OC Pre-Season Top 10 – Girls Basketball

1 Birmingham Detroit Country Day – The Yellowjackets' two decades of dominance will continue with this new batch of ballers who are a perfect mix of season veterans (Maddie Williams, Imari Redfield, and Troy Hambric) and fresh faced phenoms (super sophs Aerial Powers and Amber Deab)

2 North Farmington –  The Raiders are a well-balanced group with tons of big game experience. Senior PF Jenna Bachrouche (Oakland) and senior point guard Lyndsey Booker (Loyola) make up the best "inside-outside" tandem in the county. Sophmore Jasmine Harris is a rising star.

3 Southfield-Lathrup – A Big and physical front court (Amber McCann and Gennesica Lawlor) will combine with a lightning quick backcourt (Michelle Hayes and Kyra Littlejohn) to make last season's sub-par season seem like a distant memory.

4 Birmingham Marian – Rachel Melcher will carry on the tradition of great Marian guards as she finishes out a stellar career this season.

5 Novi – Caroline Johnson, Carolina Johnson, Caroline Johnson!!!!!!!

6 Lakeland – Stephanie Locke, Stephanie Locke, Stephanie Locke!!!!!!

7 Waterford Our Lady of The Lakes – Junior scoring machine Lauren Robak (verbally committed to Oakland) and senior center Alexis Doetch, a walking "double-double", are small-school clones of N. Farmington's "Killer B's", Bachrouche and Booker.

8 Auburn Hills Avondale – New coach plus junior star Jailyn Hamilton equals Yellow Jackets success this year.

9 AH Oakland Christian – The hot-shooting Carlee Cottrell and the offensively-skilled Emily Sweet are a small-school version of DCD's Powers and Dean.

10 (a) Clarkston – Kaliegh Kenny brings the the jelly, bread, and spreading knife to the Wolves' peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

10 (b) Walled Lake Northern – A senior-laden Knights girls hoop squad could end up following in the boys soccer team's footsteps – no pun intended – from the fall and end up making history this winter.