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

Here's a rundown of the playoff matchups we've got that have been set as of now. We'll continue to update as more teams find out their dates, plans.

Thursday, May 10

Prep Baseball: First Round NCHSAA Playoffs

Clayton at Fayetteville Cape Fear, 7

Prep Softball: NCHSAA Playoffs, First Round

Cleveland at Nash Central, 7

Northern Nash at South Johnston, 7

Friday, May 11

Prep Baseball: First Round NCHSAA Playoffs

Smithfield-Selma at New Bern, 6

Wilmington Hoggard at West Johnston, 6

Princeton at Holly Ridge Dixon, 6

Bartlett Yancey at North Johnston, 7

Greenville Rose at Garner, 7

Prep Softball, First Round NCHSAA Playoffs

Holly Ridge Dixon at Princeton, TBA

Clayton at Wilmington Ashley, 6

Wilmington New Hanover at Garner, 7

Greenville Rose at West Johnston, 7

Pasquotank at North Johnston, 7

The Eastern Carolina 3A Conference will begin its baseball, softball and girls soccer conference tournaments all on Tuesday. Play continues through Friday in soccer and next Monday in baseball and softball.

All games will begin at 6 p.m. and be played at the higher seeded school.

Girls Soccer

Tuesday’s First Round

(7) North Lenoir at (2) Cleveland

(6) Southern Wayne at (3) Eastern Wayne

(5) South Johnston at (4) Triton

Tuesday's schedule for the Johnston County Easter Invitational prep baseball tournament at South Johnston High School's Bruce Coats Field…
Consolation Games
Cleveland vs. Corinth Holders, noon
Rocky Mount vs. South Johnston, 2:30
Clayton vs. West Johnston, 5
Championship
Middle Creek vs. Smithfield-Selma, 7:30

Monday brings us second round action in the prep baseball touranment, the Johnston County Easter Invitational at South Johnston High School. We're recapping each game here after they end.

Game 7 & 8 Semifinals

Smithfield-Selma 3, West Johnston 1

Middle Creek 3, Clayton 1 (10)

Smithfield-Selma went to its proven road combination of Ben Youngblood and Blake Mitchell on the mound Monday night in the semifinals of the Johnston County Easter Invitational against defending champion West Johnston.

The 2012 Johnston County Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2012 has been announced. Being inducted into the class on Saturday, April 28, at Smithfield-Selma High School are Rickie Boyette of Princeton, Steve Coats of Cleveland, Art Medlin of South Johnston, Phil Pittman of North Johnston, Paul Sanderford of Corinth Holders, Raymond Massey Sugg of Princeton, the late Elbert Moye of Smithfield-Selma and the late Reginald Poole of Clayton.

Tickets to the Hall of Fame banquet at Smithfield-Selma High are 10 per person and can be purchased at any Johnston County high school.

Monday's schedule for the Johnston County Easter Invitational prep baseball tournament at South Johnston High School's Bruce Coats Field…
Consolation Games
Cleveland vs. Rocky Mount, noon
Corinth Holders vs. South Johnston, 2:30
Semifinals
Middle Creek vs. Clayton, 5
Smithfield-Selma vs. West Johnston, 7:30

Game-by-game results from the first day of the tournament.

Game 4

West Johnston 3, South Johnston 2

Tripp Atkinson’s sacrifice fly gave West Johnston its first lead of the night in the top of the seventh inning, scoring Kessler Sorrell and Justin Carroll got out of a nobody out bases loaded jam in the bottom half of the inning, sending the defending champions into Monday’s semifinals.

The South Johnston High School athletic department will hold its annual Military Appreciation Day on Friday, March 23.
South Johnston honor all service men and women at their home games against Cleveland High School.  Active duty and retired military personnel will get free admission to the baseball, soccer, and softball games that day at South Johnston.
Junior varsity games in baseball and softball begin at 4. Varsity action in both of those games begins at 6.
The girls soccer match also begins at 6 p.m.

Super Tuesday in the presidential election is behind us, but today brings another kind of super Tuesday in the world of high school sports. Conference play in baseball and softball for the Northern Carolina 2A, Eastern Carolina 3A and Greater Neuse River 4A all begin today and there are solid match ups all around.
In the GNRC, the highlight game on the baseball side is a meeting of undefeated squads as Smithfield-Selma hosts West Johnston at 7 p.m.