Oakland Activities Association is a Southeast Michigan high school athletics conference. In the 2027-28 school year, it will have 26 member schools largely located throughout Oakland County, with a single member located in Wayne County, and its two newest members located in southern Genesee 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 LeagueClarkston, Lake Orion, Pontiac Northern, Waterford Kettering, Waterford Mott Metro Suburban Activities AssociationBirmingham Groves, Bloomfield Hills Lahser, Rochester, Rochester Adams, Royal Oak Dondero, Southfield-Lathrup, Troy Athens, West Bloomfield Southeastern Michigan AssociationBerkley, Birmingham Seaholm, Bloomfield Hills Andover, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Royal Oak Kimball, Southfield, Troy IndependentOrtonville 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, where it currently resides in. 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.
However, the OAA has been beginning to fill these holes in their membership, extending an invitation to Ferndale University in 2020, who had been co-oping with Ferndale for football for years, and extending another invitation to their first non-Oakland County school in Harper Woods, who was previously an independent, in 2021.
There have also been a significant number of closings and consolidations of various Oakland County schools in recent years, which has also 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 Central High School closing and merging with Pontiac Northern 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 closing in 2019.
In 2027/2028, Northville High School and Novi High School are set to join the OAA.
Member schools Current members
School Nickname Location Colors Enrollment (as of 2019) Class Joined Clarkston Wolves Clarkston Blue and Gold2,499A1994 Troy Colts Troy Silver and Black2,237A1994 Troy Athens Red Hawks Troy Red and Gold2,276A1994 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek Cougars Rochester Hills Vegas Gold and Millennium Blue1,638A2001 Lake Orion Dragons Orion Township Green and White2,416A1994 Pontiac Phoenix Pontiac Purple, Black, and Silver963A2009 Rochester Falcons Rochester Royal Blue and White1,805A1994 West Bloomfield Lakers West Bloomfield Township Green and White2,042A1994 Bloomfield Hills Black Hawks Bloomfield Township Black, Purple, and Silver1,896A2014 Oak Park Knights Oak Park Red, White, and Black1,276A1995 Southfield A&TWarriors Southfield Red, White, and Blue2,067A2016 Birmingham Groves Falcons Beverly Hills Yellow, White, and Green1,310A1994 Oxford Wildcats Oxford Navy and Gold2,234A2004 Rochester Adams Highlanders Rochester Brown and Gold1,710A1994 North Farmington Raiders Farmington Hills Brown and Gold1,371A2001 Birmingham Seaholm Maples Birmingham Maroon and White1,370A1994 Royal Oak Ravens Royal Oak Black, Royal, and Silver1,405A2006 Farmington Falcons Farmington Blue and White1,444A2002 Berkley Bears Berkley Maroon and Blue1,424A1994 Auburn Hills Avondale Yellow Jackets Auburn Hills Purple and Gold1,133A1996 Harper Woods Pioneers Harper Woods Maroon, White, and Gray835A2021 Ferndale Eagles Ferndale Brown, White, and Gold717B1994 Ferndale University* Driving Eagles Ferndale Gold and Black478B2020
*- Ferndale University is involved in a co-op agreement with Ferndale for football
Former members School Nickname Location Joined Previous Conference Departed Successive ConferenceBloomfield Hills AndoverBaronsBloomfield Township1994Southeastern Michigan Association2013None (school consolidated)Bloomfield Hills LahserKnightsBloomfield Hills1994Metro Suburban Activities Association2013None (school closed)ClawsonTrojansClawson1996Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference2004Metro ConferenceFarmington Hills HarrisonHawksFarmington Hills2002Western Lakes Activities Association2019None (school closed)Hazel ParkVikingsHazel Park1994Southeastern Michigan Association2019Macomb Area ConferenceMadison Heights LamphereRamsMadison Heights1996Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference2004Macomb Area ConferenceMadison Heights MadisonEaglesMadison Heights1996Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference2004Macomb Area ConferenceOrtonville BrandonBlackhawksOrtonville1994Independent2002Flint Metro LeaguePontiac CentralChiefsPontiac1995Saginaw Valley League2009None (school closed)Pontiac NorthernHuskiesPontiac1994Greater Oakland Activities League2009None (school consolidated)Royal Oak DonderoOaksRoyal Oak1994Metro Suburban Activities Association2006None (school closed)Royal Oak KimballKnightsRoyal Oak1994Southeastern Michigan Association2006None (school consolidated)SouthfieldWarriorsSouthfield1994Southeastern Michigan Association2016None (school consolidated)Southfield-LathrupChargersLathrup Village1994Metro Suburban Activities Association2016None (school closed)Waterford KetteringCaptainsWaterford Township1994Greater Oakland Activities League2008Kensington Lakes Activities AssociationWaterford MottCorsairsWaterford Township1994Greater Oakland Activities League2008Kensington Lakes Activities Association
Future Members School Nickname Location Current Conference Set to JoinNorthvilleMustangsNorthville TownshipKensington Lakes Activities Association2027NoviWildcatsNoviKensington Lakes Activities Association2027
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.
Football Divisions (as of 2021) Red White Blue Clarkston Adams Athens Lake Orion Groves Avondale Oxford North Farmington Berkley Southfield A&T Oak Park Bloomfield Hills Stoney Creek Rochester Farmington West Bloomfield Seaholm Ferndale Pontiac Royal Oak Troy
OAA Football Divisional Champions {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width=400px |- ! colspan=4 | Division I (1994-2006)/Red Division (2007-) Champions |- ! Year !! School !! Division !! Overall |- |1994 ||Troy || align = "center"|5-0 || align = "center"|12-1 |- |1995 ||Troy || align = "center"|5-0 || align = "center"|9-2 |- |1996 ||Clarkston || align = "center"|6-0 || align = "center"|9-1 |- |1997 ||Troy || align = "center"|6-0 || align = "center"|10-1 |- |1998 ||Lake OrionRochester AdamsTroy || align = "center"|4-14-14-1 || align = "center"|10-29-29-2 |- |1999 ||Clarkston || align = "center"|4-1 || align = "center"|11-2 |- |2000 ||Clarkston || align = "center"|6-0 || align = "center"|12-1 |- |2001 ||Rochester Adams || align = "center"|6-0|| align = "center"|10-1 |- |2002 ||Farmington Hills HarrisonLake OrionRochester Adams || align = "center"|6-16-16-1 || align = "center"|8-39-28-2 |- |2003 ||Farmington Hills Harrison || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|11-2 |- |2004 ||Rochester Adams || align = "center"|8-0 || align = "center"|12-1 |- |2005 ||Rochester Adams || align = "center"|8-0 || align = "center"|12-1 |- |2006 ||Lake Orion || align = "center"|8-0 || align = "center"|10-1 |- |2007 ||Clarkston || align = "center"|8-0 || align = "center"|9-2 |- |2008 ||Lake Orion || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|12-2 |- |2009 ||Clarkston || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|12-1 |- |2010 ||Lake Orion || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|13-1 |- |2011 ||ClarkstonLake Orion || align = "center"|6-16-1 || align = "center"|7-46-4 |- |2012 ||Clarkston || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|11-1 |- |2013 ||Clarkston || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|13-1 |- |2014 ||Clarkston || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|14-0 |- |2015 ||West Bloomfield || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|9-1 |- |2016 ||ClarkstonSouthfield A&T || align = "center"|5-15-1 || align = "center"|9-38-4 |- |2017 ||Rochester AdamsWest Bloomfield || align = "center"|6-16-1 || align = "center"|9-211-3 |- |2018 ||Clarkston || align = "center"|5-1 || align = "center"|11-3 |- |2019 ||West Bloomfield || align = "center"|6-0 || align = "center"|10-2 |- |2020 ||Clarkston || align = "center"|5-0 || align = "center"|8-1
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width=400px |- ! colspan=4 | Division II (1994-2006)/White Division (2007-) Champions |- ! Year !! School !! Division !! Overall |- |1994 ||Lake Orion || align = "center"|4-0 || align = "center"|7-3 |- |1995 ||Pontiac Central || align = "center"|5-0 || align = "center"|10-2 |- |1996 ||Berkley || align = "center"|6-0 || align = "center"|8-2 |- |1997 ||Birmingham Seaholm || align = "center"|6-1 || align = "center"|10-2 |- |1998 ||Waterford Kettering || align = "center"|6-0 || align = "center"|7-2 |- |1999 ||BerkleyWaterford Mott || align = "center"|5-15-1 || align = "center"|6-46-4 |- |2000 ||Birmingham Groves || align = "center"|6-0 || align = "center"|8-2 |- |2001 ||Royal Oak Kimball || align = "center"|6-0 || align = "center"|9-2 |- |2002 ||Birmingham Seaholm || align = "center"|6-1 || align = "center"|8-3 |- |2003 ||Birmingham Groves || align = "center"|6-1 || align = "center"|7-4 |- |2004 ||Southfield || align = "center"|8-0 || align = "center"|9-1 |- |2005 ||Birmingham Seaholm || align = "center"|7-1 || align = "center"|8-3 |- |2006 ||Royal Oak || align = "center"|7-1|| align = "center"|8-3 |- |2007 ||Rochester Adams || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|11-2 |- |2008 ||Rochester Adams || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|8-2 |- |2009 ||Rochester Adams || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|8-3 |- |2010 ||Farmington Hills Harrison || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|14-0 |- |2011 ||Farmington Hills Harrison || align = "center"|7-0 || align = "center"|10-1 |-