A 6-0 loss at Clayton on Tuesday must have served as a wakeup call for the Cleveland baseball team. Since that loss, the Rams have beaten the Comets in a rematch and won its first two games in the Johnston County Easter Invitational.

So today, the Rams will try to win their fourth game in five days against Midway tonight in the tournament championship at South Johnston.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the county, Princeton plated five runs in the bottom of the seventh to clip Hobbton, 10-9, and win the Deacon Jones Invitational crown on its home field Monday.

Not a bad couple of days work for the Bulldogs.

Here’s the roundup:

Johnston County Easter Invitational
at South Johnston

Saturday’s games

Harnett Central 18, Smithfield-Selma 2
Midway 13, Clayton 10
North Johnston 10, Village Christian 0
Cleveland 5, South Johnston 3

Monday

Clayton 14, Smithfield-Selma 4
South Johnston 11, Village Christian 1
Midway 17, Harnett Central 11
Cleveland 12, North Johnston 1

Tuesday

Smithfield-Selma vs. Village Christian, noon
Clayton vs. South Johnston, 2:30 p.m.
Harnett Central vs. North Johnston, 5 p.m.
Midway vs. Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Deacon Jones Invitational
at Princeton High

Saturday’s games

Princeton 6, American Leadership Academy 1
Hobbton 16, Wilson Christian 6

Monday

Princeton 10, Hobbton 9
American Leadership Academy 4, Wilson Christian 2

Big Rock Easter Tournament
at Morehead City

Today

Corinth Holders 5, Person 1

Tuesday

Corinth Holders vs. Hoggard, 1 p.m.

Wednesday

Corinth Holders vs. Palisades, 10 a.m.