South Johnston 21, Triton 14

The Trojans (10-1) clinch the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference Championship and have a chance at the No. 1 overall seed in the Eastern 3-A bracket, based on their 10-0 record for seeding purposes.

Clayton 13, Smithfield-Selma 7

The Comets' Shaquille Mangum returns an interception 80 yards for the game-winning touchdown with just two seconds to play, giving Clayton a bit of hope for a playoff spot at 4-7. SSS finishes the season.

Harnett Central 34, Garner 9

Garner falls hard but gets the No. 3 seed from the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference when Knightdale upsets East Wake, 13-12.

Southeast Raleigh 27, West Johnston 7

The Bulldogs clinch the No. 2 seed from the GNRC, while West ends up out of the playoffs with a 3-8 mark.

Princeton 42, Rosewood 20

The Bulldogs finish off an 8-3 season, taking second in the Carolina 1-A Conference. It's likely the Dawgs will be hosting a first round playoff match up next Friday.

Franklinton 42, North Johnston 34

The high-scoring loss likely leaves the Panthers out of the playoff hunt after they finish with a 3-8 record.

Wednesday night's area results from the NCHSAA boys soccer playoffs. ...

1-A

Durham School of the Arts 5, North Johnston 2 (OT)

3-A

South Johnston 5, Wilson Fike 1

The Trojans (16-5-1) will face Greenville D.H. Conley (10-8-3) in a second round match on Saturday. The start time has not been announced.

4-A

Green Hope 1, West Johnston 0

Wilmington Hoggard 1, Southeast Raleigh 0 (OT)

This week's area first-round prep boys soccer playoff matches. Matches are set for Wednesday, unless otherwise noted.

2-A

Durham School of the Arts (10-8-1) at North Johnston (11-6-3), 6 p.m.

3-A

Wilson Fike (10-13-1) at South Johnston (15-5-1), 7 p.m.

4-A

Wilmington Laney (13-6) at Clayton (15-5), Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Wilmington Hoggard (10-8-3) at Southeast Raleigh (10-7-2), 6 p.m.

West Johnston (9-11-2) at Green Hope (14-4-2), 6:30 p.m.

Harnett Central 36, Southeast Raleigh 22

The Trojans clinch the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference championship with the win.

Garner 30, East Wake 27 (OT)

Garner led 27-6 in the fourth quarter before a furious Warrior comeback. Still, the Trojans win on a 26-yard Connor Torruella field goal. 

Princeton 55, Ayden-Grifton 14

The Bulldogs lead 41-0 at the half. David Gurganus throws five TD passes.'

South Johnston 84, North Lenoir 6

Yep, you read that right. The Trojans are already being raked over the coals on this .

Roanoke Rapids 52, North Johnston 14

The Panthers actually held a 7-6 lead at one point before falling.

Wake Christian 41, Fayetteville Village Christian 9

The Bulldogs win their third straight after an 0-7 start. 

Area results from Saturday's opening round of the NCHSAA volleyball playoffs...

1-A

Princeton swept Southside, 3-0

Next up: Princeton (17-5) hosts Lakewood (19-3) on Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock.

2-A

South Granville sweeps North Johnston, 3-0.

The Panthers finish the season with a 18-8 record.

3-A

Wilson Hunt sweeps South Johnston, 3-0.

The Trojans finished the season at 19-4.

4-A

Greenville Rose sweeps West Johnston, 3-0.

The Wildcats finished 5-14.

Wilmington Ashley topped Garner in four games.

The Trojans finished the season at 15-7.

Fayetteville South View beats Southeast Raleigh, 3-1.

The Bulldogs finished 9-12.

Here are the start times and match ups we've been informed of involving area teams in the NCHSAA volleyball playoffs, which begin Saturday.

1-A

Chocowinity Southside at Princeton, 3 p.m.

2-A

South Granville at North Johnston, TBA

3-A

South Johnston at Wilson Hunt, 3 p.m.

4-A

Wilmington Ashley at Garner, 1 p.m.

West Johnston at Greenville Rose, TBA

Southeast Raleigh at Hope Mills South View, TBA

Southeast Raleigh 55, Smithfield-Selma 20

Southeast quarterback Gabe Henderson throws for 191 yards and three touchdowns, and runs for 178 yards and a score as well to lead the Bulldogs to their seventh win of the season. SSS's Josh Snead ran for 248 yards and all three Spartan scores.

Harnett Central 49, Clayton 21

The Trojans put together a statement win, rolling by a Comet defense that had been one of the area's best through the first six weeks of the season.

Garner 38, Knightdale 20

Juwan Moye pops two long early TD runs for the Trojans, who manage to hang onto a two-score lead the rest of the night.

South Johnston 21, Wilson Fike 19

The Trojans move to 5-1 on the season with a solid road victory. South is now 3-0 away from home this season.

East Wake 26, West Johnston 14

The Warriors fall in a 14-0 hole and can't recover on the road.

Bunn 48, North Johnston 21

The Wildcats roll up 36 first-half points in a Northern Carolina 2-A Conference win. North's Jacques Alston rushes for 215 yards in the loss.

Princeton senior quarterback David Gurganus threw for 437 yards and two touchdowns and added the game-winning touchdown run as the Bulldogs topped North Johnston 38-34 on Friday night.

Both teams had double-digit leads erased on the night. Princeton led 18-7 in the first half and North led 28-18 in the second half. But Guragnus scored on a 4-yard TD run with 4:15 to play to give the Bulldogs the final margin. 

A stop at midfield on fourth-and-1 by Princeton's defense helped set up the game-winning drive.

North drove back to the Princeton 9-yard-line in the final seconds but ran out of time.

The win moved Princeton to 4-0 overall, while North dropped to 1-3. The Panthers picked up a forfeit win earlier this week when Clinton Union was forced to forfeit its previous win.

Garner 35, Durham Riverside 27

South Johnston 23, Smithfield-Selma 22

Princeton 38, North Johnston 34

Wake Forest-Rolesville 16, Clayton 14

Southeast Raleigh 20, New Hanover 7

Southern Pines Pinecrest 27, West Johnston 14

Charlotte Northside Christian 12, Wake Christian 0

It was a wild night. I'll mave more on the South-SSS, Princeton-North Johnston and WFR-Clayton games in additional posts in the next few minutes.

Middle Creek 21, Garner 20

The Trojans rally from a 14-0 deficit for a 20-14 lead but the Mustangs run a kick off back for the deciding touchdown. 

Princeton 55, Dixon  6

The Bulldogs roll up the points and move to 3-0. Yep, Princeton is 3-0 folks. 

Fuquay-Varina 41, West Johnston 14

The Wildcats give up three first-quarter touchdowns and never recover.

Southeast Raleigh 42, Enloe 20

The Eagles give the Bulldogs a tussle for the second year in a row, but just for a half as Southeast moves to 3-0.

Fayetteville Pine Forest 39, Smithfield-Selma 26

Pine Forest leads 19-0 at the break and makes it hold up.

Jones County 35, North Johnston 20

The Panthers play better but fall to 0-3 on the season.