Sanford Lee Christian's Robert Sandidge has scored 58 goals in 19 games.

Just got worn in that Clayton has defeated South Johnston 5-0 tonight in the championship game of The Herald Cup prep boys soccer tournament. We'll have a full report on the match in next week's print edition of The Herald and online at www.theherald-nc.com/sports.

BOYS SOCCER

Clayton 2, Southeast Raleigh 0

Goals: C. Coats, J. Harrison; Assist: C. Coats.

North Johnston 5, Goldsboro 0

Goals: H. Grady 2, D. Hicks, M. Cortes, H. Brame; Assists: D. Hicks, A. Zuniga.

West Johnston 4, Garner 2

Goals: WJO—A. Murdock 3, J. Pedrozo; GAR—M. Wescoe 2.

Assists: WJO—T. Long, B. Bowden; GAR—L. Tompkins, H. Kunichek.

GIRLS TENNIS

Garner 5, Smithfield-Selma 4

Singles: Esquerra (SSS) def. Jordan, 6-4, 6-1; Juarez (SSS) def. McDowell, 6-1, 6-2; Curtis (GAR) def. Barnes, 6-1, 6-1; Ijames (SSS) def. Nicholson, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0; Jonell (GAR) def. Howell, 6-1, 6-4; Chalk (GAR) def. Tobin, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Jordand and McDowell (GAR) def. Juarez and Barnes, 8-4;Esquerra and Ijames (SSS) def. Curtis and Jonell, 9-8; Nicholson and Chalk (GAR) def. Tobin and Stevens, 8-4.

VOLLEYBALL

Princeton def. Clinton Union, 15-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-18.

Holly Springs def. Clayton, 25-11, 25-15, 24-18.

Southern Nash def. North Johnston, 25-16, 25-21, 25-27, 25-21. 

The regularly-scheduled boys soccer match between South Johnston and Clayton set for next Thursday (Sept. 11) at South will also be the championship match of The Herald Cup boys' soccer tournament. The match will be played at 6:30 p.m. The two teams will also play a junior varsity match that day at 4:30 p.m. at South.

Thursday's results from the 2008 Herald Cup boys' soccer tournament:

Consolation match: North Johnston 7, Johnston Christian 1

Semifinals:

Clayton 5, West Johnston 1

South Johnston 2, Smithfield-Selma 1

The championship match of the Cup will be played at a later date. We'll update when that'll be as soon as we get it pinned down.

With more rain expected this afternoon and the area under a Tornado watch until 5 p.m. today's boys' soccer matches in the annual Herald Cup soccer tournament have been postponed until Thursday at North Johnston High School.

Johnston Christian and North Johnston will also play their consolation round match on Thursday at North.

The schedule will be:

Johnston Christian vs. North Johnston, 3:30

Clayton vs. West Johnston, 5:15 (or 10 minutes after the conclusion of JCA-North)

South Johnston vs. Smithfield-Selma, 7 (or 10 minutes after the conclusion of Clayton-West)

The championship round will be made up at a later date.

We'll post future schedule updates as soon as we know something.

With more rain expected this afternoon and the area under a Tornado watch until 5 p.m. today's boys' soccer matches in the annual Herald Cup soccer tournament have been postponed until Thursday at North Johnston High School.

Johnston Christian and North Johnston will also play their consolation round match on Thursday at North.

The schedule will be:

Johnston Christian vs. North Johnston, 3:30

Clayton vs. West Johnston, 5:15 (or 10 minutes after the conclusion of JCA-North)

South Johnston vs. Smithfield-Selma, 7 (or 10 minutes after the conclusion of Clayton-West)

The championship round will be made up at a later date.

We'll post future schedule updates as soon as we know something.

Wednesday's semifinal matches in the 2008 Herald Cup boys prep soccer tournament have been shifted up. One of the two light fixtures that were out for last night's North Johnston vs. Smithfield-Selma match is back working but the other is still down. Hence the shift up to try to get both games completed in daylight as we did on Monday night.

Wednesday's schedule

Both matches at North Johnston High School 

Clayton vs. West Johnston, 4:30

Smithfield-Selma vs. South Johnston, 6:15 

BOYS' SOCCER

Middle Creek 4, West Johnston 1

Goals: WJO—Torres; MID—Halley, Unger, May, Keel.

Assists: WJO—Shelton; MID—Keel 2.

BOYS' SOCCER: THE HERALD CUP AT NORTH JOHNSTON

Clayton 11, Johnston Christian 0

Goals: H. Crocker 2, M. Gutowski 2, B. Gunter, C. Coats, J. Shaprio, D. Killane, C. Santiago, J. Hilburn, C. Jones.

Assists: C. Jones 2, G. Oliver 2, D. Lopez, J. Shapiro, H. Crocker, C. Coats, R. Killane.

Smithfield-Selma 3, North Johnston 2

Goals: SSS—E. Quardad, E. Pimentel, K. Turner; NJO—M. Cortes 2.

Assists: SSS—E. Pimentel; NJO—T. Phipps, G. Santos.

GIRLS TENNIS

Holly Springs 9, West Johnson 0

Singles: Johnson def. Reese 6-1, 7-5; Henke def. Rhodes 6-0, 6-0; Gazzard def. Langdon 6-0, 6-1; Brown def. Ahearn 6-2, 6-0; Kanady def. Shearin 6-0, 6-0; Burda def.
Ennis 6-0, 6-0

Doubles: Johnson and Henke def. Reese and Rhodes 8-2; Henegar and Cromer def. Shearin and Ennis 8-4; Brown and Kanady def. Langdon and Ahearn (default).

Smithfield-Selma 7, East Wake 2

Singles: Esquerra (SSS) def.
A. Beaver 6-2, 6-4; Juarez (SSS) def. Joseph 6-3, 6-1; Barnes (SSS) def. Piner 6-3, 6-3; Ijames (SSS) def. Duke 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; Howell (SSS) def. Williford 6-1, 6-2; Braswell (SSS) def. Cannon 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles:
Juarez and Barnes (SSS) def. Beaver and Joseph 9-8 (8-6); Piner and Duke (EWK) def. Tobin and Stevens 8-5; Williford and Cannon (EW) def. Youngblood and Horne 8-2.

Clayton 9, Garner 0

Singles: Singletary def. Jordan 6-3, 6-1; Wiedmann def. McDowell 6-4, 6-4; Littmann def. Curtis 6-3, 6-1; Fournier def. Nickalson 6-0, 6-2; Edwards def. Jewell 6-3, 6-2; Durham def. Chalk 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles: Singletary and Wiedmann def. Jordan and McDowell 8-1; Fournier and Durham def. Curtis and Jewell 8-2; Littmann and Morrison def. Nickalson and Chalk 8-5.

VOLLEYBALL

Princeton def. Midway, 24-26, 26-24, 25-20, 25-22.

North Johnston def. Franklinton 25-18, 24-26, 25-10, 25-14.

Broughton, the 2007 N.C. High School Athletic Association 4-A boys soccer champion, opens the 2008 season ranked No. 1 in the N.C. Soccer Coaches Association 4-A poll.

“That’s based on last year,” said Caps coach Izzy Hernandez. “Last year’s champion usually is ranked No. 1 in the preseason.

“We have a nice squad. The cupboard isn’t bare."

The Caps are followed by Green Hope (No. 4), Apex (6), Sanderson (8) and Leesville Road (12).
In the 3-A poll, Wilson Fike is No. 2 and Pikeville Aycock is 10.

Cardinal Gibbons is No. 2 in 2-A and Durham Science & Math leads the 1-A ranking.

North Raleigh Christian is No. 2 in the private schools list with St. David’s taking No. 5. Wake Christian, the 2007 Christian school 3-A champ, is No. 9.

Complete polls are at http://www.ncsca.org/