The N.C. High School Athletic Association playoffs are set to start this Tuesday. The first and second rounds will be played at one school site. With exception to the 1A bracket, the third and fourth rounds are held at a school on Thursday (the 1A only has one match that day for the regional title.

All four state championships Saturday between the East and West champion, also held at a school.

Three Johnston County high schools will host first and second round pods Tuesday as the NCHSAA dual team wrestling playoffs begin. Northern Carolina 2A Conference champion Corinth Holders, North Johnston and Clayton will all serve as host schools.

Girls Basketball
Cleveland 48, South Johnston 42
East Wake 57, West Johnston 31
Garner 51, Harnett Central 48
Southeast Raleigh 85, Smithfield-Selma 27
Wake Christian 42, Lee Christian 27

Boys Basketball
South Johnston 66, Cleveland 43
Corinth Holders 64, Louisburg 51
East Wake 63, West Johnston 51
Garner 74, Harnett Central 60
Bunn 51, North Johnston 47
Wake Christian 62, Lee Christian 52
Goldsboro 52, Princeton 51

Prep Dual Wrestling
Cleveland 55, Triton 18
West Johnston 63, Harnett Central 15

Day-By-Day Results

Next week's West Johnston at Clayton high school basketball games have been moved to Monday, Jan. 9, at Clayton High School. The teams will play four games that day, beginning with junior varsity action at 4, followed by varsity boys and girls games beginning about 6:30 p.m.

The change was made because end-of-semester exams in Johnston County begin on Wednesday, Jan. 11.

Corinth Holders Holiday Classic
Girls Consolation Game
Cleveland vs. Corinth Holders, 1:30
Boys Consolation Game
Cleveland vs. Heritage, 3:30
Girls Championship
East Wake vs. Heritage, 6
Boys Championship
East Wake vs Corinth Holders, 8
Prep Basketball: Carolina Apparel Christmas Tournament at South Johnston (Round Robin Format)
West Johnston girls vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville girls, noon
West Johnston boys vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville boys, 1:30
Smithfield-Selma girls vs. Enloe girls, 3
Smithfield-Selma boys vs. Enloe boys, 4:30
South Johnston girls vs. Louisburg girls, 6
South Johnston boys vs. Louisburg boys, 7:30
Prep Boys Basketball - American Airlines Boys Bracket at Holiday Invitational (Broughton High)
Kinston vs. Garner, 7:20

No. 1 Leesville Road 62, Broughton 21 (FINAL) Braxton Berrios rushed for 200 yards in first half

No. 2 Garner 42, Athens Drive 0 (FINAL)

No. 3 Hillside 38, Pembroke Swett 32 ( OT, FINAL)

No. 4 Wake Forest-Rolesville 31, Millbrook 0 (FINAL)

Wilmington Laney 30, No. 5 Wakefield 27 (FINAL)

Princeton and Corinth Holders both picked up their first boys soccer playoff victories in school history Wednesday night. They're just two of the four Johnston County teams who will play second round matches later this week.

The NCHSAA boys soccer playoffs begin this week with matches set for tonight and Wednesday. The schedule with start times that have been announced.

1-A

Martin Riverside at Princeton, 6 p.m on Wednesday

2-A

Corinth Holders at Graham, 6 p.m. on Wednsday

North Johnston at Greene Central

3-A

Greenville D.H. Conley at South Johnston, 7 p.m. on Wednesday

4-A

Garner at Wilmington Laney, 6 p.m. on Tuesday

West Johnston at New Bern, 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday

Clayton at Fayetteville Terry Sanford, 6 p.m. on Wednesday

The NCHSAA boys soccer playoffs begin this week, with most matches likely set for Wednesday. Here are the matches involving area teams in the Garner and Johnston County area. North Johnston, whose status was in limbo at the end of the regular season, is in as a wild card team.

We'll update with match times as soon as we know.