The Western Lakes Activities Association was an athletic conference

Athletic conference

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 for high schools located in western Wayne

Wayne County, Michigan

-History:Wayne County was one of the first counties formed when the Northwest Territory was organized. It was named for the American general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. It originally encompassed the entire area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as well as small sections that are now part of northern...

 and southern Oakland

Oakland County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile...

 Counties in Michigan

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 from 1982 through 2007. The twelve schools of the WLAA merged with the Kensington Valley Conference, schools from the Oakland Activities Association

Oakland Activities Association

Oakland Activities Association is a Southeast Michigan high school athletics conference. It is made up of 29 schools located throughout Oakland County....

, and newly-opening schools to form the Kensington Lakes Activities Association

Kensington Lakes Activities Association

The Kensington Lakes Activities Association 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....

 in 2008.

History

The WLAA was formed in 1982 from the merger of the Western Six Activities Association and the Inter-Lakes League, with two schools from the Suburban Eight League. The Western Six had lost Waterford Mott

Waterford Mott High School

Waterford Mott High School is a public high school in the Waterford School District.-About Mott:Mott opened in 1969 with the first graduating class in June 1970. In 1983, the school district consolidated high schools and closed Waterford Township High School. This left two high schools in the...

 to the Greater Oakland Activities Association after 1980, while the Inter-Lakes League lost White Lake Lakeland

Lakeland High School (White Lake Township, Michigan)

Lakeland High School is a secondary school located in White Lake, Michigan. The current principal is Currently undecided and the Associate Principals are Liz Mosher and Marc Kay. The Student Activities Director is Scott Rolando. Mike Fray is the Dean of Students and Jon Kirken is the White Lake...

 to the Kensington Valley Conference, and Pontiac Northern did not field a team for 1981, leaving the ILL with four teams. Livonia Bentley

Bentley High School (Livonia, Michigan)

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 and Plymouth-Salem came from the Suburban Eight to align themselves with more local rivals, including Livonia Churchill

Winston Churchill High School (Wayne County, Michigan)

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, Livonia Stevenson

Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Livonia, Michigan)

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, and Plymouth-Canton. The extant school from the ILL, Waterford High School, joined Waterford Mott in the Greater Oakland conference before closing in 1983.

The initial roster of 10 schools was divided into two divisions, the Western and Lakes Divisions, and remained the same until 1985, when Livonia Bentley closed, and three schools joined from the Northwest Suburban League. The 1985 alignment remained the same through the 2001-02 school year.

In 2002, Farmington

Farmington High School (Michigan)

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, North Farmington

North Farmington High School

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, and Harrison left for the Oakland Activities Association

Oakland Activities Association

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, and Wayne Memorial joined. In 2004, Walled Lake Northern

Walled Lake Northern High School

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 and Plymouth joined the conference, bringing the WLAA to 12 teams for the remainder of its existence.

1982-1984

Western Division

• Farmington Harrison Hawks (from Western Six)
• Livonia Churchill Chargers
  Winston Churchill High School (Wayne County, Michigan)
  Churchill High School, named after Winston Churchill, is one of the three main public high schools in the city of Livonia, Michigan, a western suburb of Detroit. The school was created in 1968 as an add-on to the other high schools in Livonia in response to the population boom that the city saw...
  
   (from Western Six)
• Northville Mustangs
  Northville High School
  Northville High School is the public high school of Northville Public Schools that serves the city of Northville, Michigan, the larger Northville Township, Novi Township and the southern part of the city of Novi. As the school district population has grown throughout the years, so has the high...
  
   (from Western Six)
• Plymouth-Canton Chiefs (from Western Six)
• Walled Lake Western Warriors
  Walled Lake Western High School
  Walled Lake Western High School Walled Lake Consolidated School District, located in Walled Lake, Michigan.- Overview :...
  
   (from Western Six)

Lakes Division

• Farmington Falcons
  Farmington High School (Michigan)
  Farmington High School is a public high school in Farmington, Michigan. The school is part of Farmington Public Schools. It is academically and athletically well-known and has been mentioned in Time magazine as one of America's top ranked schools several times. The current school was built in 1953...
  
   (from Inter-Lakes)
• Livonia Bentley Bulldogs
  Bentley High School (Livonia, Michigan)
  George N. Bentley Senior High School, also referred to as Bentley High School, was a public high school in the city of Livonia, Michigan, a western suburb of Detroit. The first public high school in the Livonia Public Schools district, it was open from September 1947 through June 1985. The...
  
   (from Suburban Eight)
• Livonia Stevenson Spartans
  Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Livonia, Michigan)
  Adlai E. Stevenson High School is a public high school in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb west of Detroit.-History:Adlai E. Stevenson High School was built in 1965 to accommodate the rising population in Livonia due to the increased migration of people from the nearby city of Detroit to the suburbs...
  
   (from Inter-Lakes)
• Plymouth-Salem Rocks (from Suburban Eight)
• Walled Lake Central Vikings
  Walled Lake Central High School
  Walled Lake Central High School is located in Walled Lake, Michigan. It is one of three high schools in the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools which serves portions of western Oakland County. It has been designated as a National Exemplary School by the U.S. Department of Education...
  
   (from Inter-Lakes)

1985-2001

Western Division

• Farmington Harrison Hawks
• Livonia Churchill Chargers
• Livonia Franklin Patriots
  Franklin High School (Livonia, Michigan)
  Benjamin Franklin High School, also referred to as Franklin High School, Livonia Franklin and FHS, is a public high school located in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb west of Detroit.-History:...
  
  
• Northville Mustangs
• Plymouth-Canton Chiefs
• Walled Lake Western Warriors

Lakes Division

• Farmington Falcons
• Livonia Stevenson Spartans
• North Farmington Raiders
  North Farmington High School
  North Farmington High School is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit USA. The school currently educates a student body of 1450. Established in 1961, the current Principal is Joseph F. Greene, Jr...
  
  
• Plymouth-Salem Rocks
• Walled Lake Central Vikings
• Westland John Glenn Rockets
  John Glenn High School (Westland, Michigan)
  John Glenn High School is a public high school in Westland, Michigan. It is a part of the Wayne-Westland Community Schools district. The school mascot is a rocket.-History:...
  
  

Changes from 1984:

• Livonia Franklin, North Farmington, and Westland John Glenn join from the Northwest Suburban League
• Livonia Bentley closes

2002-2003

Western Division

• Canton Chiefs
• Livonia Churchill Chargers
• Livonia Franklin Patriots
• Northville Mustangs
• Walled Lake Western Warriors

Lakes Division

• Livonia Stevenson Spartans
• Salem Rocks
• Walled Lake Central Vikings
• Wayne Memorial Zebras
• Westland John Glenn Rockets

Changes from 2001:

• Farmington, North Farmington and Harrison leave and join the Oakland Activities Association
• Wayne Memorial joins from the Michigan Mega Conference
  Michigan Mega Conference
  The Michigan Mega Conference was a large high school athletic league comprising twenty-eight schools which disbanded in mid-2009, with its former members either becoming independent or forming their own leagues. Member schools were predominantly located in suburban Wayne County, Michigan, mainly in...
  
  
• Plymouth-Salem and Plymouth-Canton drop "Plymouth" from their names with the opening of the new Plymouth High School

2004-2007

Western Division

• Canton Chiefs
• Livonia Churchill Chargers
• Livonia Franklin Patriots
• Northville Mustangs
• Plymouth Wildcats
• Walled Lake Western Warriors

Lakes Division

• Livonia Stevenson Spartans
• Salem Rocks
• Walled Lake Central Vikings
• Walled Lake Northern Knights
  Walled Lake Northern High School
  Walled Lake Northern is a public high school in the Walled Lake Consolidated School District. It was completed in April, 2003 by TMP Associates, Inc. at a cost of $67.5 million. The school serves 1956 students.-About:...
  
  
• Wayne Memorial Zebras
• Westland John Glenn Rockets

Changes from 2003:

• Plymouth and Walled Lake Northern began play in 2004