NOTE: The Winter Sports Preview runs Friday. It features every winter sport (minus skiing, which will run in January closer to their opener). Be sure to pick one up. Lots of good stuff in there.

With games officially starting this week, it's time to break out the preseason rankings and preseason all-stars. I'll have the first Week Guide up late Sunday night. We'll get into the routine of the Week Guide every Sunday night/Monday early afternoon. Top 10s will start around Dec. 23 and run every Thursday throughout the season.

Feedback is always welcome at jpignatiello@gazettenet.com.

Power Rankings
1. Amherst Regional
2. Holyoke
3. Lee
4. Longmeadow
5. West Springfield
6. East Longmeadow
7. Palmer
8. Northampton
9. Sabis
10. Pittsfield

GazetteLand Rankings
1. Amherst
2. Northampton
3. Hampshire Regional
4. South Hadley
5. Granby
6. Frontier Regional
7. Hopkins Academy
8. Easthampton
9. Smith Academy
10. Belchertown
11. Gateway Regional
12. Holyoke Catholic
13. Smith Vocational

GazetteLand Top Returning Scorers
1. Elizabeth Whitney, Easthampton, 16.1
2. Alyssa Klepacki, Smith Academy, 13.8
3. Kara Callahan, South Hadley, 12.1
4. Brianna Leonard, Amherst, 12.0
5. Olivia Mathieu, Hopkins, 11.9
6. Sarah Kober, Hampshire, 11.5
7. Samantha Barnes, Northampton, 11.1
8. Forbasaw Nkamebo, Amherst, 10.2
9. Megan Shain, Smith Voke, 9.9
10. Kate Sullivan, Hopkins, 9.6
11. Kristen Ferola, Amherst, 9.4
12. Chelsea Merritt, Gateway, 9.0
13. Alyssa Boardway, Granby, 8.4
14. Anna Walther, Northampton, 7.43
15. Meghan Sullivan, Granby, 7.35

Division 1 Top 10
1. Amherst
2. Holyoke
3. Longmeadow
4. West Springfield
5. East Longmeadow
6. Northampton
7. Pittsfield
8. Central
9. Chicopee Comp
10. Westfield

Division 2 Top 10
1. Palmer
2. Drury
3. Hampshire Regional
4. South Hadley
5. Mahar
6. Frontier Regional
7. Monument Mountain
8. Easthampton
9. Wahconah
10. Cathedral

Division 3 Top 10
1. Lee
2. Sabis
3. Ware
4. Granby
5. Hopkins Academy
6. Smith Academy
7. Monson
8. Lenox
9. McCann Tech
10. Gateway Regional

PRESEASON ALL-STARS

I'm doing something a little different this year in order to give more good players some recognition. The players on the All-Western Mass. team are not eligible for the All-Division teams.

All-Western Mass.
F-Kristen Ferola, Amherst
F-Arielle Ward, East Longmeadow
C-Stephanie Young, Lee
G-Monique Heard, Holyoke
G-Dana Theobald, West Springfield

Division 1
F-Brianna Leonard, Amherst
F-Alison Littles, Holyoke
C-Forbasaw Nkamebo, Amherst
G-Jill Ritrosky, Pittsfield
G-Jen Hurwitz, Longmeadow

Division 2
F-Halie Laviolette, Palmer
F-Sarah Kober, Hampshire Regional
C-Elizabeth Whitney, Easthampton
G-Danielle Racette, Drury
G-Alyssa Darling, Palmer

Division 3
F-Opaul Morris, Ware
F-Alyssa Boardway, Granby
C-Alyssa Klepacki, Smith Academy
G-Jazmine Collins, Sabis
G-Eileen Dooley, Lee