East Bladen’s Eagles will host Farmville Central Friday night in the opening round of the NCHSAA Class 2A Football Play-offs. The play-off pairings were finalized Saturday afternoon.
Coach Robby Priest’s Eagles (7-4) received the No. 3 seed in the MidEast Region, while Farmville Central (6-5) is the No. 6 seed in the East Region. The two teams played in the second round of the 2014 Class 2A play-offs and Farmville Central claimed a 40-35 victory.
The Jaguars finished fifth in the Eastern Plains Conference, but 4 of their losses were to No. 2 MidEast seed Greene Central, No. 2 East seed Ayden-Grifton, No. 6 MidEast seed Wilson Beddingfield and No. 4 Class 2AA seed SouthWest Edgecombe. Farmville Central’s other loss was to 3-8 Washington.
The Eagles finished third in the Four County Class 1A/2A Conference. Their four losses were to Class 2AA No. 1 Mid-East seed Clinton, Class 2A No. 1 Mid-East seed South Columbus, No. 2 Class 1AA East seed Wallace-Rose Hill and No. 5 Class 4AA East seed Wilmington Laney.
An East Bladen victory would send the Eagles into a second-round game against the winner of the game between Ayden Grifton and Red Springs.
Play-off pairings for the other Four County schools are:
Class 2A
No. 8 Mideast Midway (5-6) at No 1 East Elizabeth City Northeastern (9-2)
Class 2AA
No. 8 East North Lenoir (6-5) at No. 1 MidEast Clinton (11-0)
Class 1AA
No. 6 East Heide Trask (7-4) at No. 3 MidEast Union (7-4)
No. 7 MidEast Pender (4-7) at No. 2 East Wallace-Rose Hill (10-1)
Pairings for Other Area Teams
Class 2A
No. 8 East Bertie (5-6) at No. 1 MidEast South Columbus (9-2)
No. 5 MidEast Fairmont (7-4) at No. 4 East First Flight (6-4)
No. 7 MidEast Red Springs (6-5) at No. 2 East Ayden-Grifton (8-3)
Class 2AA
No. 7 East North Brunswick (7-4) at No. 2 MidEast High Point Andrews (7-4)
No. 7 MidEast St. Pauls (6-5) at No. 2 East Bunn (10-1)
Class 1AA
No. 7 West Cherryville (3-8) at No. 2 MidWest Whiteville (6-5)
No. 8 MidEast Goldsboro Rosewood at No. 1 East East Carteret (10-1)
No. 6 MidEast James Kenan (4-6) at No. 3 East Tarboro (9-2)
No. 8 East Spring Creek (3-8) at No. 1 MidEast Lakewood (8-3)
No. 5 MidEast Princeton (6-5) at No. 4 East Riverside (8-3)
Class 1A
No. 8 MidWest South Robeson (2-9) at No. 1 West Murphy (10-1)
No. 8 West Rosman (2-9) at No. 1 MidWest North Duplin (7-4)
Class 3AA
No. 8 MidEast Northern Guilford (4-7) at No. 1 East West Brunswick (8-3)
No. 5 East Jacksonville (7-4) at No. 4 MidEast Westover (8-3)
No. 6 MidEast Northwood (6-5) at No. 3 East Terry Sanford (8-3)
No. 7 East Topsail (4-7) at No. 2 MidEast Lee County (10-1)
No. 7 MidEast Union Pines (6-5) at No. 2 East Clayton Cleveland (8-3)
Class 3A
No. 5 MidEast Southern Lee (8-3) at No. 4 East Rocky Mount (9-2)
Class 4A
No. 8 MidEast Northern Durham (5-6) at No. 1 East New Hanover (7-4)
No. 6 MidEast Pine Forest (7-4) at No.3 East West Johnston (9-1)
No. 7 East Clayton (6-5) at No. 2 MidEast Cape Fear (11-0)
No. 8 East New Bern (5-5) at No. 1 MidEast Scotland (11-0)
No. 5 MidEast Seventy First (9-2) at No. 4 East Southeast Raleigh (8-3)
No. 6 East Wilmington Hoggard (6-5) at No. 3 MidEast Durham Hillside (9-1)
Class 4AA
No. 5 East Wilmington Laney (7-4) at No. 4 MidEast Fuquay-Varina (8-3)
No. 7 East Leesville Road (6-5) at No. 2 MidEast Pinecrest (9-2)
No. 5 MidEast South View (7-4) at No. 4 East Raleigh Sanderson (8-3)
No. 6 East Raleigh Millbrook (7-4) at No. 3 MidEast Richmond County (8-3)
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