Sports – Tuesday, February 16th 2026
The Salem Basketball Tigers will be at Liberty High School in Mountain View tonight to face the Eagles. The varsity game will begin around 7:30 and can be heard live on KSMO Radio 1340 AM & 95.7 FM and audio streamed on KSMO Media. Salem enters the contest with a 16-8 record while Liberty is 21-2 on the year.
The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers faced off against the Liberty Lady Eagles last night and fell by a score of 60-54. Clara Ball led the Lady Tigers with 20 points, followed by Abigail Terrill with 12. The Lady Tigers are now 9-14 and are looking to bounce back on the road against the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers this Thursday.
The Bunker Boys Basketball Eagles were on the road in Farmington to play the Knights yesterday evening. The JV Eagles fell early, 60-23. The Varsity Eagles spent most of their game battling from behind after an 11-11 first quarter tie. While the game was close throughout, the Knights started to distance themselves in the fourth eventually handing Bunker only their second loss on the season, 64-52. The Bunker Eagles boys basketball teams will be in Valley tonight. The JV boys game will follow the varsity girls’ game and the varsity boys game will conclude the night’s trio of games. The Valley Varsity Boys also recently played Farmington and fell, 72-48, they are 10-11 on the year compared to Bunker’s 22-2 record.
The Bunker Lady Eagles were in Sparta last night and defeated the Lady Trojans, 52-37. Their next game will be on the road in Valley tonight. They will begin the night’s games at 5:00. The Bunker Lady Eagles enter the game with a 20-3 record while the Lady Vikings are still searching for their first win on the year.
The Bunker R-3 FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) team recently traveled to Arcadia Valley for the District 12 Leadership Conference Competition. Students were tasked with competing in a wide variety of events. Congratulations to the following students for placing in their respective fields; Senior, Ethan Forster placed second in Future Business Educator. Senior, Riley Skaggs placed second in Agribusiness and fourth in Economics. Senior, Jayton Skaggs placed fourth in Accounting One. Junior, Regan Bowen placed fourth in Sales Presentation. Junior, Jacqueline Brawley of Bunker R-3, placed for Arcadia Valley’s FBLA team and received first place in Website Design. Sophomore, Wyatt Amsden placed first in Insurance & Risk Management, second in Intro Business Concepts, and third in Intro to Info Technology. Sophomore, Bella Sanders placed third in Intro to Business Procedures. Sophomore, Gus Skaggs placed fourth in Intro to Supply Chain Management. Sophomore, Dalie Martin placed fourth in Management and Sophomore, Owen Gant placed first in Intro to Supply Chain and Management. Congratulations to all of these students on your FBLA Competition results. To learn more about Missouri FBLA you can visit MOfbla.org.