Oakland Activities Association

Oakland Activities Association is a Southeast Michigan high school athletics conference. It is made up of 21 schools located throughout Oakland County.

History

The Oakland Activities Association was first formed with schools from an amalgamation of different leagues. The G.O.A.L. (Greater Oakland Activities League), Metro Suburban Activities Association and the Southeastern Michigan Association (plus one independently associated school) were all merged in 1994 into the Oakland Activities Association, with the goal being to form a more geographically-centered league.

Charter members

Founding Members

Previous league	School
Greater Oakland Activities League	Clarkston, Lake Orion, Pontiac Northern, Waterford Kettering, Waterford Mott
Metro Suburban Activities Association	Birmingham Groves, Bloomfield Hills Lahser, Rochester, Rochester Adams, Royal Oak Dondero, Southfield-Lathrup, Troy Athens, West Bloomfield
Southeastern Michigan Association	Berkley, Birmingham Seaholm, Bloomfield Hills Andover, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Royal Oak Kimball, Southfield, Troy
Independently associated	Ortonville Brandon

After its first year, the OAA experienced rapid growth, with Pontiac Central from the Saginaw Valley Association and Oak Park from the Suburban Athletic League joining in 1995, and Auburn Hills Avondale, Clawson, Madsion Heights Lamphere, and Madison Heights Madison all coming to the OAA in 1996 after the disbandment of the Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference.

The next major growth period did not occur until 2002, when Farmington, North Farmington, and Farmington Hills Harrison from the Western Lakes Activities Association as well as the newly built Stoney Creek High School in Rochester Hills all joined the OAA.

2002 also marked a period of decline for the OAA, beginning with Brandon High leaving to join the Flint Metro League that year, where it currently resides. Two years after that, in 2004, Madison and Lamphere left to join the Macomb Area Conference, while Clawson left to join the Metro Conference, and in 2008, Waterford Mott and Waterford Kettering left to join the Kensington Lakes Activities Association. However, in 2010, the OAA gained a new member in Oxford, who had come from the Flint Metro League. After that, the next school to leave the OAA for another conference did not come for another 11 years, when Hazel Park left to join the Macomb Area Conference in 2019.[1]

There have also been a significant amount of closings and consolidations of various Oakland County schools in recent years, which also has not helped the OAA's membership. These aforementioned consolidations are Dondero High School closing and merging with Kimball High School to create Royal Oak High School in 2006, Pontiac Northern High School closing and merging with Pontiac Central High School to create Pontiac High School in 2009, Lahser High School closing and merging with Andover High School to create Bloomfield Hills High School in 2013, Southfield-Lathrup High School closing and merging with Southfield High School to create Southfield Senior High School for the Arts and Technology (commonly abbreviated to Southfield A&T) in 2016, and Harrison High School being closed down in 2019.

Member schools

Current members

School[2]	Mascot	Location	Colors	Enrollment (as of 2019)	Class	Joined
Clarkston	Wolves	Clarkston	Blue and Gold	2,499	A	1994
Troy	Colts	Troy	Silver and Black	2,237	A	1994
Troy Athens	Red Hawks	Troy	Red and Gold	2,276	A	1994
Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	Cougars	Rochester Hills	Vegas Gold and Millennium Blue	1,638	A	2001
Lake Orion	Dragons	Orion Township	Green and White	2,416	A	1994
Pontiac	Phoenix	Pontiac	Purple, Black, and Silver	963	A	2009
Rochester	Falcons	Rochester Hills	Royal Blue and White	1,805	A	1994
West Bloomfield	Lakers	West Bloomfield Township	Green and White	2,042	A	1994
Bloomfield Hills	Black Hawks	Bloomfield Township	Black, Purple, and Silver	1,896	A	2014
Oak Park	Knights	Oak Park	Red, White, and Black	1,276	A	1995
Southfield A&T	Warriors	Southfield	Red, White, and Blue	2,067	A	2016
Birmingham Groves	Falcons	Beverly Hills	Yellow, White, and Green	1,310	A	1994
Oxford	Wildcats	Oxford	Navy and Gold	2,234	A	2004
Rochester Adams	Highlanders	Rochester Hills	Brown and Gold	1,710	A	1994
North Farmington	Raiders	Farmington Hills	Brown and Gold	1,371	A	2001
Birmingham Seaholm	Maples	Birmingham	Maroon and White	1,370	A	1994
Royal Oak	Ravens	Royal Oak	Black, Royal, and Silver	1,405	A	2006
Farmington	Falcons	Farmington	Blue and White	1,444	A	2002
Berkley	Bears	Berkley	Maroon and Blue	1,424	A	1994
Auburn Hills Avondale	Yellow Jackets	Auburn Hills	Purple and Gold	1,133	A	1996
Ferndale	Eagles	Ferndale	Brown, White, and Gold	717	B	1994

Former members

School	Nickname	Location	Joined	Previous Conference	Departed	Successive Conference
Bloomfield Hills Andover	Barons	Bloomfield Township	1994	Southeastern Michigan Association	2013	None (school consolidated)
Bloomfield Hills Lahser	Knights	Bloomfield Hills	1994	Metro Suburban Activities Association	2013	None (school closed)
Clawson	Trojans	Clawson	1996	Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference	2004	Metro Conference
Farmington Hills Harrison	Hawks	Farmington Hills	2002	Western Lakes Activities Association	2019	None (school closed)
Hazel Park	Vikings	Hazel Park	1994	Southeastern Michigan Association	2019	Macomb Area Conference
Madison Heights Lamphere	Rams	Madison Heights	1996	Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference	2004	Macomb Area Conference
Madison Heights Madison	Eagles	Madison Heights	1996	Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference	2004	Macomb Area Conference
Ortonville Brandon	Blackhawks	Ortonville	1994	Independent	2002	Flint Metro League
Pontiac Central	Chiefs	Pontiac	1995	Saginaw Valley League	2009	None (school consolidated)
Pontiac Northern	Huskies	Pontiac	1994	Greater Oakland Activities League	2009	None (school closed)
Royal Oak Dondero	Oaks	Royal Oak	1994	Metro Suburban Activities Association	2006	None (school closed)
Royal Oak Kimball	Knights	Royal Oak	1994	Southeastern Michigan Association	2006	None (school consolidated)
Southfield	Warriors	Southfield	1994	Southeastern Michigan Association	2016	None (school consolidated)
Southfield-Lathrup	Chargers	Lathrup Village	1994	Metro Suburban Activities Association	2016	None (school closed)
Waterford Kettering	Captains	Waterford Township	1994	Greater Oakland Activities League	2008	Kensington Lakes Activities Association
Waterford Mott	Corsairs	Waterford Township	1994	Greater Oakland Activities League	2008	Kensington Lakes Activities Association

Membership timeline

OAA Divisions

The members of the Oakland Activities Association is divided into divisions which vary by sport. Before 2007, these divisions were labeled after Roman Numerals, with there typically being three divisions, labeled I, II, III, and occasionally a fourth, labeled IV. Nowadays, though, these divisions are labeled after colors, with most sports typically having three divisions: red, white, and blue. However, some sports are only divided into the red or white divisions while some are divided into a fourth division, gold.[3]

Football Divisions (as of 2019) Red White Blue Adams Athens Avondale Bloomfield Hills Groves Berkley Clarkston Oak Park Farmington Lake Orion Rochester Ferndale Oxford Seaholm North Farmington Southfield A&T Stoney Creek Pontiac West Bloomfield Troy Royal Oak OAA Football Divisional Champions Division I (1994-2006)/Red Division (2007-) Champions Year School Division Overall 1994 Troy 5-0 12-1 1995 Troy 5-0 9-2 1996 Clarkston 6-0 9-1 1997 Troy 6-0 10-1 1998 Lake Orion Rochester Adams Troy 4-1 4-1 4-1 10-2 9-2 9-2 1999 Clarkston 4-1 11-2 2000 Clarkston 6-0 12-1 2001 Rochester Adams 6-0 10-1 2002 Farmington Hills Harrison Lake Orion Rochester Adams 6-1 6-1 6-1 8-3 9-2 8-2 2003 Farmington Hills Harrison 7-0 11-2 2004 Rochester Adams 8-0 12-1 2005 Rochester Adams 8-0 12-1 2006 Lake Orion 8-0 10-1 2007 Clarkston 8-0 9-2 2008 Lake Orion 7-0 12-2 2009 Clarkston 7-0 12-1 2010 Lake Orion 7-0 13-1 2011 Clarkston Lake Orion 6-1 6-1 7-4 6-4 2012 Clarkston 7-0 11-1 2013 Clarkston 7-0 13-1 2014 Clarkston 7-0 14-0 2015 West Bloomfield 7-0 9-1 2016 Clarkston Southfield A&T 5-1 5-1 9-3 8-4 2017 Rochester Adams West Bloomfield 6-1 6-1 9-2 11-3 2018 Clarkston 5-1 11-3 2019 West Bloomfield 6-0 10-2 Division II (1994-2006)/White Division (2007-) Champions Year School Division Overall 1994 Lake Orion 4-0 7-3 1995 Pontiac Central 5-0 10-2 1996 Berkley 6-0 8-2 1997 Birmingham Seaholm 6-1 10-2 1998 Waterford Kettering 6-0 7-2 1999 Berkley Waterford Mott 5-1 5-1 6-4 6-4 2000 Birmingham Groves 6-0 8-2 2001 Royal Oak Kimball 6-0 9-2 2002 Birmingham Seaholm 6-1 8-3 2003 Birmingham Groves 6-1 7-4 2004 Southfield 8-0 9-1 2005 Birmingham Seaholm 7-1 8-3 2006 Royal Oak 7-1 8-3 2007 Rochester Adams 7-0 11-2 2008 Rochester Adams 7-0 8-2 2009 Rochester Adams 7-0 8-3 2010 Farmington Hills Harrison 7-0 14-0 2011 Farmington Hills Harrison 7-0 10-1 2012 Oak Park 6-1 9-3 2013 Southfield 7-0 7-3 2014 Farmington Hills Harrison Oak Park Southfield 6-1 6-1 6-1 10-3 8-3 9-4 2015 Farmington Hills Harrison 7-0 7-3 2016 Birmingham Groves 6-0 11-2 2017 Birmingham Groves Farmington Hills Harrison Oak Park 6-1 6-1 6-1 7-3 10-4 9-3 2018 Oak Park 6-0 9-2 2019 Oak Park 6-0 8-2 Division III (1994-2006)/Blue Division (2007-) Champions Year School Division Overall 1994 Royal Oak Kimball 4-0 10-2 1995 Royal Oak Kimball 5-0 10-1 1996 Ferndale 6-0 10-1 1997 Birmingham Groves 6-0 8-3 1998 Birmingham Groves Ortonville Brandon Pontiac Northern 5-1 5-1 5-1 7-2 6-3 7-3 1999 Pontiac Northern 6-0 9-3 2000 Birmingham Seaholm Ortonville Brandon Southfield 5-1 5-1 5-1 9-3 9-2 7-3 2001 Birmingham Seaholm 6-0 11-1 2002 Farmington North Farmington 5-1 5-1 10-2 6-3 2003 Farmington 6-0 8-2 2004 Auburn Hills Avondale Bloomfield Hills Andover Bloomfield Hills Lahser 8-1 8-1 8-1 8-2 10-2 9-2 2005 Bloomfield Hills Lahser 9-0 12-1 2006 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 8-0 8-2 2007 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek Waterford Mott 7-1 7-1 8-2 7-3 2008 Bloomfield Hills Lahser 8-0 11-2 2009 Hazel Park Pontiac 6-1 6-1 8-3 7-3 2010 Hazel Park 8-0 8-2 2011 Birmingham Groves North Farmington 6-2 6-2 6-4 7-3 2012 Birmingham Seaholm 8-0 8-2 2013 Birmingham Seaholm 7-0 9-2 2014 Farmington 7-0 7-3 2015 Birmingham Groves 7-0 10-1 2016 Bloomfield Hills 6-0 9-1 2017 Auburn Hills Avondale Ferndale Hazel Park 5-1 5-1 5-1 6-4 8-2 6-4 2018 Birmingham Seaholm 6-0 7-3 2019 North Farmington 6-0 9-1 Division IV Champions Year School Division Overall 1994 Birmingham Groves 4-0 5-4 1995 Hazel Park 5-0 7-2 1996 Ortonville Brandon 6-0 9-1 1997 Ortonville Brandon 6-0 10-1 1998 Oak Park 7-0 8-2 1999 Clawson 6-1 7-4 2000 Bloomfield Hills Andover 6-0 6-4 2001 Auburn Hills Avondale Bloomfield Hills Andover 5-1 5-1 5-4 7-3 2002 Bloomfield Hills Lahser 7-0 12-1 2003 Bloomfield Hills Lahser 7-0 9-2 References "Hazel Park joins the MAC; kicks off competition in the 2019-2020 school year". macombdaily.com. Retrieved June 30, 2018. "League Membership - Oakland Activities Association". mhsaa.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015. "Oakland Activities Association Fall 2015-16 Divisional Alignments". oaklandactivitiesassoc.org. Retrieved 20 March 2017. [1] External links Oakland Activities Association Official Website Oakland Activities Association at League Lineup MHSAA 2018-19 Enrollment https://www.mhsaa.com/portals/0/documents/AD%20Forms/1819enroll.pdf Michigan High School Football

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