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Best Blog covers the sports scene in and around Johnston County and Garner, including the Carolina Mudcats. The blog is compiled by D. Clay Best, the sports editor of The Smithfield Herald and the Garner-Clayton Record. For more updates on sports in the area, follow Clay on Twitter @dclaybest or become a fan of The Smithfield Herald or the Garner-Clayton Record on Facebook.

2008 Herald Cup Boys' Soccer: SSS ends winless streak, Clayton advances

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Monday night's results from the 2008 Herald Cup boys' soccer tournament at North Johnston.

Clayton 11, Johnston Christian 0

Hunter Crocker and Matthew Gutowski scored two goals each for the Comets, who picked up their first win of the season. Connor Jones and Greg Oliver notched two assists each as well for Clayton, which moved to 1-2-1 on the season.

Smithfield-Selma 3, North Johnston 2

The Spartans rallied from a 2-1 deficit after the Panthers went a man down after a red card for an intentional handball. Elvin got the equalizer in the 73rd minute. A minute later, Kegan Turner put the Spartans on top when he punched home a pass from Eric Pimentel.

The win was Smithfield-Selma's first since the 2006 season. SSS was 0-15-6 last season.

Wednesday's schedule of games:

Semifinals

Clayton vs. West Johnston, 5

Smithfield-Selma vs. South Johnston, 7

Game times could be moved up because of lighting issues at North Johnston. If they are, we'll update you as soon as we know here.

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About the blogger

D. Clay Best has served as the sports editor of The Herald since 1997 and has covered high school sports since 1992. He's gone through many neighborhoods of NFL-fandom including the Cowboys, Raiders and Patriots and is in limbo right now. If that's not enough to require therapy, he also has way too much brain space filled with useless info on the legendary '80s TV series "Miami Vice."

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