Friday night's area prep football playoff results:

1-AA East

Midway 14, North Johnston 7

1-A West

Lakewood 28, Princeton 0

Games postponed

4-A East

Smithfield-Selma at Middle Creek, 1 p.m. on Saturday

4-AA East

West Johnston at Apex, 7 p.m. on Monday

I try my hand at determining what's on the table in tomorrow night's area prep football games. Read about who's playing who, what's at stake and the playoff possibilities for all of our teams now at theherald-nc.com/sports.

You can access the story directly by clicking here http://www.theherald-nc.com/sports/story/9550.html

West Johnston 34, Clayton 14

Garner 28, Smithfield-Selma 7

South Johnston 31, Southern Lee 12

North Johnston 21, North Duplin 20 (OT)

Princeton 41, Spring Creek 0 

Be sure to check out my preview of Friday night's prep football games in Johnston County now online at theherald-nc.com/sports. The focus is on the match up between West Johnston and Clayton as former Clayton assistant coach Bennett Jones leads the Widlcats against longtime Clayton head coach Gary Fowler.

You can go directly to the story by clicking here http://www.theherald-nc.com/sports/story/9372.html

You can find my preview of this week's prep football games in Johnston County online now at http://www.theherald-nc.com/sports/story/9180.html

I take a look at some of the difference makers in the South Johnston vs. Smithfield-Selma series with a focus on South Johnston senior running back Tony Davis. Davis has semi-quietly piled up more than 4,500 yards rushing in his career.

Thursday's scores from across the county

South Johnston 36, Clayton 26

The Comets rushed for 429 yards — 327 from Anthony Hinton — but South Johnston scored on drives of one, two, three and four plays and never trailed after the second quarter.

West Johnston 49, North Johnston 14

The Wildcats moved to 3-0 for the first time in school history.

Smithfield-Selma 22, Chapel Hill 12

The Spartans avenged a second-round 4-A playoff loss last season and picked up their second straight regular-season win over the Tigers.

Dixon 7, Princeton 6

The Bulldogs from Holly Ridge held on for a one-point victory after leading 7-0 at the half.

Look for reports on all of the games in the next print edition of The Herald and check out our photo galeries from the South Johnston-Clayton and West Johnston-North Johnston online at theherald-nc.com early tomorrow morning.

West Johnston 35, South Johnston 28

Lincoln Morton threw five TD passes for the Wildcats. Tony Davis rushed for 202 yards and three TDs for South.

Nash Central 28, Smithfield-Selma 20

The Spartans give up a kick return for a touchdown and a fake punt for six as well a week after shuttng out Triton.

Clayton 33, C.B. Aycock 28

The Comets put more than 300 rushing yards up on the night.

Princeton 25, North Moore 0

The Bulldogs even their record at 1-1, earning their first shutout victory in some time.

North Lenoir 15, North Johnston 14

Another week, another one-point loss for the Panthers.

It's a day later than promised (thanks to a Mudcat-heavy news day yesterday) but you've still got more than eight hours before gametime to parouse my Friday Night Football Preview.

Featured is my look at the West Johnston vs. South Johnston contest set for Ronald Avery Stadium in Four Oaks tonight.

You can read the entire preview online now at http://www.theherald-nc.com/sports/story/9101.html