North Stanly girls continue winning streak
Published 3:40 pm Wednesday, February 4, 2026
MISENHEIMER — With seven wins in a row and an undefeated Yadkin Valley Conference record, the North Stanly girls’ basketball team has been dominant in 2026 as the regular season begins to wind down.
On Friday night, the Comets (15-3, 6-0 YVC) came away from Misenheimer with a 48-28 road win over the Gray Stone Knights (2-13, 0-6 YVC).
North Stanly jumped to an early 19-5 lead before going up by 28 at halftime. The Knights showed some signs of life in the second half — outscoring the Comets by one point in the third quarter and seven points in the fourth — but the damage was done.
Senior Lexie Brown led North Stanly with 12 points as senior Shy’Mani Baskins, junior Resse Coble and sophomore Sammie Lowder each added seven points.
North Stanly has already far surpassed its 13-13 (5-6 conf.) record from last season and is on pace to possibly hit the 20-win mark, an accomplishment the Comets pulled off in three of their past four campaigns.
Over in Misenheimer, Gray Stone has largely emulated its two-win 2024-25 season at the bottom of the conference standings.
The Comets will travel to Monroe to challenge second-place YVC competitor Union Academy on Wednesday, while the Knights will try to snap an eight-game losing streak as they host Albemarle on Friday.
Monroe 67, West Stanly 40
Now .500 in Rocky River Conference play, the West Stanly Colts (9-10, 4-4 RRC) lost 67-40 in a road test against the Monroe Redhawks (15-2, 7-1 RRC) on Friday night, dropping to fourth place in the RRC standings.
The Colts’ opponent won’t get any easier on Wednesday as they head to Marshville to face Forest Hills, who remains the only RRC team with a perfect 7-0 record in conference play.
Albemarle 53, Union Academy 42
Playing on their home court, the Albemarle Bulldogs (9-10, 3-3 YVC) defeated the Union Academy Cardinals (8-11, 4-2 YVC) by 11 points on Friday night to snap a two-game skid.
Albemarle is fourth in the YVC standings with a chance to achieve a winning record this season both overall and in league play; the Bulldogs hosted North Rowan on Tuesday and will now travel to Norwood on Thursday for a matchup with South Stanly.
South Stanly 55, Gray Stone 51
South Stanly claimed its first conference win of the season on Jan. 23 as the Rowdy Rebel Bulls (5-10, 1-4 YVC) snuck past Gray Stone for a four-point win in Norwood. Junior Kanija Colson led the Bulls with 22 points as senior Briley Page also reached double digits with 11 points.
Hoping to move up from fifth in the YVC standings, the Bulls have home games with Albemarle (Thursday) and Union Academy (Friday) lined up this week.