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By Sonny Jones

Basketball season ended Thursday for Bladen County high school and middle school teams, but local sports fans need not despair. The spring sports season begins Monday. Well, scheduled to begin Monday. The weather rules during spring sports season.

The weather forecast from the National Weather Service looks perfect for Monday and Tuesday. It’s a bit iffy later in the week, but we’ll take it for this time of the year.

Weather-related concerns aside, the West Bladen varsity and junior varsity baseball teams are scheduled to play at Gray’s Creek on Monday and the East Bladen and West Bladen boys’ golf teams are set to play at Sandy Ridge Golf Course in Dunn.

Middle school baseball and softball teams are set to open March 13-14.

Here’s the first week’s schedule. You can keep up with schools by checking our master sports schedule. Also, any postponements or schedule changes will be posted on our Twitter feed along with final scores.

MONDAY, FEB. 27
Baseball
West Bladen at Gray’s Creek, 7 p.m.
West Bladen JV at Gray’s Creek JV, 4 p.m.
Golf
East Bladen, West Bladen in SAC match, Sandy Ridge Golf Course, Dunn

TUESDAY, FEB. 28
Baseball
South Columbus at East Bladen, 6:30 p.m.
South Columbus JV at East Bladen JV, 4 p.m.
Softball
South Columbus at East Bladen, 6 p.m.
West Bladen at Hoke County, 6 p.m.
West Bladen JV at Hoke County JV, 4 p.m.
Girls’ Soccer
South Columbus at East Bladen, 5 p.m.
Purnell Swett at West Bladen, 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
Baseball
East Columbus at West Bladen, 7 p.m.
East Bladen at South Brunswick, 7 p.m.
East Columbus JV at West Bladen JV, 4 p.m.
East Bladen JV at South Brunswick , 4 p.m.
Softball
East Bladen at South Brunswick 6 p.m.
East Columbus at West Bladen, 6 p.m.
Girls’ Soccer
East Columbus at West Bladen, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 3
Baseball
West Columbus at West Bladen, 7 p.m.
East Bladen at South Columbus, 7 p.m.
West Columbus JV at West Bladen JV, 4 p.m.
East Bladen JV at South Columbus JV, 4 p.m.
Softball
West Columbus at West Bladen, 6 p.m.
East Bladen at South Columbus, 6 p.m.

• Congratulations to the Bladenboro boys’ basketball team that repeated as the Waccamaw Division A championship with a second consecutive unbeaten season.

• Kudos to the Clarkton School of Discovery girls’ basketball team that won the Waccamaw Division A championship and to the Elizabethtown girls’ basketball team for sharing the Waccamaw Division B title with Whiteville.

• Southeastern Athletic Conference girls’ basketball teams St. Pauls and Fairmont will play in the third round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association playoffs Saturday. No. 4 seed St. Pauls (20-5) hosts No. 5 Pittsboro Seaforth (24-3). No. 11 Fairmont (25-4) plays at No. 3 Elizabeth City Northeastern (26-1).

TWITTER POLL

Can the Tar Heels give the Cavs a second straight loss? Cast your vote.

Which team wins Saturday’s college basketball game?

— Bladen Online (@BladenOnline) February 24, 2023

Friday’s result: Which team wins the Ottawa at Carolina NHL game?
• 9 votes – Carolina 100&, Ottawa 0%
• Outcome: Carolina 4, Ottawa 0

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

• 1964 — Cassius Clay wins the world heavyweight title when Sonny Liston is unable to answer the bell for the seventh round at Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Fla.

POTATO PICKS TO WATCH TODAY

• PREMIER: Southampton at Leeds United, 10 a.m., USA

• BASKETBALL: Clemson at N.C. State, noon, BALLY SOUTH

• PREMIER: Manchester City at Bournemouth, 12:30 p.m., USA

• NHL: N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 12:55 p.m., ABC

• PGA: Honda Classic, 1 p.m., GOLF and 3 p.m., NBC

• LIV: Mayakoba Invitational, 1 p.m., CW

• GYMNASTICS: Winter Cup, 1 p.m., NBC

• MLB: Boston vs. Atlanta, 1 p.m., MLBN

• MEN’S LACROSSE: North Carolina at Syracuse, 3 p.m., ACCN

• NHL: Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 3:30 p.m., ABC

• MMA: Yaroslav Amosov vs. Logan Storley, 4 p.m., SHO