CFS Lady Eagles, Eagles in action against CCA and Egyptian

Kenzie Murdock and CCA’s Bailey Michael battle for the ball in their game in Paducah January 8th. Photos provided

Christian Fellowship Lady Eagles were back on the court in competition for the first time since their season opener on December 2nd in games on January 8th against CCA and January 9th against Egyptian, IL. The Lady Eagles fell in those two contests to drop to 0-3 in the early going of their season.

Blayne Starkey at the free throw line in the Eagles game against CCA.

In their 39-27 loss to CCA, the Lady Eagles were led by Rachel Howard with 13 points. Kenzie Murdock and Jayden Jackson each added four points with four players scoring two points each – Maddie Ortt, Eddie Little, Maggie Choate and Lillian Burnett. Little led with nine points in their 54-21 loss to Egyptian. Howard followed with five points, four from Murdock, two by Ortt and one point from Choate.

Christian Fellowship’s boy’s team picked up their fourth win of the season over CCA. Brice Etheridge led the Eagles with 15 points in their 68-34 win. CFS took control of the game early with a 24-7 lead after the first quarter. Ben Carter led CCA with 13 points.

The Eagles followed up their win over CCA with a hard-fought loss to Egyptian by 10 points. Etheridge led the Eagles with 20 points in the 70-60 loss, Hummel added 16 and 15 from Covey.

CFS fell to Joppa, IL on January 6th by three points led in scoring by Nathaniel Hummel with 17 points. The Eagles led 23-21 at halftime and by one point at the end of the third quarter before Joppa out-scored them by four points in the fourth to take the win.

The Eagles are 4-8 and scheduled to play Fulton City in this week’s All ‘A’ Tournament at Mayfield that has been postponed due to the weather conditions.

Jan. 9    1    2    3    Final
CFS Eagles    9   28   42    60
Egyptian   16   36   51    70

SCORING
CFS: Etheridge 20, Hummel 16, Covey 15, Toth 8, Vaughn 1

Jan. 8    1    2    3    Final
CCA    7   14   22    34
CFS Eagles   24   37   54    68

SCORING
CCA: Carter 13, Copeland 6, S Wilson 4, T Wilson 4, Paxon 3, Rogers 2, Wilkerson 2
CFS: Etheridge 14, Starkey 12, Vaughn 9, Toth 8, Hummel 7, Covey 7, Cary , Bivin 2, Phillips 2, Kim 2
CCA: FG 12/37, 3 PT 1/13, FT 9/13, Reb 33, Fouls 12, TO 22
CFS: FG 27/50, 3 PT 5/12, FT 9/19, Reb 34, Fouls 14, TO 7, Asst 14

Jan. 6    1    2    3   Final
Joppa   10   21   37    52
CFS Eagles   10   23   38    49

SCORING
CFS: Hummell 17, Covey 9, Etheridge 8, Cary 7, Starkey 4, Phillips 2, Logsdon 2
CFS: FG 17/57, 3 PT 4/16, FT 11/17, Reb 40, Fouls 18, TO 20, Asst 8

Kenzie Murdock (12) looks to teammate Rachel Howard (22) for a pass in the Lady Eagles game against Egyptian.
Jaret Logsdon rebounding the ball for CFS in their game against Egyptian.