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The Eastern Carolina 3A Conference had no surprises in its tournament. Triton's boys and Eastern Wayne's girls won tournament titles.
Triton (boys) and Eastern Wayne (girls) are the league's regular-season champions.
High school football playoffs
Friday night high school football games
The Eastern Carolina 3A Conference boys soccer tournament begins Saturday and concludes on Wednesday. Cleveland is the league regular-season champion.
Saturday's Quarterfinals
(7) Eastern Wayne at (2) South Johnston, 5
(6) Triton at (3) Southern Wayne, TBA
(5) C.B. Aycock at (4) North Lenoir, 1
Monday's Semifinals
North Lenoir/Aycock winner at (1) Cleveland, 6
Eastern Wayne/South Johnston winner vs. Southern Wayne/Triton winner at higher seed, 6
Wednesday's Championship
Semifinal winners meet at highest remaining seed, TBA
The Eastern Carolina 3A Conference volleyball tournament begins Monday and runs through Wednesday.
Monday's first round matches
(2) Cleveland 3, (7) Eastern Wayne 2
(3) North Lenoir def. (6) Southern Wayne
(5) South Johnston 3, (4) C.B. Aycock 2
Tuesday's semifinal matches
South Johnston at (1) Triton, 6
North Lenoir at Cleveland, 6
Wednesday's championship match
Semifinal winners meet at highest remaining seed, TBA
Monday, Aug. 13
Match 1: Clayton 5, North Johnston 0
Match 2: Smithfield-Selma 4, Cleveland 3
Match 4: Corinth Holders 4, South Johnston 1
Tuesday, Aug. 14
All matches at South Johnston
Match 5, Semifinal: Clayton 2, Smithfield-Selma 0
Match 6, Semifinal: West Johnston 2, Corinth Holders 1
Wednesday, Aug. 15
All matches at South Johnston
Match 7, Consolation: North Johnston vs. Cleveland, 4
Match 8, Consolation: South Johnston vs. Smithfield-Selma, 6
Match 9, Championship: Clayton vs. West Johnston, 8
A few updates on Garner and Johnston County teams in the Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League for baseball.
West Johnston and Cleveland have clinched the Mideast division playoff berths. West was 15-1 through Wednesday's games, while Cleveland stood 10-3. The Mideast division includes all seven Johnston County schools playing in the league and East Wake.
Garner is among a group of five teams with a shot at finishing in second place in the Capital division. Sanderson has won the division title and Heritage leads the way for second with Garner, Raleigh Independent, Broughton and Middle Creek all in the mix. Garner and Broughton play a key doubleheader Friday afternoon (4 p.m.) at Garner.
The playoffs are expected to begin the week of July 23.
Thursday's night's area NCHSAA playoff scores
Softball
3A
South Johnston 12, Northern Nash 2
Nash Central 7, Cleveland 5
Friday night's area NCHSAA playoff scores
Baseball
1A
Holly Ridge Dixon 5, Princeton 4
2A
Bartlett Yancey 10, North Johnston 2
4A
Greenville Rose 9, Garner 2
New Bern 8, Smithfield-Selma 4
Wilmington Hoggard 8, West Johnston 4
Softball
1A
Princeton 8, Holly Ridge Dixon 7
2A
Siler City Jordan Matthews 6, Corinth Holders 1
North Johnston 8, Pasquotank 0
4A
Garner 4, New Hanover 3
West Johnston 2, Greenville Rose 0
Wilmington Ashley 3, Clayton 1
