South Johnston topped rival Triton 22-14 at the Hawks' stadium on Thursday night. "We had this one circled with a star on the calendar since January," said South coach Matthew Riggsbee. The Trojans' motivation may have gone back even farther, perhaps to Aug. 31 last...
South Johnston took a 3-1 varsity volleyball win Tuesday to hand visiting Goldsboro its first loss of the season. Individual set scores were 25-14, 18-25, 25-22 and 25-12. “Other than that second set, I thought we played well,” said South Johnston coach Matthew Adams....
Visiting South Johnston took a 3-2 nonconference varsity boys soccer win at Harnett Central on Monday night as South improved to 2-1 going into a home match tonight with Western Harnett. Central (0-2-1) visits Overhills on Wednesday. Those teams tied 3-3 on August 16....
South Granville seniors Austin Ferguson and Tyhagee Allen rushed for touchdowns as the host Vikings took a 14-7 nonconference football win over South Johnston on Friday night. All of the game's scoring took place in the first half as defenses dominated after...
For the first time ever during the 12-year tenure of coach Matthew Adams, South Johnston took a varsity volleyball season sweep over rival Triton with a 3-1 win over the visiting Hawks on Thursday. Individual set scores were 20-25, 25-19, 25-23 and 25-13. Coach Adams...
South Johnston routed visiting Johnston County rival Corinth Holders, 34-7, to open football season Friday. “Defense played lights out,” said South Johnston coach Matt Riggsbee. “My hat is off to my defense. My hat is off to my defensive coordinator and the staff for...
South Johnston’s varsity volleyball team improved to 2-0 on the season by rallying from a 2-0 deficit to win in five sets at rival Triton on Thursday. Individual set scores were 21-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-23 and 15-11. “In the first two sets, nothing against them...
South Johnston dominated in a scrimmage with East Chapel Hill at South Garner on Saturday. After that, the Trojans sat in a locker room for about an hour during a summer storm before matching up with Broughton. "The first half against East Chapel Hill, we were able to...
The South Johnston Jamboree football scrimmages were cut short due to sudden storms in the area Wednesday, but host South Johnston and Western Harnett were both able to get two scrimmage sessions in. Other teams involved in the scrimmage were Garner, Holly Springs,...
South Johnston finished its summer seven-on-seven summer football schedule with matchups at Campbell on Tuesday evening. The Trojans faced Knightdale, Jack Britt, Mountain Island Charter and Northwest Cabarrus. "Mountain Island is a new private school out of the...
South Johnston's varsity boys basketball team was at full strength in decisive wins over C. B. Aycock and James Kenan at Princeton on Thursday night. Jacob Thornton had been playing in Europe with a national team. "He was back so we had everybody," said South coach...
South Johnston's varsity football team went to Wilson Hunt for seven-on-seven competition Wednesday morning. "We got to go against two pretty good teams, Hunt and C.B. Aycock," said South coach Matt Riggsbee. The Trojans have a nonconference contract with Hunt...
