3 Triad players, 1 coach selected for 2026 East-West Girls Basketball All-Star Game

News & Record Coach of the Year John Shearin and his first-team all-area guard Samaria King are set to reunite in this year's North Carolina Coaches Association East-West All-Star Girls Basketball Game.

The 51st installment is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on July 20 at the Novant Health Field House in Greensboro.

Shearin becomes the third-ever Andrews girls basketball coach to be an assistant coach for the event. Brenda Jo Thomas and Sue Shinn were assistants in 1981 and 1988, respectively.

King, a 5-foot-8 guard, becomes the program's fourth-ever playing participant, with Aprille Shaffer playing in 1977, Candy Mikels in 1981 and Adell Harris in 1998. Shaffer, a future UNC player, had late game-tying and game-winning assists in a two-point West victory, while Harris, a future Wake Forest player, received MVP honors in another West victory.

Shearin, also a 2025-26 North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association District Coach of the Year, received the selection, after guiding the Lady Red Raiders to 21-5 overall, a Pac 7 4A/5A regular season conference title at 12-0 and a trip to the regional semifinals. His team accomplished this despite star Queens University of Charlotte signee Janiya Milligan, who was the previous season's Mid-State 2A Conference Player of the Year, missing the playoffs with a knee injury.

His Andrews teams have gone 317-80, with 11 regular season conference titles and only 12 conference losses since the start of the 2011-12 season, with his 2013-14 squad winning the program's only state championship. All 11 of those conference titles had undefeated records, with the program riding a five-season streak of undefeated conference championships.

King, a Catawba signee, received the honor after averaging a team-high 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist as the Raiders reached a regional semifinal for the second consecutive season and for the second time in 10 years. The Pac 7 4A/5A Conference Offensive Player of the Year was also a key part of a defense that only allowed 34.3 points per game, 27.1 in conference play.

Beyond Guilford County, Kernersville Glenn's 6-foot forward Laneigh Scales, a UNC Greensboro signee, received a selection, after averaging 16.3 points on 55% field goal shooting, 14.3 rebounds, 4.2 blocks and 3.8 steals as the Bobcats finished 17-8 overall, second in the Piedmont Triad 5A/6A Conference at 8-2 and reached the 6A third round. Scales was also the Conference Defensive Player of the Year and the only Triad region girls player selected for this year's NC-SC Carolinas Classic.

Scales is Glenn girls basketball's fifth-ever girls basketball selection. The others were Janice Rhynehardt in 1988, Melanie Cobb in 1991, Lashanta Johnson in 2000 and Danielle Edwards in 2003.

Oak Grove's 5-foot-11 guard Kalin Favreau becomes the school's first-ever East-West girls basketball selection, with Ben Boulware and Eli Fulcher being picked for this December's football all-star game. Favreau was the Piedmont Triad 5A/6A Conference Co-Player of the Year, after averaging 16.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 3.2 steals per game for the Lady Grizzlies, who went 24-1 overall, won the conference regular season title at 10-0 and reached the 5A fourth round.

The girls basketball all-star game was first played in 1975, with the East leading the series, 27-23, after winning last year's matchup, 97-85, behind Apex Friendship graduate Jasmine Nivar's MVP performance of 25 points and 11 rebounds. The East has won the last three meetings.

Here are the full rosters for both teams.

East: Najiha Allen, Overhills; Ameya Brown, Terry Sanford; Azariah Brunson, E.E. Smith; Brook Evans, South Central; Kira Jones, Rocky Mount; Darta Lee, Corinth Holders; Katherine Leonard, Seaforth; Charley Moore, Topsail; Tristan Shivers, Hoggard; Jazziyah Smith, New Hanover; coach Serena Smith, Whiteville; coach Brian Graham, Cape Fear.

West: Kiara Anderson, Mallard Creek; Khiara Culliver, Maiden; Kalin Favreau, Oak Grove; Samaria King, TW Andrews; Clara McCartha, McDowell; Shaniya Paylor, Southeast Alamance; Laneigh Scales, Glenn; Cecily Swimmer, Cherokee; Tiara Thompson, West Rowan; Autumn Washington, Ardrey Kell; coach Brett Lamb, Highlands; coach John Shearin, TW Andrews.

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This story was originally published June 20, 2026 at 4:06 AM.