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Burney's Bytes will focus primarily on the local preps sports scene, but will also touch on some college and pro athletics, mostly in regards to athletes who hail and have played high school sports in Oakland County. My goal for the blog is to be conversational and anecdotal, a more relaxed and free formal take on high school athletics than you see in regular game day coverage.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Giving Thanks

10 Things I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving:
1 The Vento Brothers – GET SUPER DUPER BUSY, TV & JV Fri afternoon in the state finals!
2 Amir "The Big Dandy" Williams – This 6-11 DCD Yellowjacket is best prep bball player in the state!
3 Lauren "Mrs. Fourth Quarter" Robak – Do I really need to explain?
4 Chase Toth (Clarkston baseball player) & Halle Wangler (Shrine basketball player) – Burney is thankful both Toth (MSU) and Wangler (OU) recently snared full athletic scholarships to the next level
5 The OLSM football squad's "Nasty Boys" defense led by Cortez "The Terminator" Riley, Marcus "The Sack Man" Gleaves, James "Doomsday" Ross, Darrell "Dr. Fresh" Freeman – CAN U SAY STATE TITLE?
6 Lakeland head boys basketball coach Bob Brugger's return to the OC after a brief one-year hiatus at Brighton – Brugger is the definition of a winner!
7 The fact that the OC has arguably the best two centerfielders (Mitch Kozlowski and Luke Dauch) and best three catchers (Greg Fettes, Blaise Salter and Brett Sunde) in the Metro Detroit area come prep baseball season in a few months
8 Being able to cover local multi-sport studs like, Adam Gorski, Jimmy Pickens, Shawn Conway, Zach Leimbach, Kenny Knight, Lee Bailey, Mahesh Umansankar, Jason Wilson, Allen Robinson, Zach Zott, Dakota Ogles, Andrew Hammett, Mitch Kozlowski, Ryan Horvath, Kyle Cooper, The Schalk Bros., Cole Schaenzer, Jake Duzey, Devin Funchess, Austin Karbowski, Jason Gamble, Nick Bradley, Ant Adams, Ray Tillman, Tony Harris, Mitch Robinson, among others
9 Being able to cover such classy local prep coaches like, Al Fracassa, John Herrington, Jeff Rubin, Kurt Keener, Tom Calnen, Bob Riker, Dan Fife, Mike Shafkalis, Gary Griffth, Mario Evans, Tim Conley, The Negeoshians, Ernie Righetti, Erik Vernon, Tony Partrito, John Bechtel, Pete Finn, Don Watchkowski, Steve Robak, John Hall, Lance Baylis, Bud Rowley, Mike Boyd, Jim MacDougall, Dave Hicklin, Bill Dyer, Dave Muczynski, Dan MacLean, Mike Roffi, Joe Alsup, Don Peters, Todd Carruthers, Ed Schaffer, Frank Orlando, Chris Fahr, Frank De Vito, Chuck Van Robays, Tom Mach, Barry Brodsky, Tom Staton, Pete Mantyla, Scott Guthrie,Kurt Richardson, Mike Avery among others
10 The Oakland Press Sports Section!
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