# Oakland Activities Association

Oakland Activities Association is a Southeast Michigan high school athletics conference. It is made up of 23 schools located largely throughout Oakland County, with a single member located in Wayne 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 |
| Independent | 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.
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 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 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.

## Member schools
### Current members

| School | 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 |
| Harper Woods | Pioneers | Harper Woods | Maroon, White, and Gray | 835 | A | 2021 |
| Ferndale | Eagles | Ferndale | Brown, White, and Gold | 717 | B | 1994 |
| Ferndale University* | Driving Eagles | Ferndale | Gold and Black | 478 | B | 2020 |
*- Ferndale University is involved in a co-op agreement with Ferndale for football

### 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 closed) |
| Pontiac Northern | Huskies | Pontiac | 1994 | Greater Oakland Activities League | 2009 | None (school consolidated) |
| 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

Full members Full members (non-football)

## 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

    Division I (1994-2006)/Red Division (2007-) Champions YearSchoolDivisionOverall 1994Troy5-012-1 1995Troy5-09-2 1996Clarkston6-09-1 1997Troy6-010-1 1998Lake Orion Rochester Adams Troy4-1 4-1 4-110-2 9-2 9-2 1999Clarkston4-111-2 2000Clarkston6-012-1 2001Rochester Adams6-010-1 2002Farmington Hills Harrison Lake Orion Rochester Adams6-1 6-1 6-18-3 9-2 8-2 2003Farmington Hills Harrison7-011-2 2004Rochester Adams8-012-1 2005Rochester Adams8-012-1 2006Lake Orion8-010-1 2007Clarkston8-09-2 2008Lake Orion7-012-2 2009Clarkston7-012-1 2010Lake Orion7-013-1 2011Clarkston Lake Orion6-1 6-17-4 6-4 2012Clarkston7-011-1 2013Clarkston7-013-1 2014Clarkston7-014-0 2015West Bloomfield7-09-1 2016Clarkston Southfield A&T5-1 5-19-3 8-4 2017Rochester Adams West Bloomfield6-1 6-19-2 11-3 2018Clarkston5-111-3 2019West Bloomfield6-010-2 2020Clarkston5-08-1
    Division II (1994-2006)/White Division (2007-) Champions YearSchoolDivisionOverall 1994Lake Orion4-07-3 1995Pontiac Central5-010-2 1996Berkley6-08-2 1997Birmingham Seaholm6-110-2 1998Waterford Kettering6-07-2 1999Berkley Waterford Mott5-1 5-16-4 6-4 2000Birmingham Groves6-08-2 2001Royal Oak Kimball6-09-2 2002Birmingham Seaholm6-18-3 2003Birmingham Groves6-17-4 2004Southfield8-09-1 2005Birmingham Seaholm7-18-3 2006Royal Oak7-18-3 2007Rochester Adams7-011-2 2008Rochester Adams7-08-2 2009Rochester Adams7-08-3 2010Farmington Hills Harrison7-014-0 2011Farmington Hills Harrison7-010-1 2012Oak Park6-19-3 2013Southfield7-07-3 2014Farmington Hills Harrison Oak Park Southfield6-1 6-1 6-110-3 8-3 9-4 2015Farmington Hills Harrison7-07-3 2016Birmingham Groves6-011-2 2017Birmingham Groves Farmington Hills Harrison Oak Park6-1 6-1 6-17-3 10-4 9-3 2018Oak Park6-09-2 2019Oak Park6-08-2 2020Stoney Creek5-07-1
    Division III (1994-2006)/Blue Division (2007-) Champions YearSchoolDivisionOverall 1994Royal Oak Kimball4-010-2 1995Royal Oak Kimball5-010-1 1996Ferndale6-010-1 1997Birmingham Groves6-08-3 1998Birmingham Groves Ortonville Brandon Pontiac Northern5-1 5-1 5-17-2 6-3 7-3 1999Pontiac Northern6-09-3 2000Birmingham Seaholm Ortonville Brandon Southfield5-1 5-1 5-19-3 9-2 7-3 2001Birmingham Seaholm6-011-1 2002Farmington North Farmington5-1 5-110-2 6-3 2003Farmington6-08-2 2004Auburn Hills Avondale Bloomfield Hills Andover Bloomfield Hills Lahser8-1 8-1 8-18-2 10-2 9-2 2005Bloomfield Hills Lahser9-012-1 2006Rochester Hills Stoney Creek8-08-2 2007Rochester Hills Stoney Creek Waterford Mott7-1 7-18-2 7-3 2008Bloomfield Hills Lahser8-011-2 2009Hazel Park Pontiac6-1 6-18-3 7-3 2010Hazel Park8-08-2 2011Birmingham Groves North Farmington6-2 6-26-4 7-3 2012Birmingham Seaholm8-08-2 2013Birmingham Seaholm7-09-2 2014Farmington7-07-3 2015Birmingham Groves7-010-1 2016Bloomfield Hills6-09-1 2017Auburn Hills Avondale Ferndale Hazel Park5-1 5-1 5-16-4 8-2 6-4 2018Birmingham Seaholm6-07-3 2019North Farmington6-09-1 2020Rochester6-06-1
    Division IV Champions YearSchoolDivisionOverall 1994Birmingham Groves4-05-4 1995Hazel Park5-07-2 1996Ortonville Brandon6-09-1 1997Ortonville Brandon6-010-1 1998Oak Park7-08-2 1999Clawson6-17-4 2000Bloomfield Hills Andover6-06-4 2001Auburn Hills Avondale Bloomfield Hills Andover5-1 5-15-4 7-3 2002Bloomfield Hills Lahser7-012-1 2003Bloomfield Hills Lahser7-09-2