Burney's best bets this week in district play on the prep baseball diamond

D1

At Troy Athens

Teams: Athens, Pontiac, RH Adams, AH Avondale, Troy

Pick: SUPERSONIC UPSET SPECIAL: Adams play spoiler to district favorite Avondale in a down-to-the-wire extra-inning classic in Saturday's district final, won on Alex Taylor's walk-off 3-run homer!!!! Yeah, I said it!!!!

At Utica Ike

Teams: Ike, Rochester, Stoney Creek, Eisenhower, Romeo

Pick: Stoney Creek makes amends for last year's flameout in the districts and walks away with the hardware on the arm and bat of senior stud Zak Northrup

At Lake Orion

Teams: LO, Waterford Mott, Waterford Kettering, Oxford, Clarkston

Pick: Like over at Stoney Creek, Burney foresees the Dragons, despite a super tough draw, vanquishing district demons of the past ad hoisting the hardware after a hard-fought battle for the district against Kettering.

At Brighton

Teams: Brighton, WL Northern, WL Central, WL Western, South Lyon

Pick: WL Northern keeps the dream alive and raises the first district baseball title in school history

At Southfield-Lathrup

Teams: Lathrup, Birmingham Groves, Birmingham Brother Rice, West Bloomfield, Birmingham Seaholm

Pick: Rice rolls!!! 'NUFF SAID!!!

At North Farmington

Teams: NF, Farmington, Novi, Novi Detroit CC, FH Harrison

Pick: This is an intriguing district pool, maybe the biggest toss up of the D1 draws, however, Burney likes his boys in the Brown and Yellow…i.e. best pitcher in district=championship….aka Sterling Sharp pummels the comp from the mound for NF and TEAM O'CONNELL!!!

D2

At Pontiac NDP

Teams: NDP, BH Lahser, BH Andover, OL St. Mary's, Birmingham DCD

Pick; Last season's tourney run bares fruit this spring and gets Andover the edge in this killer district draw…..literally any team in this pool has a good shot at winning the title

At Warren Fitzgerald

Teams: Fitz, MH Lamphere, Clawson, Ferndale, Hazel Park

Pick: I don't know why – probably cause the master tactician himself skipper Adam Wooley – but like Lamphere in a pair of squeakers in the district semis and finals

D3

At New Haven

Teams: NH, MH Madison, Pontiac AOE, Macomb Lutheran North, MH Bishop Foley

Pick: REALLY? Foley in a walk

D4

At WOLL

Teams: WOLL, RH Lutheran NW, Landmark Academy, AH Oakland Christian

Pick: Lutheran NW Crusaders take a crusade to CHAMPIONSHIP CITY, BABY!!!

At Southfield Christian

Teams: SC, RO Shrine, Novi FR Christian, Jewish Academy, Birmingham Roeper

Pick: Too many Harris' to contain for the rest of the field, Franklin Road Christian keeps dancing on into regionals for the first time in 15 years!!