LIVE OAK, CA (MPG) - The Live Oak Lady Lions hosted the annual Lois Langford Tournament that started on Thursday, Dec. 5 and concluded on Saturday, Dec. 7. 

The annual Lois Langford tournament consisted of the Live Oak Lions, Lindhurst Blazers, Yuba City Honkers, Venture Academy Mustangs, Faith Christian Lions, Marysville Indians, and the River Valley Falcons. Every year, the tournament is filled with fast paced and fun basketball and this year was a repeat of the same.

The Lions started play against the Lindhurst Blazers and were able to keep it close throughout the first three quarters. As the buzzer sounded for the start of the fourth quarter, there was a sudden shift, and the Blazers exploded on offense scoring 19 points to the Lions’ eight making the final score 41-30 Blazers. 

On the second day of the tournament, the Lions faced the Venture Academy Mustangs and were overpowered right from the opening tip. As the Lions were not able to generate much offense or get stops on defense, the Mustangs did quite the opposite and dominated on both sides of the ball. The Mustangs would end up winning 48-29.

On the last day of tournament play, the Lions would take on the Yuba City Honkers and almost have a repeat performance from the day before. While the offense looked a little better, the defense still struggled, and the Honkers took almost everything they could get. The Honkers would win 54-32.

The tournament would be won by the Faith Christian Lions as they beat the Lindhurst Blazers in dominating fashion 67-32.

Live Oak will look to get their first win of the season on the road against the Williams Yellow Jackets on Monday, Dec. 9, after press time.