East Bladen & West Bladen: NCHSAA State Playoff Regional Semifinals Preview

Austin Smith
Mar 6, 2025
2 min read

Far left: NeNe Ward & Laila Smith (East Bladen), left middle: JaNya McKeithan (West Bladen), right middle: Sherman Long (East Bladen), far right: Tylik McCall (West Bladen). — left: NeNe Ward (East Bladen) right: Jackson Pait (West Bladen). **Photos credits: Ken Arm Photo**

East Bladen Lady Eagles

Women’s Basketball

Overall Record: 24-3

Conference Record: 12-0

Playoff Seed: #7

Regional Semifinals Matchup:

Opponent: North Duplin

Overall Record: 24-4

Conference Record: 9-1

Best Wins: Bear Grass Charter (20-7), Neuse Charter (23-8), Gates County (23-3), Northside-Pinetown (27-2), 3 wins vs Lakewood (18-5)

Common Opponents:

East Duplin
- Results: East Bladen (L 42-57)
- Results: North Duplin (L 31-60), (L 30-46)

Game Time:

Friday, March 7th at North Duplin—Start Time: 6pm. Admission $8.

Full Playoff Schedule:

Regional Semifinals: Friday, March 7th, 2025
1A Regional Finals: Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
1A State Championships: Friday, March 14th, 2025

1A State Playoffs Bracket

East

(4) Wake Prep Academy vs. (1) Perquimans

(7) East Bladen vs. (6) North Duplin

West

(5) Mountain Heritage vs. (1) Bishop McGuinness

(3) Albemarle vs (3) Cherokee

West Bladen Knights

Men’s Basketball

Overall Record: 26-1

Conference Record: 10-0

Playoff Seed: #4

Regional Semifinals Matchup:

Opponent: Farmville Central

Overall Record: 23-4

Conference Record: 12-0

Best Wins: West Bladen (26-1), Wilson Prep (20-6), Clayton (21-9), twice Washington (19-7), Eastern Wayne (22-5), Kinston (19-6).

Common Opponents:

Ayden - Grifton
- Resuts: Farmville Central (W 94-54), (W 90-49)
- Results: West Bladen (W 47-33)
Fairmont
- Results: Farmville Central (W 80-50)
- Results: West Bladen (W 47-26), (W 47-31)
Greene Central
- Resuts: Farmville Central (W 90-59), (W 93-65)
- Results: West Bladen (W 58-47)

West Bladen and Farmville Central split the regular season series. West Bladen winning at home 66-62 on December 10th, 2024, and Farmville Central winning at home 66-58 on December 19th, 2024.

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