High School Sports

North Johnston moves to 3-1 with win over Princeton football

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North Johnston's Trey Whitley (4) pulls away from Princeton's Chris Edmundson (11) during the Princeton High school football game with the North Johnston High School on September 9, 2016, in Princeton, N.C.
North Johnston's Trey Whitley (4) pulls away from Princeton's Chris Edmundson (11) during the Princeton High school football game with the North Johnston High School on September 9, 2016, in Princeton, N.C. Johnny Johnson newsobserver.com

North Johnston defeated old Johnston County rival Princeton 48-20 on Friday night to improve the Panthers to 3-1 on the season.

North Johnston's Trey Whitley (4) ran for two touchdowns and 113 yards on two carries and completed 8 of 18 passes for 245 yards with three touchdowns (to three different receivers: Treshaun McPhatter, Gavin Suttles and Jordan Aycock) and one interception.

North Johnston will host Smithfield-Selma, one of two nonconference games (the other at South Johnston) left before the Panthers’ bye week.

Princeton (1-3) has a road game at Union High (7 p.m.) in southern Sampson County on Friday, its last test before Carolina 1A Conference play.

This story was originally published September 10, 2016 at 11:55 PM with the headline "North Johnston moves to 3-1 with win over Princeton football."

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