Girls Basketball
Southeast Raleigh 56, East Wake 38
C.B. Aycock 44, Cleveland 31
Wake Christian 35, Friendship Christian 16
Boys Basketball
Garner 78, Smithfield-Selma 61
East Wake 58, Southeast Raleigh 57 (2 OT)
Princeton 90, North Duplin 64
Corinth Holders 68, Roanoke Rapids 66
Wake Christian 66, Friendship Christian 46
Clayton 65, West Johnston 49
Team scores from today's Johnston County High School Individual Wrestling Championships. Impressive showing for West Johnston, while first-year schools Cleveland and Corinth Holders both finish in the top-four.
We'll have a full report on the event, which West Johnston's program hosted, in next week's Garner-Clayton Record and The Smithfield Herald.
West Johnston 263.5
Clayton 145.5
Cleveland 144
Corinth Holders 118.5
North Johnston 118.5
Smithfield-Selma 99
South Johnston 96
Princeton 82
Boys Basketball
Clayton 66, East Wake 46
Girls Basketball
Clayton 60, East Wake 50
Wrestling
West Johnston 71, Smithfield-Selma 9
Cleveland 45, South Johnston 31
East Wake 44, Garner 36
Southern Wayne 48, Princeton 36
Boys
Garner 70, Clayton 61
Smithfield-Selma 58, East Wake 48
West Johnston 47, Harnett Central 43
Knightdale 58, Southeast Raleigh 55
Girls
Harnett Central 52, West Johnston 36
Southeast Raleigh 49, Knightdale 31
Clayton 49, Garner 32
Eastern Wayne 43, Cleveland 39
Rams win four matches at Triton Invitational
Cleveland went 4-1 on Saturday in the Triton Invitational prep dual wrestling tournament. The Rams picked up wins over Clinton (58-24), Overhills (42-33), Cary Academy (60-24) and Triton (54-21). Harnett Central was the only team to defeat Cleveland, taking a 39-36 decision.
Derrick Applewhite (103 pounds) and Chance Wallace (160) both went 5-0 during the event for the Rams.
Corinth Holders wrestlers win two
Corinth Holders topped Goldsboro in a dual wrestling match recently, 56-24. Pirate wrestlers Nick Pulliam, Cameron Brewer, Tyler Sigler, Charlie Gray, Justin Matthews and Elijah Harris all won by pinfall. Picking up decision victories were Corinth Holders’ Matt Duncan and Tyler Johnson, while Michael Hurley and Cyle Gurley both won by forfeits.
Corinth Holders topped Franklinton 38-34 on Jan. 19. Picking up wins for the Pirates were Chris Benson, Nick Pulliam, Brewer, Shaquan Walden, Tyler Johnson, Sigler and Mathews.
Cleveland's boys basketball team earned their first Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference victory Friday night, topping North Lenoir, 70-66. The Rams held North to nine fourth-quarter points.
Julian Reed led Cleveland (2-14, 1-5) with 34 points, including a 21-for-22 night at the free throw line. Taiquan Dixon added 10 points, while Joseph Chukwu pulled down 10 rebounds. Gilbert King added five points, four assists and four steals for the winners.
Cleveland has rescheduled its postponed basketball games against Triton for Feb. 11. The games will be played in Erwin.
The prep basketball tournament scheduled for this week at Cleveland High School with Cleveland, Corinth Holders, West Johnston and Wake Forest Heritage has been cancelled because of road conditions.
Clayton's game in the GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Girls Invitational against Millbrook at Cary Academy will be played today, but it has been moved to a 2 p.m. start at Cary Academy's second gym.
All other athletic activities in Johnston County have been cancelled for today (Dec. 27).
Boys Basketball
Princeton Holiday Invitational Championship: Princeton 67, South Johnston 48
Princeton's Ben Jacobs is MVP with 38 points, 14 rebounds in final, averaged 36 PPG in event.
Garner 91, Wake Forest-Rolesville 77
The Trojans enter the holiday break 9-0.
Wallace-Rose Hill 78, Cleveland 67
.Cleveland's Jeremiah David has a triple-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks. Julian Reed leads the Rams with 22 points in the loss.
Girls Basketball
North Brunswick 48, Cleveland 27
Cleveland falls in tournament semifinals.
Princeton Holiday Invitational Championship: South Johnston 62, Princeton 34
Whitney Williams of South is tourney MVP with 23 points in final.
