Sports – Wednesday, July 23rd 2025

Three south central Missouri softball teams have been named to the Spring 2025 Academic All-State Team GPA Top 10 in Class 2. The Steelville R-III Lady Cardinals were ranked 8th with a GPA of 3.820, while the Salem Lady Tigers and the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers tied for 9th with GPA’s of 3.800. Salem Lady Tigers named Academic All-State were Raven Gilliam, Beatrice Hovey, Bailey Mahurin, Alaina Norris, Izzy Thomas, Shaylee Thomas, and Alexis White. Congratulations Ladies on your outstanding academic achievement.

The St. Louis Cardinals and Colorado Rockies faced off last night in game two of a three game series. The Rockies were able to dart out to a six run lead in the first three innings. The Cardinals kept pace with 11 hits but couldn’t convert those into many runs as the Cardinals fell, 8-4. Game three will be live on KSMO Radio 1340 AM & 95.7 FM this afternoon with pregame coverage starting at 1:15 and first pitch at 2:10. 

The Kansas City Royals were shutout by the Chicago Cubs last night, 6-0. The series is now tied at one a piece as they’ll wrap things up this afternoon with first pitch at 1:20.