Sports – Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
The Salem JV Football Tigers fell to the Rolla Freshman Monday in Salem, 42-14. The Salem JV finishes the season with a 3-3 record.
The Salem Lady JV Volleyball Tigers went 2-2 in the Mt. View-Liberty JV Volleyball Tournament this past Saturday. Salem lost to Mountain Grove: 15-25, 17-25 and 15-17; then beat Couch: 25-21, 25-17 and 15-8. Salem then beat Thayer: 26-24 and 25-17; before losing to Mountain Grove again, 21-25 and 24-26. The JV finished their season with a 14-7-1 record.
The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers will begin the Class 3, District 9 Tournament tonight against the Cuba Lady Volleyball Wildcats starting at 5:00 at Cuba. Salem is seeded 4th and the Lady Wildcats are seeded 5th. Salem finished the regular season with a 16-15-3 record while the Lady Wildcats finished the year with a 19-8-2 record. Salem got the higher seed in the tournament because they beat Cuba earlier in the year at Cuba in five sets. The game can be heard on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and 95.7 FM) and KSMO Media (ksmoradio.com (http://ksmoradio.com/), the KSMO Stream Facebook Page and the KSMO YouTube Page) starting with Tiger Talk and Coach Mackenzie Stoner at 4:50. The contest will be video streamed on MSHSAA.TV (http://mshsaa.tv/) for a fee. If you want to watch the KSMO Media video stream and not the Cuba High School’s HUDL stream with no audio, be sure to click on the correct option when selecting the game. The winner of this contest will face St. Clair Thursday night at 5:00 at Cuba High School.
New this fall, MSHSAA has changed their pricing schedule to video stream High School Postseason games. This year, football postseason games will be $10 per round while all other sports (including volleyball) will be $5.00 per round. All MSHSAA Championship broadcasts will be $25. All purchases for video streams need to be made from the MSHSAA.org website and you can find the streams by typing in Salem High School in the search bar, then clicking on the TV tab. You should not attempt to purchase postseason video streams on 3rd party apps as many are scams.
The Bunker Varsity Lady Eagles were in Ellington last night to finish up their volleyball regular season schedule against the Lady Whippets. The Lady Eagles took the first set 25-16 but then dropped the following three sets, 25-17, 25-14, and 25-23. They finished the regular season with a 7-17-1 record and will play the Lesterville Lady Bearcats in the Class 1 District 6 Tournament hosted by Lesterville this Friday afternoon at 5:00.
The Salem Tigers and Lady Tigers Varsity Cross Country teams competed at the Cuba Invitational yesterday, highlighted by a third-place finish from Zoey Ellott. For the Lady Tigers, Bea Hovey finished 26th, followed by Abbi Terrill in 29th, Savannah Beard in 30th and Danica Garner in 32nd. On the boys’ side, Quin Cooper led the Tigers with a 43rd-place finish, followed by Noah Hoodenpyle in 45th, Wesley Dooley in 46th, Tyler Walters in 52nd, Parker Dempsey in 57th and Josiah Fredrickson in 61st. This was the last meet of the regular season and districts play will start Halloween afternoon in Owensville.