The Kensington Lakes Activities Association (KLAA) is an athletic conference for high schools in Michigan. It was formed in the 2008-2009 school year as a result of the merger of the Kensington Valley Conference and the Western Lakes Activities Association, plus two other schools joining from the Oakland Activities Association and the newly built South Lyon East. The league started in 2008 with 23 teams. Howell Parker was to join the KLAA when the conference was first created, but closed after only one year of operation and later reopened as a middle school. Grand Blanc joined in 2009, bringing the league to 24 teams. The conference currently sits at 14 teams, split into two divisions with seven schools each.
Member schools Current members TeamLocationEnrollmentJoinedPrevious Conference Black DivisionBelleville Tigers Belleville 1,701 2018 Western Wayne Athletic ConferenceCanton Cobras Canton Township 1,977 2008 Western Lakes Activities AssociationDearborn Fordson Tractors Dearborn 2,756 2018 Western Wayne Athletic ConferenceNorthville Mustangs Northville Township 2,500 2008 Western Lakes Activities AssociationNovi Wildcats Novi 2,070 2008 Kensington Valley ConferencePlymouth Wildcats Canton Township 2,050 2008 Western Lakes Activities AssociationSalem Rocks Canton Township 2,019 2008 Western Lakes Activities Association Gold DivisionBrighton Bulldogs Brighton 2,079 2008 Kensington Valley ConferenceDearborn Pioneers Dearborn 2,115 2018 Western Wayne Athletic ConferenceCrestwood High School Dearborn Heights 1,272 2026 Western Wayne Athletic ConferenceHartland Eagles Hartland Township 1,935 2008 Kensington Valley ConferenceHowell Highlanders Howell 2,200 2008 Kensington Valley ConferenceWestland Glenn Rockets Westland 1,665 2008 Western Lakes Activities AssociationWayne Memorial Zebras Wayne 1,621 2008 Western Lakes Activities Association
Former members TeamLocationJoinedPrevious ConferenceDepartedSuccessive ConferenceLivonia Churchill Chargers Livonia 2008 Western Lakes Activities Association 2026 Lakes Valley ConferenceLivonia Franklin Patriots Livonia 2008 Western Lakes Activities Association 2026 Lakes Valley ConferenceGrand Blanc Bobcats Grand Blanc 2009 Big Nine Conference 2018 Saginaw Valley LeagueLakeland Eagles White Lake Township 2008 Kensington Valley Conference 2017 Lakes Valley ConferenceMilford Mavericks Highland Township 2008 Kensington Valley Conference 2017 Lakes Valley ConferencePinckney Pirates Putnam Township 2008 Kensington Valley Conference 2017 Southeastern ConferenceSouth Lyon Lions South Lyon 2008 Kensington Valley Conference 2017 Lakes Valley ConferenceSouth Lyon East Cougars Lyon Township 2008 None (school opened) 2017 Lakes Valley ConferenceLivonia Stevenson Spartans Livonia 2008 Western Lakes Activities Association 2026 Lakes Valley ConferenceWalled Lake Central Vikings Commerce Township 2008 Western Lakes Activities Association 2017 Lakes Valley ConferenceWalled Lake Northern Knights Commerce Township 2008 Western Lakes Activities Association 2017 Lakes Valley ConferenceWalled Lake Western Warriors Commerce Township 2008 Western Lakes Activities Association 2017 Lakes Valley ConferenceWaterford Kettering Captains Waterford Township 2008 Oakland Activities Association 2017 Lakes Valley ConferenceWaterford Mott Corsairs Waterford Township 2008 Oakland Activities Association 2017 Lakes Valley Conference
Membership timeline
On March 13, 2017, Milford, South Lyon, South Lyon East, Walled Lake Central, Walled Lake Northern, Walled Lake Western, Waterford Kettering, Waterford Mott, and White Lake Lakeland announced plans to leave the KLAA to form a new conference entitled the Lakes Valley Conference, effective starting the 2017-2018 school year. Pinckney also left the KLAA in 2017 to join the Southeastern Conference. These departures prompted the KLAA to switch from a four-division system of North, South, West, and Central divisions to a two-division system of Black and Gold divisions, and later, East and West divisions.
The next day, on March 14, 2017, Grand Blanc was voted out of the KLAA effective for the 2018-2019 school year (due to how isolated it is from the other schools in the division) where it proceeded to join the Saginaw Valley League. In its place, Belleville, Dearborn, and Dearborn Fordson joined the KLAA in 2018.
In March 2025, it was announced that the three Livonia schools, Churchill, Franklin, and Stevenson, would leave the KLAA for the Lakes Valley Conference (along with the two high schools in Farmington from the Oakland Activities Association) starting in the 2026-27 academic year. The conference later announced the addition of Dearborn Crestwood as a replacement member following the rejection of a merger proposal with the aforementioned Southeastern Conference.
The following March, the Novi and Northville school districts announced simultaneously that they would be leaving the KLAA to join the Oakland Activities Association, starting in the 2027-28 academic year.Novi. “Northville - Novi OAA.pdf.” Google Docs, 2026, drive.google.com/file/d/1sG9HxtSuPGd6sqSYwED4Igi3WOzp4ux5/view. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
This differed from the remaining 11 KLAA schools, who will all be moving to the Southeastern Conference.
References
External links KLAASports.org - official site KLAAStandings.com - KLAA Sports Standings