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Lady Knights fall to South Lenoir, 5-2
DUBLIN — Two singles, two walks and two errors manifested themselves into three runs for South Lenoir, putting the Lady Knights of West Bladen into a hole it never climbed out of in a 5-2 loss Tuesday in the fourth round of the state’s Class 2-A playoffs. The loss ends West Bladen’s season at 24-3, one step short of the Eastern Region finals. “I’m proud of these girls,” said West Bladen coach Pam Stephens. “They never quit. They set a sch...
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Sports briefs …
Soccer camp coming this summer *** ELIZABETHTOWN — Challenger Sports will be hosting their British Soccer Camp in Elizabethtown this summer. The camp will run Monday through Friday and each child will be coached by a member of Challenger’s team of 1,000 British coaches flown to the USA exclusively to work on these programs. The camp will take place at the Municipal Field on July 8 through 12, and the camp is for boys and girl...
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Smith to play at Sandhills CC
DUBLIN — Devonta Smith, an All-Waccamaw Conference selection for West Bladen High this past season, made his commitment to play begin his college basketball career with Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst. Smith, who also received interest from Davidson and Newberry community colleges, said he knew pretty quickly that Sandhills was right for him. “I really like their program and the coaches there,” Smith said. “And it’s close to home...
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Karate tournament
Contributed photo The past weekend, students from Bladenboro’s Carolina Karate competed in the ‘Phoenix N The Burg’ Karate Tournament, held at St. Andrews Presbyterian College. Pictured is Ayden Jackson, who received a participation trophy, and Lauren Pait. This was Pait’s first tournament and she placed third. They are coached by Instructor Daniel Miller and David Pait.
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Walters twirls a gem, West Bladen wins 2-0
DUBLIN — Held hitless through the first four innings, the Lady Knights erupted for four hits and a pair of runs in the fifth frame on Friday — enough to carry them to a 2-0 win over Eastern Randolph in the third round of the state’s Class 2-A playoffs. The win improves West Bladen to 24-2, gives them a five-game winning streak and propels them into the fourth round on Tuesday at home against South Lenoir. Abbey Walters brought her “A” gam...
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SOFTBALL *** Class 2-A state playoffs Third round *** West Bladen 2 Eastern Randolph 0 *** E. Randolph 000 000 0 — 0-2-2 West Bladen 000 020 x — 2-5-1 *** WP: Abbey Walters, 11-1. Highlights: For West Bladen, Danielle Dove was 1-for-3 with an RBI; Courtney Thompson was 1-for-2 and scored a run; Kaitlyn Sykes was 1-for-2 and scored a run; Kristen Dickerson was 1-for-2; Abbey Walters was 1-for-3 at the plate, gave up...
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East Bladen sports banquet
Kenny Armstrong|Bladen Journal East Bladen High School held its annual sports banquet on Thursday and presented five overall awards to deserving student-athletes: Latyson Robinson was named the Male Athlete of the Year; Melissa Macon was tabbed the Female Athlete of the Year; Kaycie Skipper was presented with the Wade A. Taylor III Award; Alex Coates was given the Lacy West memorial Award for baseball; and Natalie Hardin earned the Joe Bost...
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Walters tabbed Scholar-Athlete of the Month
DUBLIN — Abbey Walters’ softball career can be traced back to 2000 when, as a 5-year-old, she first picked up a bat, ball and glove — thereby launching a journey that has taken her talents to new heights every year since. Thirteen years after that auspicious beginning, the West Bladen High senior three-sport and classroom star was recognized as the Mountaire Farms/Civitas Media Scholar-Athlete of the Month for May. The award is given to one...
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People should be cautious with young wildlife
RALEIGH — Young wildlife may be cute — and it may be tempting to bring a fawn, cub, chick or kit home — but tiny animals are not pets. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reminding people that touching or feeding them can hurt wildlife and jeopardize human health. It also can harm the ecosystem. Human encounters with young animals often increase in the spring, when many wildlife species bear young. “Wild animals are not pets, a...
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Scoreboard
GOLF *** Class state tournament Longleaf Golf & Country Club Southern Pines *** — Team scores: Newton-Conover 299-312—611,North Lincoln 307-308—615, Shelby 313-314—627, Salisbury 316-316—632, Corinth Holders 320-313—633, West Davison 327-330—657, SW Edgecombe 324-334—658, Richlands 331-328—659, Carrboro 326-339—665, Cuthbertson 331-337—668, Bunn 348-342—690, West Bladen 357-362—719. — West Bladen scores: Kayla Thompson 84-86—1...
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Knights finish 12th at state tourney
SOUTHERN PINES — West Bladen’s golfing Knights traveled to the Class 2-A’s state tournament at Longleaf Golf and Country Club in Southern Pines on Monday and Tuesday, and carded an overall team score of 719. That total fell 108 strokes off the pace set by Newton-Conover, which won the state’s Class 2-A title with a team score of 611 on the 6,073-yard, par-71 course designed by Dan Maples. The Red Devils won the team championship by four str...
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DOVE DELIVERS
DUBLIN — It just couldn’t get any more dramatic. The Lady Knights of West Bladen, their bats stymied through six and two-thirds innings by Jordan-Matthews, found themselves trailing 3-1 with two outs in the seventh inning and an 0-2 count on Danielle Dove. But after a succession of foul balls, Dove drove a pitch to the fence in right-center — scoring Kristen Dickerson, who had reached after being hit by a pitch — and she never stopped. Co...
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Lady Eagles make positive softball strides
ELIZABETHTOWN — Back in February, East Bladen Athletics Director Patty Evers took on the challenge of coaching the Lady Eagles varsity softball team — and she wasn’t entirely sure it would be one of her more memorable or enjoyable seasons. “Before the start of the season, I expected to be way below average in talent coming out and very young,” she said. “As bad as it might sound, I didn’t expect us to win a conference game …” Fast forward...
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Stephens, Walters lead Lady Knights
DUBLIN — Taylor Stephens and Abbey Walters each went 3-for-3 and drove in two runs to lead the Lady Knights of West Bladen to a 7-0 whitewashing of East Duplin in the first round of the state’s Class 2-A playoffs on Friday. The win moves the Lady Knights to 22-2 and into a second-round matchup with Jordan-Matthews High, who defeated St. Pauls on Thursday, 9-0. West Bladen opened the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the first inning ...
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SCC softball lands four Lady Knights
DUBLIN — Southeastern Community College in Whiteville plucked itself some top-notch softball talent from West Bladen High on Thursday, signing four of coach Pam Stephens’ seniors to play for the Lady Rams next season. Signing their letters of intent were first baseman Erica Tanner, pitcher/outfielder Robin Coleman, outfielder Danielle Dove and catch Kaitlyn Sykes. “I’m excited for all of them,” said Stephens. “I think they will get an opp...
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PITCHING PROWESS
DUBLIN — While West Bladen softball coach Pam Stephens is the first to emphasize that it’s a team game, she also knows that a strong pitching staff can be the backbone of a good team. This season, the 21-2 Lady Knights’ backbone has three parts — senior Abbey Walters, senior Robin Coleman and sophomore Nicole Wyatt. “It’s a team game, and it takes the entire team to have the kind of success we’ve had — especially this season,” Stephens sa...
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Lady Knights to host East Duplin in playoff opener
DUBLIN — It’s not Swansboro High after all. The 21-2 Lady Knights of West Bladen will open the Class 2-A state playoffs on Friday by hosting the Lady Panthers of East Duplin High out of the East Central Conference. East Duplin, 15-8 overall, finished 7-7 in the conference and took the No. 5 seed. The Lady Panthers’ primary pitcher is junior Makayla Byrd, who is 10-5 with a 3.25 ERA. She has given up 87 hits, walked 33 and fanned 93 in 9...
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Lady Eagles drop playoff opener, 5-1
ELIZABETHTOWN — Crisp passing, constant movement and a fierce desire to win every loose ball led Croatan’s Lady Cougars past East Bladen on Tuesday, 5-1, in the opening round of the Class 2-A state playoffs. The loss ends the Lady Eagles’ season at 12-8. Croatan kept the pressure on throughout the first half and kept the ball on the East Bladen side of the field a majority of the time. But the lady Eagles had the first good opportunity to...
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Knights qualify for state golf finals
WALLACE — The West Bladen High golf team got down to business on Monday with a season-best focus, and it resulted in a top three finish at the Class 2-A Eastern Regional in Wallace. The Knights turned in a team score of 326 on the 6,026-yard, par 72 River Landing Golf Course — just one stroke out of second place, held by Richlands High, and five strokes off the pace set by Southwest Edgecombe High. The third-place finish qualifies West Bl...
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