Boys Basketball
North Johnston 40, Louisburg 39
Franklinton 62, Corinth Holders 59
Garner 44, Knightdale 42
Southeast Raleigh 60, Smithfield-Selma 51
Princeton 68, Spring Creek 63
West Johnston 61, East Wake 56
Girls Basketball
Clayton 38, Harnett Central 32
East Wake 52, West Johnston 44
Southeast Raleigh 64, Smithfield-Selma 4
C.B. Aycock 43, South Johnston 38 (OT)
North Johnston 65, Louisburg 14
 

Thursday's results from the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships
at West Johnston
Girls
Clayton 144, Southeast Raleigh 85, Knightdale 70, Harnett Central 47, West
Johnston 30, East Wake 22, Garner 19, Smithfield-Selma 9.
Girls Individual winners
55 dash – Keni Harrison (C) 7.17.
300 – Keni Harrison (C) 42.29.

Girls Team Scores

Garner 462.5, East Wake 399, Clayton 369, West Johnston 353, Smithfield-Selma 162, Harnett Central 137.5, Knightdale 128, Southeast Raleigh 52

Girls Individual Champions

Boys
Southeast Raleigh 64, Clayton 58
Garner 101, West Johnston 46
Wake Christian 52, Greenville Christian 18
Princeton 61, Ayden Grifton 41
Knightdale 70, Smithfield-Selma 43
Girls
Southeast Raleigh 58, Clayton 50
Wake Christian 54, Greenville Christian 33
Knightdale 59, Smithfield-Selma 15
West Johnston 47, Garner 37
 

Green Hope, Millbrook girls are Nos. 1 and 2, but much of the rest of the rankings are shaken.

From today's Prep Notebook in the N&O by Tim Stevens: 

Undefeated Garner, No. 1 in The News & Observer boys basketball rankings, expects a Greater Neuse River 4-A test tonight against rival Southeast Raleigh.

"The kids know each other and play together so much that it is always a tough game," Garner coach Eddie Gray said. "We know that it is going to be a physical challenge."

Gray said the key to his club's success has been balance. Donald Johnson leads the Trojans with 18.7 points per game, but four different players have led the team in scoring in various games. Gavin Wilson, a football standout who missed the first three games, is averaging 15.7 and Dominique Reed averages 11.8.

"But scoring averages don't mean a lot to these guys," Gray said. "We don't have a bunch of guys rushing to the scoreboard after the games to check on how many points they got. They know that we win with our defense."

Garner is scoring 76 points per game and allowing 56.

Read the entire column here, including news on the possibility of prep national championship games: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/01/07/904468/federation-nixes-prep-national.html#ixzz1AMSvLgrW

Holiday in the Pines Boys at Southern Pines Pinecrest

Third Place: Clayton vs. Murrels Inlet St. James (S.C.), 6

Robersonville South Creek Boys Tournament

Championship: Princeton vs. South Creek, 8:30

North-South Boys Christmas Classic at South Johnston

Third Place: North Johnston vs. Louisburg, 3

Championship: South Johnston vs. Rocky Mount Prep, 6:30

GlaxoSmithKline Girls Holiday Invitational at Cary Academy

Fifth Place Game: Clayton vs. Northern Durham, 1:45

GlaxoSmithKline Girls Holiday Invitational at Broughton

Championship: Southeast Raleigh vs. Millbrook, 5:40

North-South Girls Christmas Classic at South Johnston

Third Place: Louisburg vs. Rocky Mount Prep, 1:30

Championship: South Johnston vs. North Johnston, 5

Robersonville South Creek Girls Tournament

Princeton vs. South Creek, 7

Southeast Raleigh's third round NCHSAA 4-A football playoff game at New Bern has been postponed until tomorrow (Saturday) at 6 p.m. because of wet field conditions and more rain in New Bern.

All other Triangle-area games are currently still on go for tonight.

I did pretty well (4-for-4) in my predictions for area prep football games last week. I'll give it a go again this week with the games involving Garner, Wake Forest-Rolesville, Southeast Raleigh and New Bern. Remember, my predictions aren't' the typical score or winner outcomes but these projections are what I think will have the most direct outcome of the two games.

4-A Playoffs

Southeast Raleigh (10-3) at New Bern (12-0)

Prediction No. 1: This is the easy one, folks. One of the two young starting quarterbacks — Southeast's David Washington (a junior) or New Bern's Josh Taylor — will have a huge game statistically. I'm talking like 250-300 yards from scrimmage kind of big. One will find two or three big holes to make big (30-plus-yard) plays for his team.

I did pretty well (4-for-4) in my predictions for area prep football games last week. I'll give it a go again this week with the games involving Garner, Wake Forest-Rolesville, Southeast Raleigh and New Bern. Remember, my predictions aren't' the typical score or winner outcomes but these projections are what I think will have the most direct outcome of the two games.

4-AA Playoffs
Garner (11-2) at Wake Forest-Rolesville (12-1)
Prediction No. 1: Garner sophomore quarterback Lemond Johnson entered the season as a threat opposing coaches spent as much time thinking about how to stop as they did A.J. Clanton and Juwan Moye. After all, Johnson made several plays last season that won games for the Trojans.