East Bladen’s Eagles (15-6), the Four County Conference champions, received the No. 5 seed in the NCHSAA Class 2A East Baseball play-offs and will host No. 28 Currituck County (10-12).
That first-round game will be played either Tuesday or Wednesday. A victory would give Coach Russell Priest’s Eagles another home game in the second round against the winner of No. 12 First Flight and No. 21 Eastern Randolph.
West Bladen did not receive a play-off bid.
Other first-round games of area interest include:
Class 2A East
No. 25 Clinton (12-9) at No. 8 North Pitt (19-3)
No. 20 Bertie (10-12) at No. 13 Midway (12-9)
No. 17 South Columbus (15-7) at No. 16 Washington (15-7)
No. 24 St. Pauls (13-9) at No. 9 Roanoke Rapids (17-4)
No. 30 Southwest Edgecombe (9-12) at No. 3 Fairmont (18-4)
No. 26 Red Springs (12-10) at No. 7 North Lenoir (14-6)
No. 22 Bartlett Yancey (9-12) at No. 11 North Brunswick (13-9)
Class 1A East
No. 32 Southside (8-12) at No. 1 Whiteville (17-3)
No. 25 Rocky Mount Prep (6-7) at No. 8 Wallace-Rose Hill (13-9)
No. 31 Heide Trask (8-12) at No. 2 Camden County (17-4)
Class 1A West
No. 20 West Columbus (16-6) at No. 13 North Moore (12-10)
Class 3A East
No. 31 Oxford Webb (12-10) at No. 2 West Brunswick (20-2)
No. 29 South Brunswick (12-9) at No. 4 C. B. Aycock (18-4)
Class 4A East
No. 21 Purnell Swett (16-6) at No. 12 Pine Forest (13-9)
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