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The East Bladen girls will play Tuesday at 4 p.m. and the West Bladen boys will play Thursday at 4 p.m. for East Regional basketball championships, the N.C. High School Athletic Association announced Saturday.

The regional and state championship games will be played inside Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Stalem.

The East Bladen girls, seeded seventh in the 32-team East bracket, will play top-seeded Perquimans in the regional final. The West final, set for 8 p.m. Tuesday, has No. 1 seed Bishop McGuinness against No. 2 seed Cherokee. Winners will play Friday at a time to be announced.

The West Bladen boys, the East’s No. 4 seed, will play No. 3 seed Pittsboro Northwood in the regional final. The West final, set for 8 p.m. Tuesday, has top-seeded Reidsville against No. 15 Bandys. Winners will play Saturday at a time to be announced.

Tickets for regional games may be purchased at the door for $15 cash or online at https://www.ljvm.com/events-tickets/ for $15 plus $1.50 per order online fee.

Tickets for state championship games scheduled Friday and Saturday may be purchased at the door for $20 cash or online at https://www.ljvm.com/events-tickets/ for $20 plus $1.50 per order online fee.

Parking is available in the Allegacy, Pepsi, Sierra, and Public Parking lots for $10 per car and $30 for charter buses.
School buses are free.

Here is the schedule for regional championships (seeding in parenthesis):

Monday, March 10
3A West girls: (1) Stuart Cramer vs. (3) North Lincoln, 2 p.m.
3A East boys: (1) Swansboro vs. (2) Southern SES, 4 p.m.
3A East girls: (1) Terry Sanford vs. (2) Western Alamance, 6 p.m.
3A West boys: (11) Ben L. Smith vs. (12) Hunter Huss, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, March 11
1A West boys: (3) Queens Grant vs. (5) Corvian Community, 2 p.m.
1A East girls: (1) Perquimans vs. (7) East Bladen, 4 p.m.
1A East boys: (1) Washington County vs. (2) Southern Wake, 6 p.m.
1A West girls: (1) Bishop McGuinness vs. (2) Cherokee, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, March 12
4A West boys: (3) North Mecklenburg vs. (13) Chambers, 2 p.m.
4A East boys: (1) New Hanover vs. (3) Sanderson, 4 p.m.
4A East girls: (1) Hoggard vs. (2) Wakefield, 6 p.m.
4A West girls: (1) McDowell vs. (2) Lake Norman, 8 p.m.

Thursday, March 13
2A East girls: (2) Seaforth vs. (12) Southeast Alamance, 2 p.m.
2A East boys: (3) Northwood vs. (4) West Bladen, 4 p.m.
2A West girls: (1) North Wilkes vs. (2) East Burke, 6 p.m.
2A West boys: (1) Reidsville vs. (15) Bandys, 8 p.m.