Nova Raptors 45, Cortex Foxes 16

Week 2 · Regular season · round 17 · Thursday 8 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
NVA Nova Raptors	14	10	7	14	45
CTX Cortex Foxes	10	0	3	3	16

Game recap

It was one-way traffic in round 17 of Week 2: the Nova Raptors routed the Cortex Foxes 45-16. The Raptors led by as many as 29 points.

The Raptors opened the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Zion Whitaker with 1:59 left in the first quarter. The Raptors led 24-10 at halftime. In the fourth quarter: a 56-yard field goal by Wendell Montague for the Foxes (2:21 left, 31-16); a 2-yard touchdown run by Nils Coventry for the Raptors (1:31 left, 38-16); a 3-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Ivo Norcross for the Raptors (0:13 left, 45-16).

The standout was Zion Whitaker (WR, Raptors), with 12 catches for 173 yards and 2 TD. Elsewhere, Ezra Vale (Foxes) had 26 of 46 passing for 313 yards, 3 INT; 6 carries for 33 yards; Rafe Ellison (Foxes) had 6 catches for 97 yards; Axel Stroud (Raptors) had 25 of 35 passing for 337 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT; 1 carry for 12 yards; Omari Fenn (Raptors) had 29 carries for 163 yards; 1 catch for 5 yards.

Before kickoff, the Foxes' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Rafe Ellison; on defense: bracket Zion Whitaker (Rafe Ellison finished with 6 catches for 97 yards). Meanwhile, the Raptors' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, throw it more, target Zion Whitaker; on defense: bracket Rafe Ellison (Zion Whitaker finished with 12 catches for 173 yards and 2 TD).

The Foxes move to 8-9 and the Raptors to 12-5 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	NVA-CTX
Q1 1:59	Raptors	A 3-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Zion Whitaker	7-0
Q1 1:12	Foxes	A 52-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	7-3
Q1 0:51	Raptors	A 10-yard touchdown run by Nils Coventry	14-3
Q1 0:05	Foxes	A 4-yard touchdown run by Kian Morrow	14-10
Q2 1:40	Raptors	A 21-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	17-10
Q2 0:26	Raptors	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Zion Whitaker	24-10
Q3 1:01	Foxes	A 44-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	24-13
Q3 0:02	Raptors	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Ivo Norcross	31-13
Q4 2:21	Foxes	A 56-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	31-16
Q4 1:31	Raptors	A 2-yard touchdown run by Nils Coventry	38-16
Q4 0:13	Raptors	A 3-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Ivo Norcross	45-16

Team stats

	NVA	CTX
Total yards	553	384
Passing yards	337	313
Rushing yards	216	71
Completions	25 of 35	26 of 46
Offensive plays	75	63
Third downs	7 of 10	3 of 7
Fourth downs	0 of 1	—
Turnovers	1	4
Sacks allowed	3	4
Time of possession	6:44	5:16

Nova Raptors box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Axel Stroud	25/35	337	4	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Omari Fenn	29	163	0	19
Nils Coventry	6	30	2	10
Axel Stroud	1	12	0	12
Tariq Achebe	1	11	0	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Zion Whitaker	12	173	2	15
Bram Thorne	6	99	0	9
Tariq Achebe	2	36	0	3
Ivo Norcross	4	24	2	7

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Bastien Montague	7	0	1	0
Anders Delacroix	6	0	1	1
Zane Eriksen	4	0	1	1
Adrien Brennan	0	2	0	0
Quentin Brennan	6	0	0	4
Kasimir Oyelaran	5	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Norcross	1/1	21	0/0

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	26/46	313	0	3

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Ezra Vale	6	33	0	12
Kian Morrow	5	30	1	32
Fabian Esposito	2	8	0	6

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Rafe Ellison	6	97	14
Cassius Ashford	7	67	11
Zane Montague	5	65	9
Kian Morrow	4	54	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Valen Ingram	13	0	0	0
Nils Lachance	7	0	1	0
Jonas Pellegrini	11	0	0	1
Elio Hargrove	8	0	0	0
Emeric Kincaid	0	2	0	0
Bram Brennan	7	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Montague	3/4	56	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 Nova Raptors 45, Cortex Foxes 16 on Snapline. More about the teams: Cortex Foxes · Nova Raptors.