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.
Apex claimed a pair of one-run victories over Garner in the first two games of its American Legion Baseball Area I West Championship Series on Sunday. Post 124 took the rain-suspended Game 1 3-2, then won Game 2, 9-8.
Game 3 of the best-of-five series will be played Monday night at Apex High School at 7. If needed, Game 4 would be hosted by Post 232 back at Garner on Tuesday night.
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."
