game into overtime. Jakub Voracek won the game for the Flyers in overtime to end the Blues nine game home winning streak and four game winning streak. Justin Faulk scored in the 1st period for the Blues who will be in Colorado Saturday afternoon for their final game before the All-Star Break starting at 1:30 and you can hear the game on KSMO.