Tuesday's scheduled games in the area. As of now, all are scheduled for 7 p.m. starts. If there are any changes, we'll let you know...
1-A
East Columbus (12-8) at North Johnston (19-4)
3-A
South Johnston (21-6) at Bartlett-Yancey/Triton winner
4-A
Apex (18-2) at West Johnston (20-6)
Fuquay-Varina/Leesville Road winner at Garner (23-3)
Friday night's area second round playoff results:
1-A
North Johnston 1, Midway 0 (12)
Pamlico 5, Princeton 4
3-A
South Johnston 2, Gray's Creek 0
4-A
Garner 11, Wakefield 1
West Johnston 2, Roxboro Person 1 (8)
Here's what's on tap for Friday's second round in the area...
1-A
North Johnston (18-4) at Midway (19-1), 7 p.m.
Princeton (13-6) at Pamlico (19-2), 7 p.m.
3-A
Gray's Creek (16-9) at South Johnston (20-6), 7 p.m.
4-A
West Johnston (19-6) at Roxboro Person (21-2), 4 p.m.
Wakefield (18-3) at Garner (22-3), 7 p.m.
Tuesday's first round NCHSAA softball playoff scores...
4-A
Garner 3, Athens Drive 2
West Johnston 2, Middle Creek 1
3-A
South Johnston 10, Northern Guilford 0
1-A
North Johnston 6, Rocky Point Trask 0
Princeton 8, Hobbton 0
Check out www.theherald-nc.com/sports or www.garnerclayton.com/sports later today for area game summaries.
Tuesday night's area prep baseball scores...
1-A
North Johnston 2, Spring Creek 1
The Panthers rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh, winning in their last at bat for the second consecutive playoff game.
Princeton 5, Creswell 2
The Bulldogs, a wild card qualifer for the playoffs, are in the third round for the third consecutive season despite putting just two hits on the board.
4-A
Millbrook 6, Garner 4
The Wildcats jumped to a 4-0 lead before Garner rallied to tie things up. Millbrook went ahead for good on a pinch hit single in the fifth.
We'll be back tomorrow with a look at North's and Princeton's third round games.
Tuesday's area state prep softball first round match ups...
1-A
Hobbton (11-8) at Princeton (12-6)
Rocky Point Trask (8-15) at North Johnston (17-4)
3-A
South Johnston (19-6) at Northern Guilford (13-7)
4-A
Middle Creek (14-5) at West Johnston (18-6)
Athens Drive (9-11) at Garner (21-3)
Tuesday's area second round baseball playoff games. All games are set to start at 7 p.m. as of now. We'll update you if there are any changes.
1-A
Spring Creek at North Johnston
Princeton at Creswell
4-A
Garner at Millbrook
Thursday night's area NCHSAA baseball playoff scores
1-A
Princeton 11, Chocowinity Southside 4
4-A
Garner 6, Middle Creek 4
Green Hope 13, Clayton 1
The 4-A baseball games involving Clayton and Garner will also be played TONIGHT (Thursday).
Clayton at Green Hope
Garner at Middle Creek
Both start at 7 p.m.
The pairings for Friday's first round of the NCHSAA 4-A eastern regional baseball playoffs are out this morning. We're still waiting on the 1-A and 3-A brackets.
Here's a look at where the 4-A locals will be...
Garner (13-9) at Middle Creek (17-7)
Fuquay-Varina (11-13) at Smithfield-Selma (15-7)
Clayton (14-9) at Green Hope (19-5)
You can check out the full 4-A Eastern Regional bracket at www.nchsaa.org.
