FLIVVER DISCOUNT CARDS!

 Are you looking for a great way to save money while supporting the Flivver football team? Then the Kingsford Flivver Discount Card is the perfect choice for you!

Discount cards are available from all Kingsford football players and provide discounts to local businesses, food and drinks, and more!

For just $20, you can enjoy discounts at Bimbos, Solberg's, Moose Jackson, Henry's, 51st
State, Dobber's Pasties, Antonio's Pizza, Main Street Pizza, Farmers', The Big 10, A&W, Dunkin' Donuts, Culver's, Burger King, Wendy's, Dairy Queen, McDonald's, Subway, and Domino's.

In addition to food and drink discounts, the card also offers discounts at Protech, Krist, Iron Mountain Automotive, Ink Design, Dunham's, Mama Bear Drinkware, Maurices The Man Cave, Salon 323, Cost Cutters, Youngs, and Recreation Lanes. With all these discounts, you’ll be sure to save money every time you shop or eat out.

Plus, when you purchase a Kingsford Flivver Discount Card, you’re helping the team! All proceeds from the card sales go directly toward equipment, uniforms, and player practice gear. Your support is invaluable and helps ensure that the team has everything it needs to be successful on the field this fall.

So what are you waiting for?

Show your support for the team and get your Kingsford Flivver Discount Card today. It’s a great way to save money while helping out your Kingsford Flivvers. Go, Kingsford!

Link to Discount Breakdown available HERE!

Why do we lift?

Weight training is an essential part of any successful high school football team’s training program. Proper weight training can help players increase their strength, speed, and explosiveness while helping them prevent injury. Weight training exercises such as bench press, power clean, and back squat are especially important for high school football players, as they help to build the strength and power needed to compete at a high level.

The bench press is a great exercise for developing upper body strength, which is important for tackling, blocking, and throwing. Power clean is an exercise that helps to build strength and speed, making it ideal for football players who need to be explosive on the field. Finally, the back squat is an exercise that helps players to develop leg strength and power, which is essential for running and agility.

In addition to developing strength and power, weight training is also important for preventing injury. Stronger muscles and ligaments are more resilient to injury and fatigue, helping to keep players on the field.

Weight training is also an important part of a successful football team’s culture. When players work out together as a team, it can help create a sense of camaraderie and unity that can be beneficial both on and off the field.

Original text generated from: https://beta.openai.com/playground with writing prompt by Coach VanDusen (1/26/2023)

Kingsford @ Gladwin Preview

 By Matt “Sweets” McCarthy

For Flivver Football

KINGSFORD — Coming off of a thrilling come from behind win over Kingsley in their opening round MHSAA Division 5 playoff game Oct. 28 at Flivver Field, the Kingsford Flivvers prepare for their second round opponent, the undefeated (10-0) Gladwin Flying G’s, Saturday at 1 p.m. Eastern, 12 p.m. Central at Galdwin High School’s Brokoff Field. 

Down 30-16 at the intermission last week, Kingsford scored 18 second half points, while their defense pitched a shutout to advance to the MHSAA district championship game with a 34-30 win. 

“Great team win for our team and the entire program over Kingsley, we just kept fighting. The long touchdown pass to Nic Nora (81 yards) to start the third quarter gave us a spark,” said Kingsford head coach Mark Novara. 

“Our defense stepped up and got some key stops, holding Kingsley to zero points in the second half. Our passing game was effective with key contributions from Nora, Michael Floriano and Cardel Morton.”

Sophomore quarterback Nic Novara finished 14-19 with three touchdown passes. Senior running back Cole Myllyla had 136 yards rushing with a score. Elizin Rouse also had a rushing touchdown.   

Gladwin, the 2022 Jack Pine Conference champions, finished their second consecutive undefeated regular season with a 35-7 win over Standish-Sterling. This is the third straight season the G’s have qualified for the Division 5 playoffs after posting a 1-8 record in 2019.

“Gladwin is a good football team. Their defense has given people fits all year,” Coach Novara said. “Their quarterback is their best player and we have to keep an eye on him.”

Last week’s 35-20 victory over Ogemaw Heights was Gladwin’s second playoff win in the last three seasons. In 2020, the G’s defeated Hancock in round one of the playoffs, 33-14. 

Great Northern Conference member Menominee has faced Gladwin twice in the postseason, both games were won by the Maroons. In 2014, Menominee won a  69-41 shoot out. 

In 2002, Menominee shut out the Flying G’s 42-0, one week after defeating the Flivvers, 27-15 in the Division 4 District round. The first playoff game in Gladwin school history was in 1998, a Class B pre-regional game versus Gladstone, a 28-10 victory for the Flying G’s. 

2022 Kingsford Football Playoff Preview

By Matt "Sweets" McCarthy 

For Flivver Football 

KINGSFORD — The official MHSAA football playoff pairings were announced Sunday evening, and the Kingsford Flivvers will face a familiar foe in the opening round of the Division 5 playoffs. Kingsford, (6-3, 48.778 playoff points) will host their 2021 postseason opponent, Kingsley (7-2, 48.444), Friday night at Flivver Field, with a 6 p.m. kickoff scheduled. 

The Stags, who are members of the Northern Michigan Football League’s Legends Division, lost one conference game. It was at the hands of undefeated perennial playoff power Traverse City St. Francis 49-12 on Sept. 16 at Thirlby Field. Kingsley comes into the matchup on a five-game winning streak, with their other loss on the season a 17-16 defeat at Gaylord on Sept. 1. 

Kingsley defeated the Flivvers 28-10 on Oct. 29 one year ago at Rodes Field at Kingsley High School. 

“They run a straight-T offense, so we expect them to come up here and run the ball right at us,” said Kingsford head coach Mark Novara. “Having played them last season, we’re familiar with them, so we’ll use our week to prepare.”

This is the third season in a row that Kingsford has made the playoffs, and the eighth time in Division 5 since 2011. Kingsley, a Class B school since 2009, has qualified for the Division 5 playoffs the last four seasons, and were a Division 6 qualifier in 2018. 

Maroons outlast Flivvers in an offensive thriller

 By Matt "Sweets" McCarthy 

For Flivver Football 

KINGSFORD — A nip-and-tuck offensive battle literally came down to the wire as Menominee outlasted Great Northern Conference foe Kingsford 42-41 Friday night at Flivver Field. Both teams racked up offensive yardage at will, with the Flivvers having the ball last in the contest, the final game of the regular season for both teams. 

Kingsford trailed 42-41 and they moved the ball down field on the game’s final possession. Senior standout Nic Nora ran the ball on the first four plays of the drive, as well as on the final play of the drive with two passes and a seven-yard gain by senior Cole Myllyla also a part of the drive.  Flivvers head coach Mark Novara called the team’s final timeout with six seconds remaining in the game. 

Kingsford junior kicker Nolan White and the rest of the field goal unit jogged out onto the field to attempt a 35-yard game winning kick. The kick landed wide left with :01 remaining on the clock. The visiting Maroons came out and knelt on the ball to end the game. 

“We ran out of time, they couldn’t stop our offense the whole game,” Novara said. “Had we had some more time on the clock after their last score, we’d have been in a good position to take a shot at the end zone.” 

The Flivvers amassed over 500 yards of total offense in the game, with 373 of then coming on the ground. Myllya led the way with 194 yards on 17 carries with 99 yards coming on his first two carries of the football game, including a 63-yard touchdown run in the opening stanza.

“Our defense has been fantastic this season, they bailed us out two weeks ago against Petoskey when our offense scored zero points. But tonight, was a struggle defensively for us, for both teams,” Novara said. “Usually when you gain 508 yards and score 41 points, it’s usually enough to win.” 

The Maroons punted one time in the game, while the Flivvers didn’t punt in the contest. 

Nora reached paydirt a trio of times in the contest, scoring on runs of two and five yards, respectively, while
hauling in three passes, for 108 yards, including an impressive 79-yard run after a short screen pass from Flivvers sophomore quarterback Nic Novara. 

“Neither team’s defensive coordinator will be keeping tonight’s game plan for future use, that’s for sure,” said first-year Maroons head coach Chad Brandt. 

Brandt, a former Stephenson head coach, took over the Maroons program a mere five months ago after long time coach and former Menominee standout quarterback Joe Noha stepped down for a second time in the last four seasons.

“Kingsford has playmakers in their locker room, no doubt about it. But our boys are a young team and had no quit in them tonight, I am proud of the way they kept responding to each Kingsford score,” Brandt said.

The Maroons start six sophomores and three freshman, while only having three seniors suited up for Friday night’s game. Brandt noted that Menominee, which finished with a 5-4 (2-2 GNC) record, had a sophomore and a freshman each register four catches each in the game. 

Defensively for the Flivvers, a trio of players led the team with seven tackles apiece —- Jacob Saari, Myllyla and sophomore Gavin Trevillian, who made a great play in the second quarter to intercept a pass of Menominee junior quarterback Trevor Theuerkauf. A pass that was batted in the air off the hands of two other players before Trevillian scooped the ball up and returned it 45 yards deep into Maroons territory. 

Kingsford junior Elizen Rouse, who scored a first-quarter touchdown on the team’s second drive, also intercepted a pass in the game. It was at the 7:03 mark of the final quarter which set up the Flivvers final touchdown of the game less than four minutes later. 

 

“Special teams miscues also didn’t help us tonight, we’ve got to shore those type of things up,” Novara said. In addition to the aforementioned missed field goal, the Flivvers had miscues on an additional field goal attempt as well as two extra-point attempts. 

A key point in the game that Kingsford can also point to a special teams miscue was when Menominee recovered their second quarter onside kick attempt, after taking a 14-12 lead early in the stanza.

Kingsford finished the season with a record of 6-3 (2-2 GNC) and has likely qualified for the MHSAA Division 5 football playoffs. Coach Novara anticipates the Flivvers, who would again this season be lone the playoff qualifier in Division 5 from the U.P., to face Kingsley in their first round matchup. 

With  Friday’s win, Menominee will likely also qualify for the MHSAA football playoffs, but in Division 6. The 2022 Maroons arguably played one of the toughest non-conference schedules in recent years, in the U.P. 

Box Score

Menominee 8 12 14 8 – 42

Kingsford 6 14 6 15 – 41

1st Quarter

K- Cole Myllyla 63 yard Run, (Kick Failed), 6:45, 6-0

M – Trevor Theurkauf 17 yard Run, (Theurkauf Run), 0:29, 8-6

2nd Quarter 

K- Elizen Rouse 2 yard Run, (Conversion Failed), 10:43, 12-8

M- Kaeden Calcari 79 yard Run, (Conversion Failed), 10:16, 14-12

K- Nic Novara 79 yard Pass to Nic Nora, (Novara to Cardel Morton), 4:44, 20-14

M – Landan Bardowski 1 yard Run, (Conversion Failed), 0:25, 20-20

3rd Quarter

K- Myllyla 6 yard Run, (Kick Failed), 9:13. 26-20

M- Calcari 4 yard Run, (Theurkauf to Kaiden Bell), 5:54, 28-26

M- Calcari 43 yard Run, (Pass Failed), 1:18, 34-26

4th Quarter

K- Nora 2 yard Run, (Novara to Noah Johnson), 11:19, 34-34

K- Nora 5 yard Run,  (Nolan White Kick), 3:46, 41-34

M- Bardowski 23 yard Run (Theurkauf Run), 1:39, 42-41