District Lowdown - Boys of Ballertown

Burney's Boys Basketball District Forecast

Class A

At Swartz Creek

Teams: Swartz Creek, Clarkston, Holly, Fenton, Grand Blanc, Ortonville Brandon

Pick: C-Town is on a mission…..Breslin or bust!!!! Clarkston raises 19^th consecutive district title

At Novi Detroit CC

Teams: CC, Novi, Northville, Canton, Salem, Plymouth, South Lyon

Pick: Wouldn't dream of picking against my ROCKNATION boys right now! CC routs its way to the regionals for the second straight year and third time in the past four seasons

At Southfield

Teams: Berkley, Southfield, Southfield-Lathrup, Oak Park, Detroit Henry Ford, Royal Oak

Pick: Monday's district quarterfinal between Lathrup and Henry Ford is for the hardware, and it will be a doozy – Jon-Jon Williams cans a game-winning triple at the buzzer to win it for Lathrup, Chargers grab the crown four days later

At OL St. Mary's

Teams: OLSM, West Bloomfield, North Farmington, WL Western, Farmington, FH Harrison

Pick: TEAM LITTLE NOGO aka North Farmington keeps up that age old Raiders adage and 'JUST WINS, BABY!!!!.......it will be a war though and my mans D-FIZZLE aka Dorrell Foster will have to go H.A.M for three straight nights….which he will!!

At Lakeland

Teams: Lakeland, WL Central, WL Northern, Milford, Hartland, Howell

Pick: 3-sport SUPER STUDS Zac Leimbach and K.J. Schultz get some additional medals for their already overflowing trophy mantles……Vikings win defensive battle, top Milford in district final on another Chuck Taylor game-winner

At Birmingham Seaholm

Teams: Seaholm, BH Lahser, BH Andover, Birmingham Brother Rice, Birmingham Groves

Pick: The recently-crowned OAA Gold champion Lahser Knights, a team with loads of young talent, will start their 3-year DYNASTY with a nip-and-tuck run through the districts, winding up cutting down the nets for the second Friday night in a row …..Knights sophomore Yante Maten is an INSANE talent in the post....this kid is a future Keith Benson and will show why this week…..college recruiters that aren't already aware take note ASAP!!

At Troy Athens

Teams: Athens, Pontiac, Troy, Waterford Kettering, Waterford Mott

Pick: Troy has THE CHOSEN ONE aka James Young, the rest of this crop doesn't.....its that simple!!, Colts win first district in three years, unseating the 'Yacktown Purple People Eaters……Larry Sylvester buries another game-winning trifecta against the Phoenix in the semis on Wednesday

At RH Adams

Teams: Adams, Rochester, Oxford, Stoney Creek, Lake Orion

Pick: District will be decided on Monday in a district-opening throwdown between crosstown rivals Adams and Rochester…….Heart is leaning toward the home team – what a great story that would be!! – but my better judgment tells me Rochester hasn't lost a game since early DECEMBER and won't be slowing down any time soon…….TEAM PLEASANT snares the program's first district in over two decades!!!

Class B

At Ferndale

Teams: Ferndale, Detroit CMA, Detroit Old Redford, Ferndale Academy, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Livonia Clarenceville

Pick: The road is paved for third-year head coach Tom Staton to take his alma mater aka the host Eagles to take the prize.....They used to call him "Tournament Tom" in his days as a player in the Big 10 with the Maize and Blue and his team will take on that exact same persona this March....Ferndale THRASHES its way to the title!!

At Warren Lincoln    

Teams: Lincoln, Birmingham DCD, BH Cranbrook, MH Lamphere, Clawson, Center Line, Hazel Park

Pick: REALLY? DCD dominates!!!!!!

At Imlay City

Teams: Imlay City, Capac, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Almont, Armada, Macomb Lutheran North,

Pick: The McCormick Era at NDP sees its fourth consecutive district championship secured before the end of the week…..Get SUPER Busy my main man K-MAC!!!!

Class C

At Mt. Clemens

Teams: Mt. Clemens, MH Madison, Detroit Winans, GPW University Liggett, Hamtramck Frontier, Warren Michigan Collegiate

Pick: Damon Bozeman is just TOO GOOD!!! Madison rolls!!!!

At MH Bishop Foley

Teams: Bishop Foley, AH Oakland Christian, Southfield Bradford, RH Lutheran NW, RO Shrine

Pick: Foley won't be denied another in a long line of recent district triumphs….especially since Ventures MEGA BALLER Corey "STRAIGHT MONEY" Green is at SWAGGER LEVEL THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND and COUNTING!!

Class D

At Birmingham Roeper

Teams: Roeper, Southfield Christian, Detroit CC, Novi Franklin Road Christian

Pick: Southfield Christian won't be tested until the quarters…..Eagles bring home first district title in 30 years!!!

At Clarkston Everest Academy

Teams: Everest, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, New Haven Merritt, MC Cardinal Mooney, Auburn Hills Christian

Pick: You can't stop WOLL JUNIOR JUGGERNAUT Garrett Ross, you can only hope to contain him……opposing teams in this district won't be able to do either….TEAM WIGHTMAN collects the much-deserved trophy!!!!