The first round of the NCHSAA baseball and softball playoffs are in the books, well locally anyway, and we’re down to seven JoCo teams left standing. That includes the baseball two seed, West Johnston, which rode a combined two-hit shutout from Kolby Jarman and Braden Sanders to a 1-0 win over Southern Nash:
Softball
2A
No. 10 North Johnston 3, No. 23 Wallace-Rose Hill 2
Second round
East Carteret and Jordan Matthews were rained out Tuesday. If Jordan Matthews wins today, it will host North Johnston on Friday. If East Carteret wins, North Johnston will host Friday’s second-round game with the Mariners.
The full bracket is here.
3A
No. 4 South Johnston 5, No. 29 West Carteret 0
No. 9 Cape Fear 3, No. 24 West Johnston 0
Second round
May 10
No. 13 Orange at No. 4 South Johnston, TBD
The full bracket is here.
4A
No. 10 Cleveland 10, No. 23 Jordan 0
No. 14 Corinth Holders 14, No. 19 Leesville Road 4
No. 20 Clayton 5, No. 13 New Bern 1
May 10
No. 10 Cleveland at No. 7 Lumberton
No. 14 Corinth Holders at No. 3 D.H. Conley
No. 20 Clayton at No. 4 Laney
Full brackets can be found here.
Baseball
2A
No. 24 Nash Central 7, No. 9 Princeton 0
No. 15 SW Edgecombe 9, No. 18 North Johnston 0
3A
No. 2 West Johnston 1, No. 31 Southern Nash 0
No. 9 Lee County 4, No. 24 South Johnston 3
May 10
No. 18 Hunt at No. 2 West Johnston
The full bracket is here.
4A
No. 7 Corinth Holders 10, No. 26 Athens Drive 2
No. 5 Jordan 7, No. 28 Clayton 6
May 10
No. 10 Hoggard at No. 7 Corinth Holders
Full brackets are available here.