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.
Cary Post 67 earned a spot in the American Legion Baseball State Championships later this month Friday night, topping Johnston County-based Post 71, 5-4. Post 67 won the series three games to one.
Blair Betts clinched the win for Cary, striking out a Post 71 batter with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth inning.
Look for more on the series next week in The Cary News, The Southwestern Wake News, the Garner-Clayton Record or The Herald of Johnston County.
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."
