Sports – Wednesday, February 21st, 2024

Braiden Gapsch scored 11 of his 14 points in the 4th quarter to help lead the Salem Tigers past the St. Clair Bulldogs on Senior Night Tuesday night at the SHS Gym, 50-41. Landon Richter scored 13 points for the Tigers who also got 11 points form Tre Richter. Salem improves to 13-12 on the year and they wrap up their regular season Friday night in the Homecoming game against Ava with the festivities between the JV and varsity games.

The Salem Boys Basketball JV won their 20th game of the year as they beat St. Clair, 40-31. The Tigers play Ava Friday at 6:00 and go for their second straight year of sweeping the SCA Conference as they are 6-0 in conference play.

The Missouri Tigers fell to Tennessee Tuesday, 72-67 and have lost 13 games in a row. Sean East had 24 points and Noah Carter followed with 20 as Missouri remains winless in the SEC Conference. They will be at Arkansas Saturday morning at 10:30.