North Carolina High School Basketball - East Columbus can't hold off East Bladen
January 3, 2024: Elizabethtown, NC 28337
The East Bladen Eagles basketball team scored 60 points and restricted the visiting East Columbus Gators to 57 in the Eagles league victory on Wednesday.
The Eagles now sport a 10-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Pender for a 1A/2A Waccamaw contest on Friday, January 5. East Bladen will battle a Patriots team coming off a 46-41 league loss to South Columbus (Tabor City, NC). The Patriots record now stands at 1-6.
The Gators (8-1) will now prepare for their contest against South Columbus (Tabor City, NC). The Stallions come into the 1A/2A Waccamaw contest with a 2-12 record. In their last contest, South Columbus edged Pender (Burgaw, NC), 46-41, in a league contest.