Sports – Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026

The Salem Lady Softball Tigers came back from a 5-2 deficit after three innings as Salem scored three runs in the 4th inning to tie the game, then added singles runs in the 5th and 7th innings to beat the Lady Eagles of Liberty High School Monday by the score of 7-5 at Mountain View. Yesterday at the Salem City Park for Senior Day, Jaelyn Chartier had two hits and three RBI as the Salem Tigers scored 11 first inning runs and six more in the 2nd inning to beat the Steelville Lady Cardinals, 17-1 in three innings. Zaylee Sahli had a two-run double for Salem who have won seven games in a row and improve to 11-4 on the year. The Lady Tigers will be at Mountain Grove Thursday for another SCA Conference game against the Lady Panthers at 4:30. 

The Salem Softball Classic will be held this Friday and Saturday at the Salem City Park with round robin play in two pools starting at 3:15 Friday afternoon with two games on each field Friday and the rest of the tournament on Saturday. Salem will play in Pool “A” with Steelville, Plato and Mountain Grove. Pool “B” will include Licking, Bourbon, Ava and Potosi. Games will be played on the red and blue fields at the Salem City Park with the championship game being held on Blue Field at 5:30 Saturday

The St. Clair Baseball Bulldogs banged out 14 hits and took advantage of eight walks and four Salem errors to beat the Tigers, 11-1 in a six-inning game at the Salem High School Baseball Field Complex. Wayne Skidmore had two hits for Salem and the lone RBI. Salem falls to 5-7 on the year. The Tigers will be at Mountain View to face the Liberty Eagles Thursday at 4:30 at Mountain View. The game will be aired on KSMO Radio and audio streamed on KSMO Media.

The Salem Tennis Tigers fell to the School of the Osage Tuesday, 7-2 and their record is 11-4 on the year. The Tigers will participate in the West Plains Invitational today. 

The St. Louis Cardinals bounced back yesterday against the Miami Marlins after losing the first game in the series on Monday. Right away in the first inning Alec Burleson batted in JJ Wetherholt for the first run of the game. While the Marlins responded in the bottom of the first to tying things up at one, the Red Birds went on to score four unanswered runs that included a two-run Nathan Church home run in the fourth. The Marlins would start to rally late in the eight but the Cards held on for the 5-3 victory. With the series tied the deciding game will be early this morning. Listen live on KSMO Radio at 10:15 for the pregame show and first pitch to follow at 11:10.