East Bladen remained unbeaten with a 42-13 win over the South Robeson Mustangs Friday night as the Eagles celebrated Homecoming.

With the non-conference win, the Eagles improved to 5-0 overall. The squad is 1-0 in Waccamaw Conference play.

East Bladen is scheduled to return to league play Friday night as the Eagles travel to West Columbus to take on the Vikings.

South Robeson saw its record fall to 3-2.

East Bladen's tough defense shut down the Mustangs' strong running game all night.

Kevin Richardson led East Bladen ground game with 167 yards on 17 carries, Dallas Whittington added 85 yards on 12 carries and Teffery McKoy tacked on 51 yards in 12 carries.

East Bladen took a 7-0 lead on its second possession of the night. Penalties stopped the Eagles first drive.

The touchdown came on a two yard run by Richardson. D.J. Meshaw booted the extra point as the Eagles took a 7-0 lead with 2:40 left in the first period.

Meshaw upped East Bladen's lead to 10-0 early in the second quarter with a 30-yard field goal.

An eight yard run by James Breeden and the extra point kick by Braxton Hunt trimmed East Bladen's lead to 10-7 with 4:22 left in the first half.

East Bladen took the ensuing kickoff and drove 64 yards to push its lead to 10 points again.

Whittington scored on a one yard run and Meshaw kicked the extra point as East upped the score to 17-7 late in the first half.

A 28-yard field goal by Meshaw gave the Eagles a 20-7 halftime lead.

A 19 yard run by Richardson along with the point after kick by Meshaw upped the Eagles lead to 27-7 with 8:57 left in the third quarter.

Thomas Gillespie picked off a South Robeson pass and returned it 20 yards for a touchdown with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter.

Meshaw passed to Richardson following a broken play on the extra point kick attempt as the Eagles upped the score to 35-7.

South Robeson's Dontreal Sylvester picked up an East Bladen fumble and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown with 2:40 remaining in the game. The extra point attempt failed leaving the Eagles ahead 35-13.

With one second remaining on the clock, Richardson broke a 51 yard scoring run and Meshaw kicked the extra point accounting for the final score.