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Third Round Football Playoff Matchups Set

dclaybest — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:42:10 -0500

Here's the places you'll be headed the day after Thanksgiving if you're off to watch South Johnston or Princeton play in the third round of the NCHSAA prep football playoffs.

3-AA Eastern Regional Semifinal

Douglas Byrd (9-4) at South Johnston (12-1)

1-A Western Regional Semifinal

Princeton (10-3) at Mount Airy (13-0)

Both games will kick off at 7:30.

We'll have more info on the games, including directions to Mount Airy on the blog this coming week.

South Johnston tops Rocky Mount in 3-AA playoffs

dclaybest — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:29 -0500

South Johnston added to its school-record total for wins in a season Friday night, downing Rocky Mount 35-18 in the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A state football playoffs. The Trojans are now 12-1 on the season and will host a third round game next Friday night at Ronald Avery Stadium.

We'll have more on the Trojans' win and next opponent in Wednesday's edition of The Herald of Johnston County.

Princeton tops Hobbton for second time, advances in 1-A football playoffs

dclaybest — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:01:22 -0500

Princeton earned a 21-13 victory Friday night to move into the third round of the 1-A state high school football playoffs. The Bulldogs (10-3) scored 14 third-quarter points to take control of the game.

David Gurganus threw for 269 yards on the night, while Patrick Jacobs had 155 yards receiving.

We'll have more on the Bulldogs' win and their next opponent in Wednesday's edition of The Herald of Johnston County.

Harnett Central tops Southeast Raleigh in overtime

dclaybest — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:53:25 -0500

Southeast Raleigh bowed out of the NCHSAA 4-A state football playoffs Friday night with a 27-21 overtime loss to Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference rival Harnett Central. We'll wrap up the Bulldogs' season in Wednesday's edition of the Garner-Clayton Record.

A historic win for South, Princeton's playoff win was its first in a while

dclaybest — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:19 -0500

A couple of interesting notes about Friday night's playoff results.

South Johnston's 10-7 victory over Eastern Guilford gave the Trojans a record for victories in a season with 11. South carries an 11-1 mark into Friday night's second round game against Rocky Mount (8-3).

Princeton is in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1981 after its 28-25 decision over Hayesville. The Bulldogs (9-3) take on Hobbton (9-3) in Princeton on Friday night.

This week's area prep football playoff games

dclaybest — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:07:15 -0500

What's on tap in our area for the second round of the NCHSAA football playoffs on Friday, Nov. 20.

1-A Western Regional

Hobbton (9-3) at Princeton (9-3)

3-AA Eastern Regional

Rocky Mount (7-4) at South Johnston (11-1)

4-A Eastern Regional

Southeast Raleigh (10-2) at Harnett Central (12-0)

4-AA Eastern Regional

Garner (7-5) at Wake Forest-Rolesville (12-0)

South Johnson survives first round in 3-AA playoffs

dclaybest — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:55:42 -0500

Saturday's area prep football playoff score

3-AA Eastern Regional

South Johnston 10, Eastern Guilford 7

Friday, Nov. 13 Area Prep Football Playoff Scores

dclaybest — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:24:58 -0500

Tonight's area results/finals that we have

1-AA Western Regional

Princeton 28, Hayesville 25

4-AA Eastern Regional

Garner 21, Wakefield 17

Wake Forest-Rolesville 55, Clayton 0

4-A Eastern Regional

Southeast Raleigh 36, Greenville Rose 3

Garner, Clayton, Southeast and Princeton football game are a go tonight

dclaybest — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:46:34 -0500

Tonight's prep football playoff games involving Garner, Clayton, Southeast Raleigh and Princeton are all on for 7:30 p.m. kick offs.

South Johnston and Eastern Guilford are playing Saturday night at 7.

We'll be back with scores later tonight.

South Johnston vs. Eastern Guilford football game moved to Saturday

dclaybest — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:38:09 -0500

South Johnston's playoff football game against Eastern Guilford has been postponed until Saturday night. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. at Ronald Avery Stadium.

We'll keep you updated on any other changes as we get them.

Most teams to make football playoff decisions Friday morning

dclaybest — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:45:00 -0500

The state of the area's Friday NCHSAA first round playoff games remains in limbo today. And that's good news when you consider how much it's rained over the past three days. Most teams will make their decisions to play on Friday night or not sometime Friday morning. Nobody we've heard from has ruled out the scheduled Friday playing date at this point.

We'll update things once we know more.

Prep football brackets now official

dclaybest — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:49:40 -0500

The NCHSAA football brackets are now official. Here are the games of note for the Garner and Johnston County area set for next Friday:

1-A Western Regional

(11) Hayesville at (4) Princeton

3-AA Eastern Regional

(16) Eastern Guilford at (1) South Johnston

4-A Eastern Regional

(10) Greenville Rose at (7) Southeast Raleigh

4-AA Eastern Regional

(9) Wakefield at (8) Garner

(16) Clayton at (1) Wake Forest-Rolesville

Smithfield-Selma (4-7), North Johnston (3-8) and West Johnston (3-8) did not qualify for the playoffs.

D.H. Conley eliminates South Johnston on penalty kicks

dclaybest — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:44:29 -0500

After 110 scoreless minutes of play, Greenville D.H. Conley eliminated South Johnston from the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A boys soccer playoffs by penalty kicks Saturday evening at Ronald Avery Stadium.

We'll wrap up the Trojans' memorable season in next week's edition of The Herald of Johnston County.

South Johnston gets top seed in 3-AA football bracket

dclaybest — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:24:16 -0500

South Johnston (10-1) is seeded No. 1 in the NCHSAA 3-AA football playoff bracket, which was released this afternoon. The Trojans will face Eastern Guilford in the first round.

The winner gets either Rocky Mount or South Central Pitt in the second round.

Smithfield-Selma left out of 4-A football playoffs

dclaybest — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:20:20 -0500

The preliminary listing of the state 4-AA and 4-A playoffs leave Smithfield-Selma on the outside looking in. The brackets should become official sometime tonight.

The Spartans finished the season 4-7 and were sixth, by virtue of tiebreakers in the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference.

Southeast Raleigh to meet Greenville Rose in 4-A playoff opener

dclaybest — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:17:15 -0500

Southeast Raleigh is seeded seventh in the NCHSAA 4-A football playoff bracket and will host Greenville Rose, the 11th seed. The winner of that game meets Harnett Central or Fayetteville 71st in the second round.

Garner seeded eighth in 4-AA football brackets, will host Wakefield

dclaybest — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:13:32 -0500

Garner, which finished 6-5 this season and third in the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference, will host Wakefield in the opening round of the NCHSAA 4-AA football playoffs. The Trojans are seeded eighth and Wakefield is seeded ninth.

The winner meets the winner of Wake Forest-Rolesville and Clayton in the second round on Nov. 20.

Clayton just makes 4-AA football playoff field, gets rematch with Wake Forest-Rolesville

dclaybest — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:10:39 -0500

Clayton earned the final spot in the NCHSAA 4-AA eastern regional brackets. The Comets (4-7) are seeded 16th and will take on top-seeded and 11-0 Wake Forest-Rolesville in the first round. The Cougars beat Clayton 16-14 earlier this season, winning on a touchdown pass on the last play of the game.

Princeton seeded fourth in 1-A West football pairings

dclaybest — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:07:29 -0500

Princeton is seeded fourth in the NCHSAA 1-A football playoffs. The Bulldogs (8-3) will host Hayesville, seeded 13th, a first round western regional game next Friday night.

Friday, Nov. 6 Area Prep Football Scores

dclaybest — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:03:25 -0500

South Johnston 21, Triton 14

The Trojans (10-1) clinch the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference Championship and have a chance at the No. 1 overall seed in the Eastern 3-A bracket, based on their 10-0 record for seeding purposes.

Clayton 13, Smithfield-Selma 7

The Comets' Shaquille Mangum returns an interception 80 yards for the game-winning touchdown with just two seconds to play, giving Clayton a bit of hope for a playoff spot at 4-7. SSS finishes the season.

Harnett Central 34, Garner 9

Garner falls hard but gets the No. 3 seed from the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference when Knightdale upsets East Wake, 13-12.

Southeast Raleigh 27, West Johnston 7

The Bulldogs clinch the No. 2 seed from the GNRC, while West ends up out of the playoffs with a 3-8 mark.

Princeton 42, Rosewood 20

The Bulldogs finish off an 8-3 season, taking second in the Carolina 1-A Conference. It's likely the Dawgs will be hosting a first round playoff match up next Friday.

Franklinton 42, North Johnston 34

The high-scoring loss likely leaves the Panthers out of the playoff hunt after they finish with a 3-8 record.

South Johnston to host Conley on Saturday at 4 p.m.

dclaybest — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:45:30 -0500

South Johnston will host Greenville D.H. Conley Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A boys soccer playoffs. The winner moves onto next Wednesday's third round matches.

South Johnston sole area survivor in prep boys soccer playoffs

dclaybest — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:34:36 -0500

Wednesday night's area results from the NCHSAA boys soccer playoffs. ...

1-A

Durham School of the Arts 5, North Johnston 2 (OT)

3-A

South Johnston 5, Wilson Fike 1

The Trojans (16-5-1) will face Greenville D.H. Conley (10-8-3) in a second round match on Saturday. The start time has not been announced.

4-A

Green Hope 1, West Johnston 0

Wilmington Hoggard 1, Southeast Raleigh 0 (OT)

Laney eliminates Clayton from 4-A soccer playoffs

dclaybest — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:32:19 -0500

Wilmington Laney beat Clayton 2-1 Tuesday night in the opening round of the NCHSAA 4-A boys soccer playoffs. The Comets finished the season with a 15-6 record and won the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference championship.

We'll recap the match in next week's paper. The other area boys soccer playoff teams are in action tonight.

Local standout swimmer commits to Texas A&M

dclaybest — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:25:20 -0500

West Johnston High School senior Sarah Henry verbally committed to Texas A&M on Tuesday night. Henry received full scholarship offers from Stanford, Texas and A&M, according to her father, Brian Henry.

Henry is a two-time NCHSAA 4-A state individual champion, winning the 500 freestyle in the 2008-09 season and the 100 butterfly in the 2006-07 state finals. She also competed in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials.

The Aggies finished eighth in last season's NCAA Division I Diving and Swimming Championships.

Local soccer playoff matches announced

dclaybest — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:21:52 -0500

This week's area first-round prep boys soccer playoff matches. Matches are set for Wednesday, unless otherwise noted.

2-A

Durham School of the Arts (10-8-1) at North Johnston (11-6-3), 6 p.m.

3-A

Wilson Fike (10-13-1) at South Johnston (15-5-1), 7 p.m.

4-A

Wilmington Laney (13-6) at Clayton (15-5), Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Wilmington Hoggard (10-8-3) at Southeast Raleigh (10-7-2), 6 p.m.

West Johnston (9-11-2) at Green Hope (14-4-2), 6:30 p.m.

West Johnston wins regional cross country title

dclaybest — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:08:45 -0400

West Johnston's boys cross country team won the eastern regional 4-A championship Saturday at Hope Mills South View High School. The Wildcats placed six runners in the top-13 individually.

The Wildcat girls team finished second, two points behind Fayetteville Terry Sanford.

Also qualifying for the state championships next weekend were Michelle Bailey of Garner and three runners from Clayton.

Friday, Oct. 30 Prep Football Scores

dclaybest — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:24:57 -0400

Harnett Central 36, Southeast Raleigh 22

The Trojans clinch the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference championship with the win.

Garner 30, East Wake 27 (OT)

Garner led 27-6 in the fourth quarter before a furious Warrior comeback. Still, the Trojans win on a 26-yard Connor Torruella field goal.

Princeton 55, Ayden-Grifton 14

The Bulldogs lead 41-0 at the half. David Gurganus throws five TD passes.'

South Johnston 84, North Lenoir 6

Yep, you read that right. The Trojans are already being raked over the coals on this .

Roanoke Rapids 52, North Johnston 14

The Panthers actually held a 7-6 lead at one point before falling.

Wake Christian 41, Fayetteville Village Christian 9

The Bulldogs win their third straight after an 0-7 start.

SSS's Snead, South's Williams selected for Shrine Bowl squad

dclaybest — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:35:28 -0400

Johnston County will be well-represented on the 2009 N.C. Shrine Bowl squad. Smithfield-Selma's Josh Snead and South Johnston's Dee Williams were both named to the team today.

Snead, a Duke recruit, leads the Triangle area with 1,832 yards rushing in 10 games and 24 offensive touchdowns. Williams leads the Triangle area in receiving. He is tops in yards receiving (962), receiving touchdowns (17) and receiving yards per game (106.9).

Smithfield-Selma head coach and former Garner standout Anthony Barbour will serve as an assistant coach for the N.C. squad as well.

One of Barbour's fellow Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference players — Harnett Central's Anthony Johnson, an outside linebacker — was also selected to the squad. For a complete rundown of the N.C. roster, visit http://ncpreps.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1008293

The 73rd Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas will be played Dec. 19 in Spartanburg, S.C.

SSS, Clayton pick up Thursday night prep football wins

dclaybest — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:26:08 -0400

Thursday night prep football scores

Smithfield-Selma 49, West Johnston 38

Clayton 16, Knightdale 14

We'll have full reports on the games in next week's editions of the Garner-Clayton Record and The Herald of Johnston County. For boxscores from both games visit.... http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/high_school/

Raleigh Charter eliminates Princeton from 1-A volleyball playoffs

dclaybest — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:23:43 -0400

Raleigh Charter swept Princeton 25-6, 25-19, 26-24 to move on to the fourth round of the NCHSAA 1-A state volleyball playoffs tonight. The Phoenix (16-3) will play again on Saturday.

Princeton finishes its season with a 18-6 record.

Smithfield-Selma vs. Clayton junior varsity game moved to Nov. 4

dclaybest — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:07:58 -0400

Smithfield-Selma will host Clayton in junior varsity football on Wednesday, Nov. 4, instead of the previously scheduled Thursday date next week. The varsity game will remain on Friday night at Clayton High School.

The Comets are honoring their 1989 state championship team at the Nov. 6 varsity game.

Smithfield-Selma vs. West Johnston football game is Thursday night

dclaybest — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:22:36 -0400

We had a mix up in this week's editions of The Herald of Johnston County and The Garner-Clayton Record. The varsity football game between West Johnston and Smithfield-Selma will be played Thursday night at 7:30 at SSS's Tucker Stadium.

Clayton's game against Knightdale is also set for Thursday night.

Princeton moves into third round of 1-A volleyball playoffs, to host Raleigh Charter

dclaybest — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:30:29 -0400

Princeton rallied from a 20-24 deficit in the fourth game, then won a thrilling fifth game to down Lakewood 17-25, 25-23, 21-25, 27-25, 15-13 in the second round of the NCHSAA 1-A volleyball playoffs.

The Bulldogs (18-5) will host Raleigh Charter (15-3) in a third round match up Thursday night. Raleigh Charter (15-3) eliminated Midway in three games on Tuesday night.

Down 20-24 to the Leopards on Tuesday night, Princeton rode the service run of Traci Bridgers to a 25-24 lead. Lakewood broke serve to pull even at 25 but the Bulldogs got the ball right back when a Leopard block attempt went wide. Hannah Wood then came up with a serve the Leopards couldn't get back across the net to pull things even at two games apiece.

"We've played very hard all season and have kept working to improve," said Princeton coach Trudi Rast. "The girls' hard work is showing up now. Our main issue tonight was serving. When we served well we won games, when we didn't, we struggled.

"We were at our best on serve in the last two games."

The Bulldogs never trailed in the fifth and deciding game, although the Leopards (19-4) were able to tie the score six different times.

Becca Harlan and Hannah Wood had two kills each in the fifth game for Princeton. Wood carried Princeton from a 10-all tie to a 14-10 lead during a service turn that included a ace to force a game point.

The Leopards got back to within 14-13 on consecutive kills from Zanna Faircloth and Devony Hemingway before Harlan ended the match with a kill.

Clayton's Bundy finishes fifth in state 4-A girls golf championships

dclaybest — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:09:44 -0400

Clayton High School senior Lizzie Bundy finished fifth in the NCHSAA 4-A Girls Golf Championships Tuesday at Foxfire Golf and Country Club. Bundy shot a 79 on Tuesday putting together a total of 151 (5-over-par) for the 36-hole event.

Athens Drive won its second straight team championship, led by individual champion Katherine Perry (2-under, 144).

At the 1-A/2-A/3-A state golf championships, Princeton junior Christi Mileski finished at 193.

We'll have more on the state golf finals in next week's community papers.

Garner got a little extra halftime motivation, courtesy of Hal Stewart

dclaybest — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:48:48 -0400

Garner's 49-42 football victory over Southeast Raleigh last Friday night is a game that won't likely be forgotten for a long time. The Trojans played their best game of the season, surprsing the Bulldogs, who still can win the GNRC conference title.

Now comes word from N&O preps editor Tim Stevens that legendary former Garner coach Hal Stewart gave the Garner boys an impromptu halftime pep talk.

You can read about that and more, including an early look at this Friday's big clash between Southeast and Harnett Central, online now at http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/high_school. The mention of the Stewart appearance is at the end of this article: http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/high_school/story/159671.html

Smithfield-Selma surprises Clayton, 3-2, in boys soccer

dclaybest — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:43:25 -0400

Smithfield-Selma finished off its regular-season schedule with a 3-2 overtime victory over rival Clayton Monday night. Lucas Mazzeo scored two goals for the Spartans, including the game-winner four minutes into the first overtime. Luis Zeron scored the Spartans' other goal.

Clayton had already clinched the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference championship. The NCHSAA playoffs will begin next week.

Clayton's Bundy tied for second after first round of state girls golf finals

dclaybest — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:40:00 -0400

Clayton High School senior Lizzie Bundy was tied for second after the opening round of the NCHSAA 4-A Girls Golf State Championships at Foxfire Golf and Country Club. Bundy finished at 72 on the day, a stroke behind Allison Emrey of Charlotte Ardrey Kell. Par on the course is 73.

The second round of the 36-hole event is being played today (Tuesday).

Princeton advances to second round of NCHSAA volleyball playoffs

dclaybest — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:06:06 -0400

Area results from Saturday's opening round of the NCHSAA volleyball playoffs...

1-A

Princeton swept Southside, 3-0

Next up: Princeton (17-5) hosts Lakewood (19-3) on Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock.

2-A

South Granville sweeps North Johnston, 3-0.

The Panthers finish the season with a 18-8 record.

3-A

Wilson Hunt sweeps South Johnston, 3-0.

The Trojans finished the season at 19-4.

4-A

Greenville Rose sweeps West Johnston, 3-0.

The Wildcats finished 5-14.

Wilmington Ashley topped Garner in four games.

The Trojans finished the season at 15-7.

Fayetteville South View beats Southeast Raleigh, 3-1.

The Bulldogs finished 9-12.

South Johnston wins first conference soccer championship

dclaybest — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:17:52 -0400

South Johnston defeated C.B. Aycock 1-0 Thursday night to complete the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference season with a perfect 10-0 mark for its first boys soccer league title in the 30-plus year history of the school.

Edgar Herrera scored the game's only goal, his 59th of the season.

Clayton High School to honor 1989 state championship team, seeking players, cheerleaders

dclaybest — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:20:00 -0400

Clayton High School will recognize members of the 1989 NCHSAA 2-A state championship football team and cheerleaders on Nov. 6 during the Comets' football game against Smithfield-Selma. Players and cheerleaders are asked to contact Clint Eaves or Cathy Paschal at 919-553-4064 for more information.

Reggie Barnes to host free youth basketball camp at Smithfield-Selma High on Saturday

dclaybest — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:13:30 -0400

Former Smithfield-Selma High School standout Reggie Barnes will be hosting a free youth basketball camp (for boys and girls) this Saturday in the SSS gymnasium. The event will run from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Pre-registration is not required. For more info, contact the school at 934-5191.

Clayton clinches Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference soccer title

dclaybest — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0400

Clayton clinched the outright Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference boys soccer regular-season championship with a victory over Knightdale on Wednesday night. The Comets also benefitted from a tie between Southeast Raleigh and Harnett Central on Wednesday.

The Comets have two games remaining, including a Monday night meeting with Smithfield-Selma, but are more than two games ahead of the conference field with just two matches to go.

Area state volleyball playoff openers set

dclaybest — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:45:50 -0400

Here are the start times and match ups we've been informed of involving area teams in the NCHSAA volleyball playoffs, which begin Saturday.

1-A

Chocowinity Southside at Princeton, 3 p.m.

2-A

South Granville at North Johnston, TBA

3-A

South Johnston at Wilson Hunt, 3 p.m.

4-A

Wilmington Ashley at Garner, 1 p.m.

West Johnston at Greenville Rose, TBA

Southeast Raleigh at Hope Mills South View, TBA

Triton tops South Johnston to win Eastern Carolina 3-A Volleyball tourney

dclaybest — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:17:15 -0400

Undefeated Triton defeated South Johnston in three games Wednesday night to win the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference volleyball tournament. It was the Hawks' third sweep of the Trojans this season.

South Johnston (19-3 and unmatched against all teams on its schedule so far not named Triton) will open the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs on the road Saturday.

Princeton takes Carolina 1-A Conference volleyball championship

dclaybest — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:56:55 -0400

Princeton defeated rival Rosewood Wednesday night for the second time in less than a week to won the Carolina 1-A Conference volleyball tournament title. The Bulldogs will host a first round NCHSAA playoff match on Saturday.

Garner falls to Harnett Central in GNRC volleyball tourney final

dclaybest — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:45:10 -0400

Harnett Central topped Garner in five games Wednesday night to win the GNRC 4-A conference volleyball championship. Garner takes the league's No. 2 playoff seed with the loss. The Trojans will host a first round NCHSAA 4-A playoff match on Saturday at 1 p.m. The opponent has not been determined.

Clayton's Bundy finishes second in 4-A girls golf regional

dclaybest — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:23:49 -0400

Clayton senior Lizzie Bundy fired a 3-over-par, 75, to claim individual runner-up honors at today's NCHSAA 4-A Eastern Regional Championship girls golf tournament at The Golf Club at Chapel Ridge. Bundy finished a shot behind individual winner Sarah Bae of Athens Drive.

The Jaguars won their second straight regional title. Clayton finished eighth in the team standings.

Garner, Harnett Central to meet in GNRC volleyball finals

dclaybest — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:21:35 -0400

Regular-season co-champions Garner and Harnett Central will meet in the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference Tournament Championship match Wednesday night at 6 at Garner. The winner of the match will receive the league's No. 1 playoff seed.

Clayton, SSS set for dual team tennis playoffs tomorrow

dclaybest — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:23:21 -0400

Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference co-champions Clayton and Smithfield-Selma will both open the NCHSAA 4-A dual team tennis playoffs Tuesday afternoon. The Comets and Spartans split their two regular-season matchups.

Clayton drew the No. 1 seed and will host Wilmington Hoggard, while SSS will play at Southern Pines Pinecrest.

Garner hosting GNRC volleyball semifinals tonight

dclaybest — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:38:09 -0400

Back in the loop this week after a furlough week off...

Garner will host the semifinals of the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference Tournament tonight, beginning at 5 p.m. Garner meets East Wake at 5 p.m., with Harnett Central and Southeast Raleigh battling in the other semifinal at 7 p.m.

The championship match is set for Wednesday at 7 at Garner. Garner and Central tied for the regular-season league title, so if those two teams meet in the championship round, the match will also determine which team gets the league's top playoff seeding.