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., Metro Suburban Activities Association and the Southeastern Michigan Association were all merged in 1994 into the Oakland Activities Association, with the goal being to form a more geographically-centered league.

Charter members

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.
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 in 2016, and Harrison High School being closed down in 2019.

Member schools

Current members

SchoolMascotLocationColorsEnrollment ClassJoined
ClarkstonWolvesClarkstonBlue and Gold2,499A1994
TroyColtsTroySilver and Black2,237A1994
Troy AthensRed HawksTroyRed and Gold2,276A1994
Rochester Hills Stoney CreekCougarsRochester HillsVegas Gold and Millennium Blue1,638A2001
Lake OrionDragonsOrion TownshipGreen and White2,416A1994
PontiacPhoenixPontiacPurple, Black, and Silver963A2009
RochesterFalconsRochester HillsRoyal Blue and White1,805A1994
West BloomfieldLakersWest Bloomfield TownshipGreen and White2,042A1994
Bloomfield HillsBlack HawksBloomfield TownshipBlack, Purple, and Silver1,896A2014
Oak ParkKnightsOak ParkRed, White, and Black1,276A1995
Southfield A&TWarriorsSouthfieldRed, White, and Blue2,067A2016
Birmingham GrovesFalconsBeverly HillsYellow, White, and Green1,310A1994
OxfordWildcatsOxfordNavy and Gold2,234A2004
Rochester AdamsHighlandersRochester HillsBrown and Gold1,710A1994
North FarmingtonRaidersFarmington HillsBrown and Gold1,371A2001
Birmingham SeaholmMaplesBirminghamMaroon and White1,370A1994
Royal OakRavensRoyal OakBlack, Royal, and Silver1,405A2006
FarmingtonFalconsFarmingtonBlue and White1,444A2002
BerkleyBearsBerkleyMaroon and Blue1,424A1994
Auburn Hills AvondaleYellow JacketsAuburn HillsPurple and Gold1,133A1996
FerndaleEaglesFerndaleBrown, White, and Gold717B1994

Former members

Membership timeline


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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.

OAA Football Divisional Champions