East Bladen girls’ tennis team
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TABOR CITY – The East Bladen girls’ tennis team won two of the three doubles matches Tuesday to edge South Columbus 5-4 in a season-opening non-conference match.
Elsewhere, the East Bladen junior varsity volleyball team swept South Columbus 2-0 while the Eagles varsity team lost to South Columbus 3-1.
In soccer, the East Bladen at South Columbus game was postponed and, for the second straight day, the West Bladen at Union game was postponed.
Girls’ tennis: East Bladen 5, South Columbus 4
Singles: M. Cartrette (SC) def. Sana’a Singletary 8-4; C. Greene (SC) def. Ruby Stephens 8-2; E. Stubbs (SC) def. Azul Valencia Esparza 8-1; Niyah Wooten (EB) def. D. Reynolds 8-2; Amanda Bollinger (EB) def. B. Hardee 8-6; Ava Allen (EB) def. B. Wade 8-0.
Doubles: M. Cartrette-C. Greene (SC) def. Sana’a Singletary-Niyah Wooten 8-1; Ruby Stephens-Ava Allen (EB) def. E. Stubbs-D. Reynolds 9-7; Claire Devane-Michelle Quezda (EB) def. B. Hardee-B. Wade 9-7.
Volleyball: South Columbus 3, East Bladen 1
The Eagles won the first set 25-13, but South Columbus tied it with a 25-16 second-set win, then won a pair of closely contested sets 25-23 and 26-24 to claim the non-conference victory in the season opener for both teams.
Tatum Allen led East Baden with 6 service aces while Taylor Dowless and Mileigh Martin each had three. Nadya Colon and Marlee Potter each had two aces. Cabria Baldwin had an ace.
Aubrei Nixon had seven kills and two blocks followed by Dowless with five kills and two blocks. Baldwin and Potter each had a pair of kills and Ariel Cromartie had a kill.
JV Volleyball: East Bladen 2, South Columbus 0
Harlie Shaw served for nine points and Bella Beard had five attacks in the first set to spark the Eagles to a 25-14, 25-15 season-opening victory in a non-conference match.
SCOREBOARD
TUESDAY, AUG. 12
HIGH SCHOOL
Boys’ Soccer
East Bladen at South Columbus, postponed
West Bladen at Union, postponed
Volleyball
Varsity: South Columbus 3, East Bladen 1
JV: East Bladen 2, South Columbus 0
Girls’ Tennis
East Bladen 5, South Columbus 4
West Bladen at Pine Forest, postponed
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13
HIGH SCHOOL
Boys’ Soccer
West Bladen (0-0) at Pender (0-0), 6 p.m.
THURSDAY, AUG. 14
HIGH SCHOOL
Football
East Bladen vs. Topsail (scrimmage), 6 p.m., West Brunswick High School
Boys’ Soccer
East Bladen (0-0) at Hoke County (0-0), 6 p.m.
Volleyball
East Bladen (0-1) at Heide Trask (1-0), JV 4:30 p.m., Varsity 6 p.m.