Map to the Division Title: Here Come Basketball Playoffs

Lahser, Rochester and Ferndale are among the top boys teams in the Oakland Activities Association with three weeks left in the regular season.

Basketball season is heading into the home stretch and with three weeks left until the playoffs, it's time to take a look at where the division races in the Oakland Activities Association stand, starting with the boys. 2011 Champion: N/A It looks like a two-team race in the OAA Gold division, as Bloomfield Hills Lahser and Oxford sit tied atop the division with identical 5-1 records. Both schools have four division games left to play, including a matchup against each other on Feb. 23. The Wildcats won the first meeting between the schools 49-42 on Jan. 26 at their gym. Lahser struggled in the first half of that game, only scoring four points in the second quarter. “We came out very lethargic,” Lahser coach Duane Graves said after the game…

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OAA Sideline Report: Football, Week 9: Teams Headed to Postseason

The Oakland Activities Association will be well represented when the playoffs kick off Friday.

The book is closed on the 2011 Oakland Activities Association high school football regular season. Division titles came down to the final week in the OAA Blue and OAA Red. Birmingham Groves earned a share of the Blue title with its win Friday over Birmingham Seaholm. The Groves Falcons and North Farmington each had 6-2 records in the Blue. Lake Orion had a chance to shut out Clarkston from a share of the Red title when the schools faced each other Friday, but the Lake Orion Dragons couldn’t get it done. They allowed the Wolves to come back in the fourth quarter and ended up losing 38-31. The teams shared the Red title with 6-1 records.  Farmington Hills Harrison clinched the OAA White title three weeks ago with a win over Rochester Adams. …

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Football Recap, Week 5: Battle for Position

Division races in the Oakland Activities Association are starting to take shape after another great group of games.

The races in the Oakland Activities Association Red, White and Blue divisions are starting to really take shape. Harrison is the clear front-runner in the White and should run the table. The battle for second place is a little more heated. Farmington had a big win over Adams on Friday to make it a three-way battle between those two teams and Southfield. All three teams are currently 3-1 in the division.  In the Blue, the division title is up for grabs with Avondale, Groves and Berkley tied at the top with one loss each. Losses for Seaholm and Lahser over the weekend have dropped the schools to the middle of the pack. Lake Orion still is undefeated in the Red division, but it has games against all three teams in second place left on the …

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Football Recap, Week 1: New Coaches Notch Wins

Special moments, upsets, blowouts and much more in a wild first week of the season.

What a weekend. The kickoff to the 2011 Oakland Activities Association football season did not disappoint. Three new coaches debuted on the sidelines and all three picked up wins in their first game. There were two games decided by two points or less and two games decided by more than 35. Some preseason favorites looked as strong as people predicted while others faltered. Here’s a look at what you might of missed in Week One. Quote of the week: Berkley head coach Jeff Burnside committing 12 penalties against Ferndale in its 7-0 win: “That’s what will make me not sleep tonight. Honestly, I haven’t slept all week and I’m not going to get any sleep tonight even though we won the game. Everything should be euphoric, but we got to get that …

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Patch Football Preview: A Guide to the Season in the OAA

Find previews of teams from the Oakland Activities Association Red, White and Blue in an easy-to-download format, complete with schedules for the season.

It's time for kickoff! The 2011 Oakland Activities Association high school football schedule opens tonight with 11 games, and Patch is there. Patch websites in Oakland County are ready to be high school football fans destinations for extensive coverage of all the teams in the region.  That coverage started this past week with previews of 17 different teams in the OAA Red, White and Blue. Miss anything? We have put together a special publication that compiles all those stories along with schedules for each of the teams.  You can view the 39-page season preview in full color and download it to read at your leisure and to have the schedules handy.  And don't forget to check back to your local Patch site this weekend for live updates and …

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Brendan McGaughey

12:38 am on Monday, August 29, 2011

Thanks, Scott. I'd be lying if I said it boiled down to coffee and e-mails!   more ›