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South Johnston sole area survivor in prep boys soccer playoffs

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

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

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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.

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Green Hope 1, West Johnston 0

Wilmington Hoggard 1, Southeast Raleigh 0 (OT)

Local standout swimmer commits to Texas A&M

West Johnston High School senior Sarah Henry verbally committed to Texas A&M on Tuesday night. Henry received full scholarship offers from Stanford, Texas and A&M, according to her father, Brian Henry.

Henry is a two-time NCHSAA 4-A state individual champion, winning the 500 freestyle in the 2008-09 season and the 100 butterfly in the 2006-07 state finals. She also competed in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials.

The Aggies finished eighth in last season's NCAA Division I Diving and Swimming Championships.

Local soccer playoff matches announced

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

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

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

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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.

West Johnston wins regional cross country title

West Johnston's boys cross country team won the eastern regional 4-A championship Saturday at Hope Mills South View High School. The Wildcats placed six runners in the top-13 individually.

The Wildcat girls team finished second, two points behind Fayetteville Terry Sanford. 

Also qualifying for the state championships next weekend were Michelle Bailey of Garner and three runners from Clayton.

SSS, Clayton pick up Thursday night prep football wins

Thursday night prep football scores

Smithfield-Selma 49, West Johnston 38

Clayton 16, Knightdale 14

We'll have full reports on the games in next week's editions of the Garner-Clayton Record and The Herald of Johnston County. For boxscores from both games visit.... http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/high_school/

Smithfield-Selma vs. West Johnston football game is Thursday night

We had a mix up in this week's editions of The Herald of Johnston County and The Garner-Clayton Record. The varsity football game between West Johnston and Smithfield-Selma will be played Thursday night at 7:30 at SSS's Tucker Stadium.

Clayton's game against Knightdale is also set for Thursday night.

Princeton advances to second round of NCHSAA volleyball playoffs

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

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Princeton swept Southside, 3-0

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

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South Granville sweeps North Johnston, 3-0.

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

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Wilson Hunt sweeps South Johnston, 3-0.

The Trojans finished the season at 19-4.

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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.

Garner tops Clayton on last play, 14-13; West, SSS fall

Garner downed Clayton 14-13 on the final play of the game when Bryan Watkins pulled in a 9-yard touchdown pass from Cody Woodall Thursday night in Clayton. Connor Torruella's extra-point with no time on the clock was the deciding point.

The Comets had taken a 13-7 lead on a 1-yard QB sneak run by Matt Reid with 1:53 to play in the game, but missed the extra point.

The win moves Garner to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference. Clayton drops to 1-5 and 0-2.

In other prep football games from Thursday night, East Wake topped Smithfield-Selma 21-10 and West Johnston fell to Harnett Central 34-14. 

Look for full reports on all of these games in next week's print editions of the Garner-Clayton Record and The Herald of Johnston County.

Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference Football Standings after Week 1

Team: Conference Record; Overall Record

Southeast Raleigh: 1-0; 5-0

Harnett Central: 1-0; 5-0

Smithfield-Selma: 1-0; 2-3

West Johnston: 1-0; 2-3

Garner: 0-1; 2-3

Clayton: 0-1; 1-4

East Wake: 0-1;  1-4

Knightdale: 0-1; 0-5

 

Friday, Sept. 18 Prep Football Scores

West Johnston 22, Garner 21

The Wildcats dominate in yardage but don't pull ahead until the final two minutes.

Southeast Raleigh 21, Clayton 10

It was another tough battle between these two. The Bulldogs take control on Gabe Henderson's 15-yard TD scramble on fourth-and-6 in the fourth quarter.

Smithfield-Selma 34, Knightdale 28

Josh Snead scored all five SSS TDs, including the game-winner. He returned a blocked field goal attempt 71 yards on the final play of the game for the winning score.

Midway 21, Princeton 12

The Bulldogs' four-game win streak to open the season ends.

South Johnston 35, Northern Nash 0

The Trojans cover two blocked punts for touchdowns and limit Northern to 85 yards of offense.

North Johnston 35, Rosewood 12

The Panthers offense rolls up 35 first-half points, including a 28-point second quarter to move to 2-3 on the year.

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