CHAPEL HILL — East Bladen’s Eagles were seed No. 7 in the the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s East Region bracket of the 2017 boys soccer championships.
The tournament will open with games at the higher seed through the first five rounds beginning with first-round contests on Wednesday. That puts 20-1 East Bladen at home against No. 26 Midway, 9-11 overall.
The second round is scheduled for Saturday, the third round is slated for Wednesday, Nov. 8, fourth-round games are set for Saturday, Nov. 11, and the Eastern Regional finals are planned for Tuesday, Nov. 14.
The state championship Matches will be contested on Saturday, Nov. 18, in Raleigh at N.C. State University’s Dail Soccer Field. Play is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Tickets to the championships are $8 at the gate, or digital tickets can be purchased in advance through the NCHSAA’s partnership with GoFan.
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Area teams in playoffs
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— Class 1-A East
No. 24 Lejeune (3-18) at No. 9 East Columbus (4-12-1)
No. 5 Hobbton (17-4-2) gets a bye
No. 20 Perquimans (9-11) at No. 13 Lakewood (10-11)
No. 23 Pender County (5-14) at No. 10 Raleigh Charter (11-5-3)
— Class 2-A East
No. 32 Eastern Randolph (5-11-1) at No. 1 East Duplin (17-3-0)
No. 17 East Montgomery (7-4-2) at No. 16 Whiteville (14-6-1)
No. 20 Wallace-Rose Hill (17-4-1) at No. 13 Randleman (11-10-1)
No. 27 Heidi Trask (8-13-1) at No. 6 Roanoke Rapids (19-0-1)
No. 23 N.C. SChool of Science & Math (12-5-1) at No. 10 Clinton (18-5)
— Class 3-A East
No. 25 Northern Durham (12-6-2) at No. 8 Gray’s Creek (19-3)
No. 19 Wilm. New Hanover (15-4-5) at No. 14 East Chapel Hill (13-6)
No. 18 Cape Fear (16-5-1) at No. 15 Southern Lee (11-5-2)
No. 31 West Brunswick (7-12-1) at No. 2 Topsail (16-4)
— Class 4-A East
No. 17 Jordan (8-9-2) at No. 16 Wilm. Laney (11-13)
No. 8 Wilm. Ashley (16-2-4) gets a bye
No. 7 Pine Forest (18-5-1) gets a bye
No. 2 Wilm. Hoggard (19-1-1) gets a bye
— Class 4-A West
No. 6 Pinecrest (20-2-1) gets a bye
No. 23 Lumberton (16-6) at No. 10 South Mecklenburg (12-4-3)