Nova Raptors 35, Comet Stingrays 20

Week 2 · Regular season · round 9 · Tuesday 6 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CMT Comet Stingrays	7	10	0	3	20
NVA Nova Raptors	7	7	14	7	35

Game recap

The Nova Raptors beat the Comet Stingrays 35-20 in round 9 of Week 2. They led by as many as 15 points.

The Raptors opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run by Omari Fenn with 2:06 left in the first quarter. The Stingrays led 17-14 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 41-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock for the Stingrays (1:54 left, 28-20); a 17-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Bram Thorne for the Raptors (0:41 left, 35-20).

Player of the game: Omari Fenn (RB, Raptors), with 24 carries for 149 yards and 2 TD; 2 catches for 23 yards. Elsewhere, Axel Stroud (Raptors) had 21 of 33 passing for 236 yards, 3 TD; 2 carries for 7 yards; Bram Thorne (Raptors) had 7 catches for 80 yards and 2 TD; Darius Wolcott (Stingrays) had 27 of 39 passing for 267 yards, 2 TD; 4 carries for 46 yards; Keon Ashby-Grant (Stingrays) had 18 carries for 83 yards; 1 catch for 18 yards and 1 TD.

Before kickoff, the Raptors' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Zion Whitaker; on defense: bracket Lior Bendavid (Zion Whitaker finished with 4 catches for 51 yards and 1 TD). Meanwhile, the Stingrays' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Lior Bendavid; on defense: bracket Zion Whitaker (Lior Bendavid finished with 8 catches for 90 yards).

The Raptors move to 6-3 and the Stingrays to 4-5 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CMT-NVA
Q1 2:06	Raptors	A 2-yard touchdown run by Omari Fenn	0-7
Q1 0:29	Stingrays	A 3-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Cassius Thorne	7-7
Q2 1:49	Stingrays	A 38-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	10-7
Q2 0:42	Raptors	A 2-yard touchdown run by Omari Fenn	10-14
Q2 0:12	Stingrays	An 18-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Keon Ashby-Grant	17-14
Q3 1:57	Raptors	A 17-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Zion Whitaker	17-21
Q3 0:10	Raptors	A 10-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Bram Thorne	17-28
Q4 1:54	Stingrays	A 41-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	20-28
Q4 0:41	Raptors	A 17-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Bram Thorne	20-35

Team stats

	CMT	NVA
Total yards	440	452
Passing yards	267	236
Rushing yards	173	216
Completions	27 of 39	21 of 33
Offensive plays	70	71
Third downs	3 of 10	10 of 13
Fourth downs	0 of 1	—
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	4	2
Time of possession	5:27	6:33

Comet Stingrays box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Darius Wolcott	27/39	267	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Keon Ashby-Grant	18	83	20
Darius Wolcott	4	46	12
Darius Delacroix	3	23	12
Ivo Hargrove	1	13	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Lior Bendavid	8	90	0	12
Cassius Thorne	10	82	1	11
Ivo Hargrove	4	42	0	4
Ulric Achebe	4	35	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Emeric Quarles	14	1
Kasimir Achebe	9	0
Darius Draven	7	1
Hector Pellegrini	6	0
Elio Coventry	6	1
Valen Castellan	5	3

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Quentin Whitlock	2/2	41	0/0

Nova Raptors box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Axel Stroud	21/33	236	3	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Omari Fenn	24	149	2	18
Nils Coventry	8	44	0	13
Tariq Achebe	2	16	0	22
Axel Stroud	2	7	0	4

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Bram Thorne	7	80	2	10
Zion Whitaker	4	51	1	10
Tariq Achebe	3	47	0	4
Ivo Norcross	5	35	0	6

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Anders Delacroix	10	0	0
Matteo Draven	9	0	0
Pavel Sandoval	0	2	0
Bastien Montague	8	0	0
Quentin Brennan	8	0	2
Kasimir Oyelaran	6	0	0

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