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South shuts out SSS

South Johnston's varsity baseball team won a Greater Neuse River 3-A Conference game at Smithfield-Selma, 12-0, on Tuesday. The Trojans are 9-7 overall and 3-2 in league play. Senoirs Jay McKenzie and Clay Milburn combined for the shutout. South hosts Raleigh...

South defeats West 9-3 in baseball

South Johnston evened its Great Neuse 3-A Conference varsity baseball series with West Johnston by beating the Wildcats 9-3 at West on Thursday night. Grant Millay, Dylan Honeycutt and Clay Milburn pitched as the Trojans evened their league record at 2-2. South is 8-7...

SJ softball downs Vikings, 10-2

SJ softball downs Vikings, 10-2

South Johnston bounced back from a narrow 4-3 loss to Greater Neuse 3-A Conference rival West Johnston Tuesday by taking a 10-2 non-conference win over visiting Union Pines on Wednesday night. “I felt like the girls were focused from the very beginning from the time...

West Johnston tops South

West Johnston took a pair of diamond wins at South Johnston on Tuesday night. The Wildcats won the varsity baseball matchup, 5-3, to put South at 7-7 for the season and 1-2 in the Greater Neuse 3-A Conference. West edged South (6-4, 2-1) by a 4-3 margin in softball....

Individual honors released for Johnston County Easter Invitational

Andrew Smith of Bunn was named MVP of the Johnston County Easter Invitational after hitting a 3-run homer in the top of the seventh inning for a 7-5 win over Wake Forest in the championship game at South Johnston on Tuesday night. The honor is presented in memory of...

South nips Hawks in ninth

South nips Hawks in ninth

Host South Johnston came back from a 4-0 deficit to edge Triton 5-4 as Clayton Blackmon scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning in the seventh-place game of the Johnston County Easter Invitational on Tuesday. "It's always good to get a win on he last...

Cleveland edges South in eight innings

Cleveland edges South in eight innings

South Johnston’s baseball team rallied with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take rival Cleveland to extra innings in the Johnston County Easter Invitational Monday, but the Rams scored a pair in the eighth to take an 8-6 win over the host Trojans. “We...

South falls to Wake Forest, 4-2

South falls to Wake Forest, 4-2

Missed opportunities were costly as South Johnston fell 4-2 in a varsity baseball contest with visiting Wake Forest in the opening round of the Johnston County Easter Invitational on Saturday. “We had base runners, we had opportunities,” said South coach Aaron...

SJ holds on to edge HC in softball

SJ holds on to edge HC in softball

South Johnston held off a late surge to edge visiting Harnett Central 4-3 in a nonconference varsity softball game Thursday. “It’s about to be spring break and it’s hard to bring that focus,” said South coach Amanda Smith. “But I thought for six innings, we came...

Easter Invitational pairings set

South Johnston has announced pairings for the 2018 Johnston County Easter Invitational at South's Bruce Coats Field. First-round games on Saturday, March 31, include Smithfield-Selma vs. Bunn at noon, Clayton vs. Triton at 2:30 p.m., Cleveland vs. Western Harnett at 5...

Comets bounce back with 3-2 baseball win; SJ cruises in softball

After taking an 11-1 varsity baseball loss at South Johnston on Thursday, Clayton turned the tables on the Trojans with a 3-2 Greater Neuse 3-A Conference win at home on Tuesday night. The outcome dropped South to 6-4 on the season and 1-1 in the league going into the...

SJ rallies past Rosewood

South Johnston rallied for five runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat Rosewood in the Tobbs Classic at Fleming Stadium in Wilson on Friday. Trailing 6-5 going into the seventh, the Trojans got the tying run on a bases-loaded walk to Grant Millay. Josh...

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