Three weeks ago the East Bladen girls basketball team scored the first 12 points against North Duplin, but lost by 10 points.

CLARKTON — Travaughn Shipman scored 18 points and Shawn Davisson had 12 Thursday as Clarkton School of Discovery defeated Nakina 45-27 in a middle school boys’ basketball game inside Harold L. Ford Gymnasium.

BLADENBORO — Keithan Russ scored 12 points to lead nine Bladenboro players in the scoring column Wednesday in a 48-18 triumph over Elizabethtown inside Willis Nance Jr. Gymnasium.

The North Duplin at East Bladen basketball games scheduled to be played Wednesday, Jan. 28 have been moved to Thursday, Jan. 29. The junior varsity boys’ game will start at 4:30 p.m. followed by varsity girls at 6 and varsity boys at 7:30.

SOUTHPORT — Senior Tylik McCall poured in 25 points Tuesday night as West Bladen’s Knights defeated South Brunswick 73-59 in boys’ basketball action and stretched their Southeastern Conference lead to two games.

NEWTON GROVE — Even though down by five points with 11 seconds remaining, the East Bladen boys’ basketball team wasn’t ready to concede.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Jeniyah Whittington and Racquel Whittington combined for 26 points as Elizabethtown defeated Whiteville Central 35-25 on Tuesday in a middle school girls’ basketball game played inside Samuel C. Boger Gymnasium.

ELIZABETHTOWN – It’s a combination of a calling, experience in the military and a no-nonsense approach to education that has the Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy (PRBLA) pulled out of the miry clay.