# Kensington Lakes Activities Association

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 re-opened as a middle school. Grand Blanc joined in 2009 to give the league 24 teams. The conference currently sits at 16 teams, split into two divisions with eight schools each.
As of the 2023-2024 academic year, 13 of the 16 schools reside in Division 1 of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. The few exceptions all reside in the East Division of the conference, as Livonia Franklin, Livonia Churchill, and Wayne Memorial are all in Division 2.

## Member schools
### Current members

| Team | Location | Enrollment | Joined | Previous Conference |
| West Division |||||
| Brighton Bulldogs | Brighton | 2,079 | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference |
| Canton Cobras | Canton Township | 1,977 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association |
| Hartland Eagles | Hartland Township | 1,935 | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference |
| Howell Highlanders | Howell | 2,200 | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference |
| Northville Mustangs | Northville Township | 2,500 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association |
| Novi Wildcats | Novi | 2,070 | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference |
| Plymouth Wildcats | Canton Township | 2,050 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association |
| Salem Rocks | Canton Township | 2,019 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association |
| East Division |||||
| Belleville Tigers | Belleville | 1,701 | 2018 | Western Wayne Athletic Conference |
| Dearborn Pioneers | Dearborn | 2,115 | 2018 | Western Wayne Athletic Conference |
| Dearborn Fordson Tractors | Dearborn | 2,756 | 2018 | Western Wayne Athletic Conference |
| Livonia Churchill Chargers | Livonia | 1,396 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association |
| Livonia Franklin Patriots | Livonia | 1,456 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association |
| Livonia Stevenson Spartans | Livonia | 1,790 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association |
| Wayne Memorial Zebras | Wayne | 1,621 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association |
| Westland Glenn Rockets | Westland | 1,665 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association |

### Former members

| Team | Location | Joined | Previous Conference | Departed | Successive Conference |
| Grand Blanc Bobcats | Grand Blanc | 2009 | Big Nine Conference | 2018 | Saginaw Valley League |
| Lakeland Eagles | White Lake Township | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference |
| Milford Mavericks | Highland Township | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference |
| Pinckney Pirates | Putnam Township | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference | 2017 | Southeastern Conference |
| South Lyon Lions | South Lyon | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference |
| South Lyon East Cougars | Lyon Township | 2008 | None (school opened) | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference |
| Walled Lake Central Vikings | Commerce Township | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference |
| Walled Lake Northern Knights | Commerce Township | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference |
| Walled Lake Western Warriors | Commerce Township | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference |
| Waterford Kettering Captains | Waterford Township | 2008 | Oakland Activities Association | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference |
| Waterford 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.