Sports – Wednesday, January 8th 2025

The Salem Boys Basketball Tiger teams will host the West Plains Zizzers tonight at the SHS High School Gym. This game was originally scheduled to be played yesterday but due to the recent weather, was postponed to tonight. The Freshman game will start at 4:30, followed by JV and Varsity. The Varsity game can be heard on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and 95.7 FM) and video streamed on KSMO Media (ksmoradio.com) starting with Tiger Talk and Coach Jared Patterson around 6:30. The varsity Tigers and Zizzers are both 4-7.

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers game with the Sullivan Lady Eagles was cancelled yesterday due to the recent weather. At the time of this publication this game has yet to be rescheduled.

The Mizzou Tigers played the LSU Tigers last night in Columbia. Both teams entered the contest with a 11-3 record. The Mizzou Tigers took a 42-27 lead by the end of the first half. In the second, Mizzou continued to pile on the points and retain their lead through the night defeating LSU 83-67. Mizzou will host Vanderbilt this Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Hear this game live on KSMO radio with pregame at 2:00.

The St. Louis Blues and the Minnesota Wild faced off last night in Minnesota. The Wild would gain the lead early scoring two goals within the first few minutes. Pavel Buchnevich responded with a snap shot to close out the first period. In the second the Blues hit three goals in quick succession and ended the second up a goal. The seesaw game swung back into the Wild’s favor during the third period. Minnesota shutout the Blues and tallied three more goals to finish the night defeating St. Louis, 6-4. Next up on the Blues schedule is a visit to Anaheim to take on the Ducks tomorrow night at 7:00. Listen to this game live on KSMO radio with pregame at 6:30.