Meridian Owls 17, Apex Vipers 17

Week 2 · Regular season · round 1 · Monday 5 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
APX Apex Vipers	14	3	0	0	17
MRD Meridian Owls	0	0	7	10	17

Game recap

It finished all square in round 1 of Week 2: Meridian Owls 17, Apex Vipers 17. Neither offense could find the winning score before the final whistle.

The Vipers opened the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown run by Luther Banks with 2:18 left in the first quarter. The Vipers led 17-0 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 10-yard touchdown run by Tobin Marsh for the Owls (2:35 left, 17-14); a 61-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe for the Owls (0:00 left, 17-17).

The key moment arrived with 0:18 left in the fourth quarter: a fumble by Mason Okafor-Reid, recovered by the defense. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 9% to 31%.

Player of the game: Luther Banks (RB, Vipers), with 20 carries for 116 yards and 2 TD; 4 catches for 69 yards. Elsewhere, Graham Ashby (Owls) had 21 of 32 passing for 228 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT; Tobin Marsh (Owls) had 11 carries for 66 yards and 1 TD; 2 catches for 8 yards; Abel Thornbury (Owls) had 8 catches for 95 yards; Mason Okafor-Reid (Vipers) had 22 of 36 passing for 284 yards, 1 INT; 3 carries for 14 yards.

Before kickoff, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Emeric Brennan; on defense: bracket Wendell Garrow (Emeric Brennan finished with 7 catches for 73 yards). Meanwhile, the Vipers' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Wendell Garrow; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Wendell Garrow finished with 6 catches for 96 yards).

The Owls move to 0-0-1 and the Vipers to 0-0-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	APX-MRD
Q1 2:18	Vipers	A 3-yard touchdown run by Luther Banks	7-0
Q1 1:00	Vipers	A 2-yard touchdown run by Luther Banks	14-0
Q2 2:27	Vipers	A 21-yard field goal by Kasimir Eriksen	17-0
Q3 1:03	Owls	A 12-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Soren Oyelaran	17-7
Q4 2:35	Owls	A 10-yard touchdown run by Tobin Marsh	17-14
Q4 0:00	Owls	A 61-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	17-17

Team stats

	APX	MRD
Total yards	455	342
Passing yards	284	228
Rushing yards	171	114
Completions	22 of 36	21 of 32
Offensive plays	67	54
Third downs	6 of 11	4 of 8
Fourth downs	0 of 1	—
Turnovers	4	3
Sacks allowed	1	2
Time of possession	6:02	5:58

Apex Vipers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Mason Okafor-Reid	22/36	284	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Luther Banks	20	116	2	26
Nils Yardley	6	36	0	10
Mason Okafor-Reid	3	14	0	7
Emeric Castellan	1	5	0	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Wendell Garrow	6	96	7
Luther Banks	4	69	5
Pavel Garrow	4	52	8
Ravi Castellano	5	48	10

Defense

Player	TK	INT
Soren Falkner	5	2
Jonas Draven	7	0
Matteo Zamora	6	0
Wendell Pellegrini	6	0
Nils Ashford	5	0
Fabian Lachance	5	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Kasimir Eriksen	1/1	21	0/0

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	21/32	228	1	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	11	66	1	11
Adrien Oyelaran	8	35	0	9
Pavel Oyelaran	1	13	0	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Abel Thornbury	8	95	0	10
Emeric Brennan	7	73	0	10
Pavel Oyelaran	3	40	0	5
Soren Oyelaran	1	12	1	1

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Dorian Radcliffe	10	1	1
Cyrus Jovanovic	9	0	0
Adrien Montague	8	0	2
Wendell Bellamy	7	0	0
Orson Lachance	6	0	1
Adrien Zamora	5	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	1/1	61	0/0

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