East Bladen’s Lady Eagles (25-1) received the No. 5 seed in the NCHSAA Class 2A Basketball Play-offs Saturday and will host No. 28 Hertford County (11-13).
That first round game will be played Tuesday at East Bladen. Game time is 6 p.m.
The Lady Eagles have won 21 games in a row and captured both the Three Rivers Conference regular-season and tournament championships.
The Lady Bears from Ahoskie finished fourth in the Northeastern Coastal Conference.
Other games involving area teams include:
Class 2A Girls
No. 21 North Johnston at No. 12 Midway
No. 20 Farmville Central at No. 13 Red Springs
No. 27 Whiteville at No. 6 Bartlett Yancey
Class 1A Girls
No. 8 East Columbus, Bye
No. 19 Southside at No. 14 Lakewood
Class 2A Boys
No. 24 St. Pauls at No. 9 Greene Central
No. 30 Graham at No. 3 Fairmont
No. 26 Southwest Onslow at No. 7 Rocky Point Trask
No. 18 North Lenoir at No. 15 Red Springs
No. 31 East Montgomery at No. 2 Clinton
Class 1A Boys
No. 20 Pender at No.13 Southeast Halifax
No. 24 Union at No. 9 Ocracoke
No. 2 West Columbus, Bye