Sports – Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
A 4th quarter rally by the Salem Lady Basketball Tigers propelled them to a 57-53 win over the Cuba Lady Wildcats Monday night. Salem trailed 47-42 going into the 4th quarter, but Salem outscored Cuba, 15-6 in the final eight minutes to improve to 13-9 on the year. Bella Jadwin led the Lady Tiger with 20 points followed by Tatum Hatridge and Autumn Manthey who each netted 10. The Lady Tigers will be at Viburnum Thursday night for another non-conference tilt against the Lady Jays starting at 6:00 with the JV game with the varsity contest to follow.
Dylan Massey scored 22 points and captured 14 rebounds to lead the Mountain Grove Panthers past Salem Tuesday night, 69-58. Reese Dodson scored 17 points to lead Salem followed by Carter Chilton with 15 points and Logan Chilton added 11 more. Salem will travel to Ava Friday night to meet the Bears in another SCA Conference game starting at 6:00 with the JV game followed by the varsity contest. The varsity game can be heard on KSMO Radio and online at ksmoradio.com. Salem is 5-15 on the year and 0-3 in the SCA Conference.
Sign ups for the “Start Smart Soccer Program” will end THIS FRIDAY at the Salem Community Center@The Armory. This is a special national program that lets parents in Salem help their children develop basic soccer skills such as kicking, dribbling, trapping, throw-ins and running that are all needed to participate in organized soccer. The “Start Smart Soccer Program” is available for youngsters who are age three to five and whose parent or another adult is able to attend the six, one-hour sessions with them. The “Start Smart Soccer Program” will begin March 5th at the Salem Community Center@the Armory at 6 PM! The cost of the program is $55 and those who sign their children will receive a two soccer balls, four practices cones, a shirt and shinguards. Registration forms for this program are only available at the Salem Community Center@The Armory. For more information about this program, contact Tye Lydon at the Salem Parks and Recreation Department at 729-6290.
Vince Dunn scored with 3:53 left to cap a third-period rally from a two-goal deficit and lift the St. Louis Blues over the Florida Panthers 3-2 Tuesday night. Colton Parayko and Ryan O’Reilly also scored for the Blues who are now two games over the .500 mark on the year for the first time this year. Jordan Binnington stopped 22 shots for St. Louis playing his fifth straight game. The Blues will continue their Florida trip as they head to Tampa Bay to meet the 1st place Lightning Thursday night at 6:00 on KSMO Radio.
Admiral Schofield and Grant Williams scored 13 points each as No. 1 Tennessee defeated Missouri 72-60 on Tuesday night to extend its school-record winning streak to 17 games. The Tigers will host Texas A&M this Saturday afternoon at 4:30. Missouri is 11-9 on the year and 2-6 in the SEC Conference.