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The West Johnston (Benson, NC) varsity soccer team won Monday's home non-conference match against Smithfield-Selma (Smithfield, NC) by a score of 2-1.

	1	2	Final
Smithfield-Selma	1	0	1
West Johnston	0	2	2

Final score provided by J. Brundidge.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

Smithfield-Selma (25-26)		West Johnston (25-26)
6	Corners	5
1	Offsides	3
6	Fouls	8

Match Stats

West Johnston (25-26)

Smithfield-Selma

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	1	1	3
16	Gerardo Rivas (Jr)		1	1
19	S. Gonzalez (Jr)	1		2

West Johnston

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	2	1	5
7	Israel Cruz (So)	1	1	3
16	Lucas Moorer (Jr)	1		2

Smithfield-Selma

#	Athlete Name	G	YC
	Team Totals	1	2
5	Cooper Harris (Sr)		1
7	Yasir Guillen (Sr)		1
19	S. Gonzalez (Jr)	1

West Johnston

#	Athlete Name	G	YC
	Team Totals	2	1
4	Gavin Hans (Sr)		1
7	Israel Cruz (So)	1
16	Lucas Moorer (Jr)	1

Smithfield-Selma

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80			2	9		2.000
00	Jahaziel Melgar (Jr)	80			2	9		2.000

West Johnston

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		15	1	14	.9	1.000
GK01	Ashton Valler (Sr)	80		15	1	14	.9	1.000

Smithfield-Selma has not entered any goaltending stats.

West Johnston

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals				1
GK01	Ashton Valler (Sr)				1

Match Story

North Carolina High School Soccer - Smithfield-Selma held off by West Johnston

September 8, 2025: Benson, NC 27504

The West Johnston Wildcats edged the visiting Smithfield-Selma Spartans soccer team by a tally of 2-1 in Monday's non-league game.

Next, the Wildcats face the Union Pines Vikings (Cameron, NC) in a Carolina Pines 6A game, on Wednesday, September 10. West Johnston will attempt to advance on its 2-7 season record. The Vikings go into the challenge with a 2-4 record after their 1-0 non-league win over South Garner (Garner, NC).

With the loss, Smithfield-Selma moves to 5-3 on the year. The Spartans host Sanderson (Raleigh, NC) to encounter the Spartans in a non-league challenge on Saturday, September 13. The Spartans go into the challenge with a record of 5-2. Sanderson 1-1 in their recent non-league challenge against Athens Drive (Raleigh, NC)

Players of the Match

Smithfield-Selma (25-26)

Smithfield-Selma has not selected any Players of the Match.

West Johnston (25-26)

Congratulations to #20 Josh Parrott for being selected the West Johnston Soccer Player of the Match.

SSHS @ West Johnston Soccer Match Info

Mon., Sep. 8, 2025 @ 6:30p

The West Johnston (Benson, NC) varsity soccer team won Monday's home non-conference match against Smithfield-Selma (Smithfield, NC) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Smithfield-Selma (25-26)

National	NC	Class
4,091	323	48

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
7-11-2	2-8-1	3-5-1	4-5-1	0-1	.400	.227	39	53

West Johnston (25-26)

National	NC	Class
4,344	345	39

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
9-12-2	7-4-2	4-5	4-5-2	1-2	.435	.615	49	56

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	OT1	OT2	Final
Smithfield-Selma	1.1	.9	.5	0	2.0
West Johnston	1.4	1.0	0	.5	2.1

Head-to-Head

Smithfield-Selma won last month

9/3 @ 6:30p 1 2 Final

West Johnston 1 0 1
Smithfield-Selma 2 2 4

The West Johnston (Benson, NC) varsity soccer team lost Wednesday's away non-conference match against Smithfield-Selma (Smithfield, NC) by a score of 4-1.
Box score
West Johnston won last month

9/8 @ 6:30p 1 2 Final

Smithfield-Selma 1 0 1
West Johnston 0 2 2

The Smithfield-Selma (Smithfield, NC) varsity soccer team lost Monday's away non-conference match against West Johnston (Benson, NC) by a score of 2-1.
Box score

9/3 @ 6:30p	1	2	Final
West Johnston	1	0	1
Smithfield-Selma	2	2	4

Team Stat Comparison

Smithfield-Selma		West Johnston
38	Goals	47
29	Assists	38
-	Shots	33
2.722	Goals Against Average	2.545

Team Leaders

Smithfield-Selma		West Johnston	National Avg.
#9 Elijah Kennedy9	Goals	#7 Israel Cruz15	4
#19 Sebastian Gonzalez5	Assists	#17 Seth Todd5	3
-	Shots	#7 Israel Cruz13	12
#13 Andrew Hartman0	Goals Against Average	GK01 Ashton Valler2.358	2.591

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Smithfield-Selma	3-3-1		West Johnston	2-4-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/27/25	Triton	Smithfield-Selma	(W) 3-0	9/17/25	Triton	West Johnston	(W) 1-0
				10/13/25	West Johnston	Triton	(T) 1-1
9/13/25	Sanderson	Smithfield-Selma	(T) 2-2	8/21/25	Sanderson	West Johnston	(L) 4-0
9/17/25	Clayton	Smithfield-Selma	(L) 3-1	8/11/25	West Johnston	Clayton	(L) 8-1
10/13/25	Smithfield-Selma	Clayton	(L) 7-1
9/24/25	Southeast Raleigh	Smithfield-Selma	(W) 6-1	8/22/25	Southeast Raleigh	West Johnston	(W) 3-1
10/20/25	Smithfield-Selma	Southeast Raleigh	(W) 2-1
10/1/25	Smithfield-Selma	Cleveland	(L) 4-2	8/25/25	Cleveland	West Johnston	(L) 4-1
10/27/25	Cleveland	Smithfield-Selma		9/2/25	West Johnston	Cleveland	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Smithfield-Selma (25-26)		West Johnston (25-26)
7-11-2	Overall	9-12-2
2-8-1	League	7-4-2
5-3-1	Non-League	2-8
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
3-3-1	Common Opponent	2-4-1
3-5-1	Home	4-5
4-5-1	Away	4-5-2
0-1	Neutral	1-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-11-2	In-State	9-12-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0