Sports – Wednesday, January 4, 2023

The South Iron Lady Panthers had 18 steals and converted 14 of those into points as they beat the Bunker Lady Eagles Tuesday at the Bunker High School Gym, 78-39. Bunker was led in scoring by Kinsey Barton who netted 14 points in the loss. Bunker is now 7-4 on the year and they will play Clearwater Thursday night at 5:00.

The South Iron Panther defense shut down the Bunker offense in the second half of the game as they rallied and came back to beat the Eagles Tuesday, 60-45. Cade Sutton led the way with 23 points and nine rebounds and Jayden Bullock had 17 points to lead the Eagles who fall to 8-2 on the year. The Panthers are now 13-1 on the year. Bunker will host Clearwater Thursday night at the Bunker High School Gym at 6:30.

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers advance to the semi-finals of the Stover Tournament as they beat Dixon Tuesday night. They will play Thursday at 7:30 at the Stover Dome. Salem is 6-8 overall and 1-0 in the SCA Conference.

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers will be hosting Eldon Friday night starting with the freshman game at 5:00 followed by the JV game near 6:00 and the varsity game at 7:15.

Brandon Saad scored two goals, but it took a shoot-out for the St. Louis Blues to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs Tuesday night at Toronto, 6-5. Jordan Kyrou, Josh Leivo and Brayden Schenn scored in regulation for St. Louis. Schenn finished with three points with the goal and two assists and then scored the shoot-out winner in the 4th round. The Blues will be in New Jersey to face the Devils Thursday night starting at 5:30 on KSMO Radio.

The 20th ranked Missouri Basketball Tigers, will play Arkansas tonight starting at 7:00 on KSMO. Missouri is 12-1 overall and 1-0 in the SEC Conference. Arkansas is 11-2 on the year.