The South Johnston Trojans will challenge the West Johnston Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Tuesday, South Johnston ended up a good deal behind East Wake and lost 72-54. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 310th, while the Warriors are ranked 114th).
Meanwhile, West Johnston managed to keep up with Fike until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. West Johnston lost 68-48 to Fike.
This is the second loss in a row for South Johnston and nudges their season record down to 10-12. As for West Johnston, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which has put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season.
South Johnston was able to grind out a solid win over West Johnston in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 48-35. Will South Johnston repeat their success, or does West Johnston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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