Official Girls District Picks

Here are my picks for this weeks district games. I have the brackets up (click the title above for the link).

District 57B - Millington
Millington over Caro (a change of heart since Becky Albrecht is hurt)
Yale over Croswell-Lexington

Millington over North Branch
Yale over Vassar

Millington over Yale for their first ever district crown.

District 58B - Frankenmuth
Freeland over Bridgeport
Frankenmuth over John Glenn

Freeland over Pinconning
Frankenmuth over Garber (hard to beat a team 3 times)

Frankenmuth over Freeland for first district title since 2001.

District 81C - Sandusky
Dryden over Bentley
Sandusky over Brown City

Dryden over Memphis (Bentley over Memphis)
Sandusky over Marlette (this time the team will not win 3 times)

Sandusky over Dryden for repeat district championship.

District 89C - Carrollton
Mayville over Buena Vista
Valley Lutheran over Carrollton

Nouvel over Mayville (BV)
Valley Lutheran over Reese

Nouvel over Valley Lutheran (change of mind following Valley losing last week) for repeat crown.

District 90C - Laker High
Bad Axe over Cass City (BA not losing 3 times)
Laker over Harbor Beach

USA over Bad Axe
Laker over Ubly

Laker over USA for repeat district crown. (Ubly)

District 112D - Deckerville
Kingston over Cardinal Mooney (this is a hard pick)
Deckerville over Peck

Kingston over CPS (Cardinal Mooney over CPS)
Deckerville over Kimball New Life

Kingston over Deckerville for first district title since 2004. (Cardinal Mooney)

District 113D - Akron-Fairgrove
Port Hope over Caseville
Owendale-Gagetown over Akron-Fairgrove

All Saints over Port Hope (Caseville)
Kinde-North Huron over Owendale-Gagetown

All Saints over North Huron for repeat district crown.

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District Quarterfinals
Well, not that bad of a night. I was 9 of 14 in the first round. The Caseville, Cass City, and Buena Vista wins were not expected by me, but that is the great thing about March Madness - first round upsets.
District Semifinals
A much better night for me. I was 11 of 14 in the district semifinals, to bring me a total of 20 for 28 through the first two nights. One bad thing, I have lost two of my district winners. Could be a rough night come Friday?
District Finals
I finished the finals going 4 for 7. Overall, I ended up 24 of 35. Not bad, I will do better next week in the boys districts. Congratulations to Millington, Sandusky, and Ubly for winning their respective districts. Millington will move on to Goodrich for regional play. Ubly and Sandusky will visit Reese for a chance at regional championship. Final girls district brackets are located at the link to the right.

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