White Early Season Thoughts.

Written Thursday December 5th, at 1:20 PM

When I look at the White so far in this young girls basketball season, the league has a 6-2 record so far into the season. Here are my thoughts on the early schedules now not all non league games are on here but these are the ones early before league play starts

Lake Orion right now is 2-0 on the season after beating both Lapeer East and Ortonville Brandon. The schedule will heat up for the Dragons starting on Friday when the Dragons will host West Bloomfield and then go to Clarkston on Tuesday before Bloomfield Hills comes into Lake Orion in two weeks.

Bloomfield Hills blew out Ferndale University as expected to be 1-0 on the season. The Blackhawks got several contributions from everyone in that game. They still have to play Hamtramck at home and have to go to Birmingham Roeper. I can see Bloomfield Hills being 3-0 heading into Ann Arbor where they will deal with a solid Arbor Prep team before league play starts at Lake Orion in a few weeks.

Oxford survived a tough and speedy West Bloomfield team on Tuesday night with a 47-44 win to be 1-0 on the young season. Looking at their schedule the Wildcats play Ortonville Brandon on the road, which could be another good test for Oxford on Friday. They have White Lake Lakeland at home, the Eagles gave North Farmington all they could handle and Walled Lake Northern whom survived Royal Oak is not that strong but could be the best team in Walled Lake this season of the three Walled Lake schools. The non league schedule is not as strong as people think for the Wildcats.

Troy looked very strong against Sterling Heights Stevenson with a 54-15 blowout of the Titans to be 1-0. The non conference schedule is very manageable for the Colts before league play starts. Troy will host arch rival Troy Athens on Thursday. The Colts do go to Utica Eisenhower to play the Eagles on Tuesday and do host Berkley before league play starts.

Rochester Adams riding their two talented juniors had to get past a tough Utica team 41-37 on Tuesday to be 1-0. The Highlanders will have three very tough non league games coming up when they host Madison Heights Bishop Foley then they go and play Utica Ford then they will host Avondale, whom lost a lot of talent from last season’s shocking district championship team but they are in the mix as well.

Farmington looked impressive after beating Walled Lake Central 43-31 in the Saint Catherine Prep Kickoff Tournament in Wixom on Tuesday night to be 1-0. The Falcons will play Saint Catherine of Siena Academy on Thursday in Wixom and then the non league schedule is a nightmare for Farmington. The Falcons will travel to Harrison and will host Waterford Mott before league play starts.

Rochester lost 90 percent of its scoring from last season and lost to Macomb Lutheran North on Tuesday 41-27 in Macomb and is 0-1 on the new season. The Falcons non league schedule is tough with a trip to Harrison on Friday and then they get to host Waterford Kettering. Rochester will be in a Holiday Tournament which involves West Bloomfield and league rival Oxford. It could be a long season in Falcon country this season.

Beverly Hills-Wylie E Groves lost four starters from a season ago showed their youth against a very good Stoney Creek team on Tuesday night falling 61-12 and is 0-1 on the new season. The non league schedule doesn't get any easier for the Falcons. They host Harrison and then have to play a good University Prep team and then play Birmingham Roeper, a team that has given Beverly Hills-Wylie E Groves fits in the past then league play starts. It could be a tough season in Beverly Hills this season.