Written Wednesday November 20th at 10:18 PM
Updated Friday March 14th at 6:23 PM
The OAA will have two potential new members next school year.
The Waterford school district (Waterford Kettering and Waterford Mott) have applied to rejoin the league. Chances of them being confirmed are a forgone conclusion.
MIPrepZone and Brandon Folsom confirmed the articles but neither school is in the OAA yet. In Folsom's article, Tom Flynn, former Groves Athletic Director mentions that there is a committee of principals and athletic directors that do site visitations and typically the school applying will have to do a presentation of their programs and what they bring and it will be up to the committee of principals to allow entry into the OAA.
"We are grateful for the competition we have been privileged to experience as a member district of the LVC (Lakes Valley Conference) for the past eight years. Many factors went into our decision to apply for membership of the OAA such as competitive alignment with like districts, game proximity, and academic and student leadership advantages. These opportunities will best serve our Waterford School district athletes, coaches, and families now and in the future" said Waterford Schools communications director Sarah Davis to MIPrepZone.
The Waterford schools will join the OAA in the winter of the 2025-2026 school year. MIPrepZone Matt Mowery confirmed.
Waterford Kettering and Waterford Mott were original members of the league when it formed in 1994 but they left the league for the Kensington Valley Conference in 2008. The KVC became the Kensington Lakes Activities Association but the league saw a mass exit and the Waterford schools joined the Walled Lake schools (Walled Lake Northern, Walled Lake Central, Walled Lake Western), the Huron Valley schools (Lakeland and Milford), and the South Lyon schools (South Lyon and South Lyon East) to form the Lakes Valley Conference in 2016-2017.
The OAA has 23 schools and uses a competitive balance system (Red,White, Blue, Gold) when it comes to divisions with the best playing against the best and the teams that are struggling play against other struggling teams. The league realigns with teams who win the division gets a chance to go up while those who finishes in last goes down a division.
It will be very interesting to see how Waterford Kettering and Waterford Mott fit into the league. It will be very interesting to see what happens.
Stay tuned to OAA Now for the latest on this developing story.
Folsom story
MIPrepZone article
Matt Mowery article
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