Onyx Hawks 24, Meridian Owls 12

Week 2 · Regular season · round 14 · Wednesday 7 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
ONX Onyx Hawks	0	14	3	7	24
MRD Meridian Owls	6	3	0	3	12

Game recap

The Onyx Hawks turned the game around and beat the Meridian Owls 24-12 in round 14 of Week 2. They trailed by as many as 9 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 18%.

The Owls opened the scoring with a 30-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe with 1:35 left in the first quarter. At the break the Hawks were up 14-9. The fourth quarter brought a 38-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe for the Owls (2:56 left, 17-12); a 2-yard touchdown run by Darius Eriksen for the Hawks (1:18 left, 24-12).

The play that tilted the game came with 3:00 left in the third quarter: Kickoff, 71 yds. It moved the Hawks' chance of winning from 51% to 69%.

Top performer: Bastian Kole (RB, Hawks), with 20 carries for 140 yards and 1 TD; 3 catches for 42 yards. Elsewhere, Graham Ashby (Owls) had 22 of 36 passing for 194 yards, 1 INT; 2 carries for 22 yards; Tobin Marsh (Owls) had 19 carries for 93 yards; 5 catches for 41 yards; Abel Thornbury (Owls) had 6 catches for 70 yards; Wes Hadley (Hawks) had 12 of 19 passing for 103 yards; 1 carry for 6 yards and 1 TD.

Before kickoff, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Soren Oyelaran; on defense: bracket Wendell Montague (Soren Oyelaran finished with 5 catches for 53 yards). Meanwhile, the Hawks' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Wendell Montague; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Wendell Montague finished with 4 catches for 37 yards).

The Owls move to 5-6-3 and the Hawks to 2-11-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	ONX-MRD
Q1 1:35	Owls	A 30-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	0-3
Q1 0:31	Owls	A 55-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	0-6
Q2 2:49	Owls	A 51-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	0-9
Q2 2:07	Hawks	A 4-yard touchdown run by Bastian Kole	7-9
Q2 1:47	Hawks	A 6-yard touchdown run by Wes Hadley	14-9
Q3 1:03	Hawks	A 38-yard field goal by Valen Bellamy	17-9
Q4 2:56	Owls	A 38-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	17-12
Q4 1:18	Hawks	A 2-yard touchdown run by Darius Eriksen	24-12

Team stats

	ONX	MRD
Total yards	284	320
Passing yards	103	194
Rushing yards	181	126
Completions	12 of 19	22 of 36
Offensive plays	50	68
Third downs	1 of 8	5 of 14
Fourth downs	1 of 1	0 of 2
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	2	5
Time of possession	4:55	7:05

Onyx Hawks box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Wes Hadley	12/19	103	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Bastian Kole	20	140	1	26
Darius Eriksen	8	35	1	15
Wes Hadley	1	6	1	6

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Bastian Kole	3	42	4
Wendell Montague	4	37	4
Lazlo Underwood	2	13	2
Elan Drummond	3	11	6

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Elio Brennan	8	0	1	0
Soren Jovanovic	8	0	0	1
Quentin Zamora	0	2	0	0
Gideon Radcliffe	8	0	0	0
Kasimir Ashford	0	2	0	0
Adrien Achebe	7	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Valen Bellamy	1/1	38	0/0

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	22/36	194	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Tobin Marsh	19	93	18
Graham Ashby	2	22	11
Adrien Oyelaran	6	11	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Abel Thornbury	6	70	10
Soren Oyelaran	5	53	8
Tobin Marsh	5	41	8
Emeric Brennan	4	20	5

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Cyrus Jovanovic	9	1
Orson Lachance	6	1
Wendell Bellamy	6	0
Dorian Radcliffe	5	1
Adrien Montague	5	1
Elio Sandoval	4	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	4/4	55	0/0

Watch the replay

Every play of this game can be replayed on the big screen, with the play calls, the win probability and the commentary: replay Onyx Hawks 24, Meridian Owls 12 on Snapline. More about the teams: Meridian Owls · Onyx Hawks.