CLARKTON — Carlos Flores scored 13 points and Derion Parker added 11 Thursday as the Tar Heel boys defeated Clarkton 47-28 in a Bladen County middle school basketball game played inside Harold L. Ford Gymnasium.

CLINTON — Holden Spell made two free throws with two seconds remaining Thursday sealing Clinton’s 64-59 win against East Bladen in a high school boys’ basketball non-conference game.

Area golf courses will be closed this weekend because of the expected winter storm.

CERRO GORDO — Seniors Tylik McCall and Jackson Pait combined for 20 points in the first period that sparked West Bladen to a 30-8 lead en route to a 75-41 non-conference boys’ basketball victory over West Columbus on Wednesday night.

The East Bladen boys basketball team didn’t win a game during the 2025 portion of the schedule.

Natalee Sykes sank two free throws with 11 seconds remaining Tuesday night that secured a 35-34 Southeastern Conference girls’ basketball victory for West Bladen over Red Springs inside Ken F. Cross Gymnasium.

Senior Jamari Adams-Peterson posted a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds Tuesday night to lead West Bladen to a 68-36 boys’ basketball victory over Red Springs in Southeastern Conference action.

East Columbus scored the final seven points Tuesday night and beat East Bladen 47-36 in a Carolina Conference girls’ basketball game played on Patty Evers Court.