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.
The Eastern Carolina 3A Conference volleyball tournament begins Monday and runs through Wednesday.
Monday's first round matches
(2) Cleveland 3, (7) Eastern Wayne 2
(3) North Lenoir def. (6) Southern Wayne
(5) South Johnston 3, (4) C.B. Aycock 2
Tuesday's semifinal matches
South Johnston at (1) Triton, 6
North Lenoir at Cleveland, 6
Wednesday's championship match
Semifinal winners meet at highest remaining seed, TBA
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."
