I love the spunk my boyz over at Clarkston are showing early in the year, responding to all the pre-season naysayers by simply playing solid ball every time it has hit the field so far. The Wolves are 3-1 with a sweep of OC powerhouse AH Avondale (Monday) and a defeat of the hard-hitting RH Adams Highlanders under their belts. All I can say is "WOW!!!!!" when it comes to Tyler Scarlett's senior season of athletic competition in the 2009-2010 school year.  The Michigan Tech football staff has gotten itself one heckuva a "gamer" kid in every sense of the word.

Judging by the recent box scores, Southfield's Mo Davenport (2-2 two doubles in a loss to Berkley Tuesday) can hit the baseball almost as well as he can hit the competition on the football field. Justin Danzy is pretty darn good in the athletic versatility department too, QB'ing the district champion Bluejays on the football field in the fall and hurling as their ace on the pitching hump in the spring. Davenport will be manning a linebacker spot for the Wayne State Warriors this fall.

Shouts out to Ventures of MH Bishop Foley for starting the season 12-3. Burney says, "My Bad" for not putting you in his first round of county rankings and promises to get you fellas in there next week! Jeff Schalk pitched the team to a win (five scoreless innings) and then hit them to another (3-run hum dinger of a home run and a 4 RBI outing) in a doubleheader sweep of CHSL rival-Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes on Tuesday night. Oh, yeah, his brother Brad can play some mean ball as well!

Just to get this straight: Troy's Pete Gebara (3-3, 2B, RBI on Mon against crosstowne-foe Athens) is just as good as his older brother and former Colts diamond stud, Chris ('09).

Royal Oak's Sean Lau and Dominic Valente are two of the top underclassmen around – Valente, a sophomore, went 2-for-3 at the plate and recorded the win in relief in the Ravens 6-5 win over BH Andover. Lau, only a freshman and already a monster force to be reckoned with in the batter's box, is the son of a Royal Oak assistant coach and is a major reason why the squad is out to a 5-4 start (2-0 in the OAA Central) while breaking in a line-up with six sophomores and freshman in the top 9.