Alan Wooten Bladen Journal ELIZABETHTOWN — Two high schools paused basketball activities, and a third school closed to in-person instruction because of county and regional coronavirus metrics on Monday. Bladen County added 14 cases and four recoveries to its tally in the daily update from the Health Department. Emereau: Bladen Charter School opted for 100 percent remote learning before the day began, then announcements came just under six hours apart that East Bladen’s girls and West Bladen’s boys basketball teams would have no workouts or games the rest of this week. Each basketball team was impacted by contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19. There seven individuals affected in the East Bladen girls program, and 12 in the West Bladen boys program.