Saginaw Valley Conference
South Division
School: Davison
Nickname: Cardinals
Last year: 3-6
Coach: Jake Emmendorfer, fourth year at Davison, 10th year overall
Coach record: 67-30 (.744), 14-14 (.500) at Davison.
Key losses:OT Ben Morrow; ILB Ryan Thick; FS-WB Zach Brammer; WR Cody Wangler; QB Trevor Stevens
Key returnees: RB Maverick Prine; OL Cam Kenkle; OL Clinton Rooker; OL-DL Alex Villinueva; ILB Trevor Thomas; OL Max McCombs; TE Cam Edmonds
Coaches’ Comment: Last year we had a hard time finishing games. It’s all about doing the little things correctly so we don’t lose those games this year. If we continue the right frame of mind, I think we’ll have a good season.
School: Flint Carman-Ainsworth
Nickname: Last year: 6-4
Coach: Nate Williams, fifth season at Carman-Ainsworth, ninth year overall
Coach record: 33-42 (.444) overall, 16-21 (.432) at Carman-Ainsworth
Key losses: QB Shane Barron, OL-DL Myles Overton, OL-DL Octavian Flowers; LB Rommeal Branch.
Key returnees: RB Gerald Holmes; WR-DB Brandon Walker; DB-WR Javonte Alexander; OL-LB Evan Wilson; QB-K-P Connor Storms; OL-DL Jesse Johnson; DL-FB Malik Seales; OL-DL Entrice Mitchell; C John Jones; OL-DL Cleanere Robinson.
Coaches’ Comment: We finally got a taste of the playoffs and we’re looking forward to pursing it again this year.
School: Flushing
Nickname: Raiders
Last year: 3-6
Coach: Robert Oginsky, first year at Flushing, fifth year overall
Coach record: 18-20 (.474)
Key losses: OL Brady Smith; OL Keegan Stitt; OL TJ Spaleny; DB-WR Ryan Kreklau; DB-WR Conner Robertson; DB Troy O’Hara.
Key returnees: QB Blake Hilsabeck, LB Turner Endicott; RB Chris Dubie; WR-DB Camm Lapeen; OL-DL Mitch Taylor; OL Alex Walther; OL Ben Goodale.
Coaches’ Comment: The team that we have is hard working and hungry. They have put in a lot of time and shown a desire to do everything that is aked.
School: Flint Powers Catholic
Nickname: Chargers
Last year: 10-4
Coach: Bob Buckel, 30th season overall, second year at Powers Catholic
Coach record: 179-102 (.637) overall, 10-4 (.714) at Powers
Key losses: lost: DL Danny O’Brien, DL Jacob Cornille, Ryan Drury; LB Spencer Harchick; CB Brett Hresko; C Brendan Reno; OG Macauley Rybar; RB Drew Fortier; WR Danny Meissner
Key returnees: OT Derek Trecha; OT Vinnie Palazeti; WR Prescott Myers; WR-S Ethan Wiskur; QB Garrett Pougnet; LB Chris Koenigsknect; LB Joe Slater; DT Conner Myers; CB Jacques Pougnet; S Pete Plasters
Coaches’ Comment: We hope to be contenders to defend our state championship, but three of our first four games are road trips to Armada, Mt. Pleasant and Saginaw Nouvel. The rest of our schedule is against Division 1 and 2 teams like Davison, Carman-Ainsworth and Flushing. And then, our three new opponents are talented Saginaw Valley schools Flint Southwestern, Northern and Northwestern. So, our biggest obstacle will be finding a way to get back to the playoffs.
School: Flint Northern
Nickname: Vikings
Last year: 4-5
Coach: Fred Jackson, fifth year overall, fourth year at Northern
Coach record: 15-21 (.417) overall, 12-15 (.444) at Northern.
Key losses: WR-DB Juwane Williams; LB-TE Marcus Forward; DE-OT Jada Littlejohn
Key returnees: RB-LB Airiss Hargrow; OL-DT Armani Miller; OL-LB Deandre Strong; C-LB Dejuan Whidbee; WR-S Noah Parker.
Coaches’ Comment: It a senior-led team with experience. They work hard and hopefully we’ll have a good turnout this year.
School: Flint Northwestern
Nickname: Wildcats
Last year: 2-7
Coach: David Johnson, fourth year overall, first year at Northwestern
Coach record: 7-20 (.259)
Key losses: WR Michael Henry Jr.
Key returnees:WR-RB-DB Raheem Dudley; RB-DB Demarcus Collins; QB Demarcus Johnson; RB-LB Jaleel Gardner; OL-DL Ronald Lane; DL-OL Darius Davison
Coaches’ Comment: It’s going to be exciting in every aspect of the word. It’s a huge time for Nothwestern because they are going back to the Saginaw Valley Conference. We’re going to work hard, compete, and hope to get a lot accomplished.
School: Flint Southwestern
Nickname: Knights
Last year: 2-7
Coach: Chane Clingman, first year
Key losses: RB-S Chris McCombs; DE-TE Corey Jones; LB-WR Fred Moore.
Key returnees: QB Framer Harris; RB John-Anthony Slugham; DT-OG Cedric Washington; DE-LB Nick Matiere-Bey; WR-DB Jacob Green; LB Akimo Walker
Coaches’ Comment: We have a year of experience under our belt. We work very hard and our guys are hoping to play good, hard, fundamental football.