Corn, OKLA — The CBA high school basketball teams competed in the Community Christian Schools Invitational in Norman on January 5-7. The CBA girls won first place while the guys brought home the consolation trophy.
The Lady Crusaders beat Destiny Christian 51-33, Community Christian 48-42 and Liberty Christian 53-36. CBA had three players in double figures in the Destiny game, Jessica Penner with 21, Taylor Smith with 16 and RaeLyn Epp with 10. Against Community, Penner scored 30 points while Smith added 9 and Alma Salcido had 6. In Saturday’s game with Liberty Penner again led CBA in scoring with 21 while Leah Boese added 10 points. Penner and Smith made the all-tournament team. The girls are now 8-3.
On the boys side, the Crusaders lost in the opening round to Destiny 60-26, then bounced back to beat the CCS JV 66-65 in overtime, and Liberty Christian 62-21 on Saturday. Scott Dick and Jay Penner each scored 7 points against Destiny while Penner scored 28 and Dick 15 in the overtime win against CCS JV. Dick with 18, Penner with 14 and Trevor Harms with 13 led the Crusaders to the consolation trophy. The boy’s record is now 5-6.
CBA resumes play in the Washita Valley Conference this week with home games against Hydro-Eakly Tuesday night and Binger-Oney on Friday night. Game times are 6:30 pm.
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