This will be the shortest one of these I write this season, simply because there was only one game in Johnston County last Friday night.

Smithfield-Selma returned from its bye week in Week 3 to host Jordan and found itself on the wrong end of a 56-14 score line.

The quick takeaways are pretty straightforward. Jordan is very good, and the Spartans are young and still getting used to the new offense that’s been in place for about three months.

What I liked is the fact that SSS never quit, posting a pair of late touchdowns courtesy of a touchdown pass and a scoring run by Jamie Groves (who really ought to be on the MaxPreps roster).

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither will Hancel Phipps’ team. It takes time, and we haven’t had much of it.