Kellenberg football is fired up — and buying into big 2026 turnaround: ‘The birds are back’

The Firebirds are rising from the ashes. Last season was a brutal 1-9 campaign for Kellenberg Memorial, but they already have flipped the script with a mighty opening-week victory over rival Chaminade, 21-10. “That’s probably one of the best wins that I’ve had as head coach,” Firebirds coach Eric Meisse told The Post. The Kellenberg Memorial football team practices in Uniondale, NY, on Sept. 2, 2026. Dennis A. Clark for NY Post “The birds are back!” declared senior linebacker Joseph Mullin. The strong start for Kellenberg, a Catholic school in Uniondale, is doubly sweet in that the AA squad beat a larger AAA program — and it was the team’s first win over the Flyers since 2021. “We didn’t want [a lost season] to happen again. We knew that wasn’t going to happen again,” said Sacred Heart-bou