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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.
Smithfield-Selma offensive and defensive back Josh Snead (Class of 2010) verbally committed to accept a football scholarship from Duke on Monday. Snead, who paired with UNC recruits Justin Dixon and D.J. Bunn in the Spartan backfield at times last season, is well known for his speed. He ran on South Johnston's state 3-A championship-winning 4x100-meter relay team in 2008.
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."
