South Stanly boys escape Gray Stone with road win

Published 10:24 am Friday, February 13, 2026

MISENHEIMER — Snapping a three-game losing streak, the South Stanly boys’ basketball team used a dominant third quarter to defeat Gray Stone 47-40 in Misenheimer on Tuesday.

The Rowdy Rebel Bulls improved to 8-14 overall and 2-7 in Yadkin Valley Conference play, while the Knights dropped to 1-22 and 0-9. The teams entered the matchup in fifth and sixth place in their league standings, respectively.

South Stanly built an early seven-point advantage before Gray Stone answered with a 17-10 run to even the score at 27-27 by halftime.

The game turned decisively in the third quarter as South Stanly’s defense limited the Knights to just one point in the period, allowing the Bulls to create separation and take a 10-point lead into the final frame.

Gray Stone made one final push, trimming the deficit to 43-40 with two minutes remaining. However, the Knights were unable to complete the comeback as they failed to score again. South Stanly added four late points to secure the win.

Although the Bulls’ 47 points marked their lowest scoring total in a victory this season, it was enough to hand Gray Stone its 11th consecutive loss.

Both teams closed out their regular-season schedules against North Rowan, with Gray Stone traveling to face the Cavaliers on Thursday and South Stanly hosting North Rowan on Friday.

North Stanly 64, Albemarle 41

The North Stanly Comets (21-2, 8-1 YVC) held onto their first-place conference position on Tuesday as they defeated the third-place Albemarle Bulldogs (9-13, 6-4 YVC) by 23 points in New London.

Albemarle has closed out its schedule with four more wins than it had in the past two seasons combined. Fighting to stay ahead of second-place North Rowan, North Stanly traveled to Monroe on Thursday to play its regular-season finale against fourth-place Union Academy.

Forest Hills 82, West Stanly 38

With nine losses in their past 10 games, the West Stanly Colts (7-14, 2-8 RRC) suffered a 44-point loss at Forest Hills (17-6, 10-1 RRC) on Monday in a battle between the top team and sixth-place team in the Rocky River Conference.

The Colts, who have seen their win total decline in each of the past three seasons, hosted second-place Parkwood on Wednesday before closing out their schedule Friday at home against third-place Mount Pleasant.