STANLY COUNTY — Two of the county’s five high school baseball teams — North Stanly and West Stanly — have officially become conference championship winners for the 2025 season.
On top of an unblemished 20-0 record, North Stanly’s baseball team now has its fourth-consecutive Yadkin Valley Conference title over in New London.
The Comets (20-0, 10-0 YVC) have embraced perfection in 2025 as they have put together their second-straight undefeated conference record in what has become the high school’s most successful baseball season ever at this point through the season.
With 20 conference regular-season wins in a row dating back to March 12, 2024, North capped off its YVC campaign last week as it swept second-place Mount Pleasant (13-8, 7-3 YVC) in a 4-3 home win followed by an 8-0 road victory two days later.
The Comets have navigated their current campaign with ease, outscoring their opponents by a run margin of 170-45 since Feb. 26. North is now set to play against four non-conference opponents this week at the Mingo Bay Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Over in Oakboro, the West Stanly Colts (17-6, 10-0 Rocky River) have made sure that North isn’t the only local team with a conference title this season, achieving their third-consecutive Rocky River Conference crown and 10-0 record in RRC play.
The Colts haven’t come up short in a conference game since April 29, 2022.
West’s now-steady season got off to a rather rocky start as the team lost four of its first matchups on its schedule, including a 4-3 road loss and a 7-5 home loss to North Stanly during the first half of March.
The team has only lost twice since that seven-game rough patch, outscoring its opponents 182 to 61 throughout the 2025 campaign.
The Colts are wrapping up their regular-season schedule over in Ocean Isle Beach as they participate in the Beach Diamond Invitational. West defeated Richmond (13-9, 8-4 Sandhills) by a 5-3 score on Monday and took down tournament host West Brunswick (8-12, 4-8 Mideastern) 15-1 on Tuesday night.
A championship matchup for the Beach Diamond Invitational is set for Wednesday night against Legion Collegiate Academy (17-8).
The South Stanly Bulls (16-6, 6-4 YVC), Gray Stone Knights (7-11, 2-8 YVC) and Albemarle Bulldogs (1-14, 0-10 YVC) round out the other three local baseball squads in the county; South finished in third place in the YVC standings, while Gray Stone and Albemarle had the fifth and sixth spots, respectively.