Balancing act

Coaches pick teams to beat in new OAA divisions

By C & G Football Staff

The Oakland Activities Association has a new look again this season after a handful of teams were shuffled between the league’s three divisions.

In order to help fans make sense of the new divisions, especially when trying to figure out which teams to look out for, the C & G football staff asked all its local coaches to tell us which three teams they expect to see atop their respective leagues come season’s end.

Teams received three points for each first-place vote, a second-place vote was worth two points and a third-place vote garnered one point. Teams following the top three are listed alphabetically.

Because the Catholic High School League and the Metro Conference did not undergo significant realigning, there was no poll taken for those leagues.

Red Division

• Clarkston High (18)

• Lake Orion High (13)

• Oak Park High (6)

• Royal Oak High

• Southfield-Lathrup

• Troy Athens

• Troy High

• West Bloomfield High

White Division

• Rochester Adams (24)

• Birmingham Seaholm (9)

• Farmington Hills Harrison (9)

• Birmingham Groves

• Farmington High

• Rochester High

• Rochester Hills Stoney Creek

• Southfield High

Blue Division

• Bloomfield Hills Lahser (17)

• Pontiac Northern (8)

• Ferndale High (7)

• Auburn Hills Avondale

• Berkley High

• Bloomfield Hills Andover

• Hazel Park High

• North Farmington

• Pontiac Central