Smithfield Community Park and the Smithfield-Selma High School softball team will co-host a benefit prep softball scrimmage jamboree on Saturday at Smithfield Community Park. The event, which features 12 teams, will begin at 9 a.m. and continues until about 5 p.m.
Proceeds will support the Miracle League of Johnston County, a non-profit organization that provides a baseball league for the mentally and physically handicapped children at no charge. Games are scheduled during spring and fall seasons at the Smithfield Community Park.
Team participating include in the softball scrimmages are Smithfield-Selma, Fayetteville Pine Forest, Clayton, Princeton, Triton, Corinth Holders, Harnett Central, South Johnston, South View, West Johnston and North Johnston.
A downloadable PDF schedule is attached...
12-team prep softball scrimmage set for Saturday at Smithfield Community Park
Submitted by dclaybest on 02/25/2011 - 16:05Four Oaks Bank Cup girls soccer tournament begins Monday
Submitted by dclaybest on 02/23/2011 - 13:22The annual Johnston County high schools' girls soccer championship, The Four Oaks Bank Cup, helps kick off the spring sports season in the area next week. The tournament will include all eight Johnston County squads. Monday's quarterfinal round is played at four different sites, with action on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday all at South Johnston High School's Ronald Avery Stadium.
The championship match is set for 7 p.m. on Friday night.
The complete tournament schedule...
Tuesday's area conference quarterfinal basketball results
Submitted by dclaybest on 02/16/2011 - 01:26Greater Neuse River 4-A Boys Quarterfinals
Clayton 60, Smithfield-Selma 59
Garner 78, Harnett Central 71
Southeast Raleigh 50, East Wake 36
Knightdale 65, West Johnston 58
Eastern Carolina 3-A Boys Quarterfinals
Triton 75, Cleveland 43
Eastern Wayne 51, South Johnston 41
C.B. Aycock 71, North Lenoir 50
Northern Carolina 2-A Boys Quarterfinals
North Johnston 57, Northwest Halifax 54
Roanoke Rapids 64, Louisburg 59
Carolina 1-A Boys Quarterfinals
Rosewood 46, Spring Creek 35
North Duplin 66, Ayden-Grifton 58
Monday's area prep conference basketball tournament results
Submitted by dclaybest on 02/14/2011 - 23:12Greater Neuse River 4-A Girls Quarterfinals
Clayton 58, West Johnston 44
Garner 53, East Wake 51
Harnett Central 51, Knightdale 50
Southeast Raleigh def. Smithfield-Selma
Eastern Carolina 3-A Girls Quarerfinals
South Johnston def. Cleveland
Triton def. Eastern Wayne
North Lenior def. Southern Wayne
Northern Carolina 2-A Girls Quarterfinals
North Johnston def. Louisburg
Bunn 60, Corinth Holders 23
Northwest Halifax 48, Roanoke Rapids 30
Carolina 1-A Girls Quarterfinals
Princeton 43, Spring Creek 25
North Duplin 41, Rosewood 25
Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference basketball tournament schedule
Submitted by dclaybest on 02/13/2011 - 19:08Boys
Tuesday, Feb. 15
Cleveland at Triton, 7
South Johnston at Eastern Wayne, 7
C.B. Aycock at North Lenoir, 7
Girls
Monday, Feb. 14
Cleveland at South Johnston, 7
Eastern Wayne at Triton, 7
Southern Wayne at North Lenoir, 7
Tuesday, Feb. 8 Area Prep Results
Submitted by dclaybest on 02/09/2011 - 02:20Prep Wrestling
4-A Dual Team Playoffs
West Johnston 45, Holly Springs 31
West Johnston 29, Panther Creek 28
3-A Dual Team Playoffs
Havelock 40, Cleveland 36
2-A Dual Team Playoffs
Burlington Cummings 48, Corinth Holders 25
Girls Basketball
South Johnston 44, Cleveland 25
East Wake 45, Garner 38
Clayton 62, Knightdale 33
Wake Christian 62, Vandalia Christian 27
West Johnston 54, Smithfield-Selma 37
Southeast Raleigh 75, Harnett Central 29
Boys Basketball
Princeton 77, Ayden-Grifton 47
Garner 75, East Wake 49
Knightdale 57, Clayton 50
Wake Christian 72, Vandalia Christian 61
West Johnston wrestlers advance to 4-A dual team regionals
Submitted by dclaybest on 02/08/2011 - 23:59West Johnston moved into the regional round of the NCHSAA 4-A dual team wrestling state championship tournament Tuesday night, taking out Tri-Nine Conference powers Holly Springs (45-31) and Panther Creek (29-28) in the opening rounds. The Wildcats will be making their first regional round appearance on Thusday night.
First-year schools Cleveland and Corinth Holders both dropped their first round dual playoff matches tonight. Corinth Holders fell to Burlington Cummings, 48-25, while Havelock topped Cleveland, 40-36.
Here's correspondent Tim Candon's report on the matches: http://www.garnerclayton.com/2011/02/08/5870/a-historic-night-for-west-wrestlers.html
Cleveland to host opening rounds of 3-A state dual wrestling tournament
Submitted by dclaybest on 02/07/2011 - 10:44First-year school Cleveland will host the first and second rounds in the NCHSAA 3-A dual team wrestling tournament on Tuesday night. The Rams, who qualified by finishing second in the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference, will welcome Havelock (16-0), West Brunswick (18-5) and Eden Morehead (15-3) for the two-round event.
Friday, Feb. 4 Area Prep Basketball Scores
Submitted by dclaybest on 02/04/2011 - 23:05Boys
Clayton 80, East Wake 72
Garner 87, Southeast Raleigh 47
Goldsboro 77, Princeton 55
Wake Christian 71, Lighthouse Christian 44
Harnett Central 47, Smithfield-Selma 42
Girls
Bunn 63, North Johnston 47
Clayton 53, East Wake 50
Goldsboro 43, Princeton 26
Southeast Raleigh 64, Garner 30
Harnett Central 49, Smithfield-Selma 23
Triton 48, Cleveland 30
First-year Cleveland High wrestling team clinches playoff spot in wrestling
Submitted by dclaybest on 02/03/2011 - 09:32Cleveland High School's wrestling team earned a state dual wrestling playoff birth in its first year of competition Tuesday night with a 42-36 victory over Eastern Wayne. The Rams finished the season 4-1 in the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference and will participate in the state tournament on Tuesday at a site to be determined.
Derrick Applewhite, Delaney Ahola, Dakota Hill, Chance Wallace, Holden Bohannon all won via pinfall for Cleveland in the match, while Josiah Evans took a win by decision.
Rams' 160-pounder Chris Monge won the night's most competitive match, downing Jamel Barrett in overtime. Joey McKinney and James Barrett posted wins via forfeit for the Rams.
