North Carolina High School Basketball - West Bladen edges Pender
January 25, 2017: Burgaw, NC 28425 The West Bladen Knights (Bladenboro, NC) basketball nipped the host Pender Patriots (Burgaw, NC), 47-44 in Wednesday's league test.
The Knights (10-10) will now prepare for their test against Heide Trask (Rocky Point, NC). The Titans go into the Four County 1A/2A test with a 0-17 record. In their last test, Heide Trask was tipped by Union (Rose Hill, NC), 31-25, in a league test.
The Patriots now own a 3-12 record. They play next when they travel to East Bladen for a Four County 1A/2A test on Friday, January 27. Pender will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 58-31 league loss to Clinton (Clinton, NC). The Eagles record now stands at 14-4.