Meridian Owls 33, Tidal Herons 13

Week 2 · Regular season · round 19 · Thursday 8 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MRD Meridian Owls	7	7	12	7	33
TDL Tidal Herons	3	10	0	0	13

Game recap

The Meridian Owls beat the Tidal Herons 33-13 in round 19 of Week 2. They led by as many as 20 points.

The Owls opened the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Tobin Marsh with 1:35 left in the first quarter. At the break the Owls were up 14-13. Then came the fourth quarter: a 12-yard touchdown run by Adrien Oyelaran for the Owls (0:25 left, 33-13).

The play that tilted the game came with 2:55 left in the third quarter: a safety, Soren Hallberg sacked in the end zone. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 52% to 71%.

Player of the game: Tobin Marsh (RB, Owls), with 27 carries for 158 yards; 5 catches for 28 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Soren Hallberg (Herons) had 17 of 29 passing for 187 yards; 2 carries for 21 yards; Isaiah Tran (Herons) had 12 carries for 89 yards and 1 TD; 1 catch for 7 yards; Bram Zamora (Herons) had 6 catches for 75 yards; Graham Ashby (Owls) had 20 of 29 passing for 219 yards, 3 TD.

Before kickoff, the Herons' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Tariq Radcliffe; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Tariq Radcliffe finished with 3 catches for 35 yards). Meanwhile, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Emeric Brennan; on defense: bracket Tariq Radcliffe (Emeric Brennan finished with 4 catches for 47 yards).

The Herons move to 8-11 and the Owls to 6-9-4 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MRD-TDL
Q1 1:35	Owls	A 1-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Tobin Marsh	7-0
Q1 0:51	Herons	A 49-yard field goal by Cassius Coventry	7-3
Q2 2:20	Herons	A 49-yard field goal by Cassius Coventry	7-6
Q2 0:49	Herons	A 7-yard touchdown run by Isaiah Tran	7-13
Q2 0:00	Owls	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Abel Thornbury	14-13
Q3 2:55	Owls	A safety, Soren Hallberg sacked in the end zone	16-13
Q3 2:03	Owls	A 54-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	19-13
Q3 0:18	Owls	A 14-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Pavel Oyelaran	26-13
Q4 0:25	Owls	A 12-yard touchdown run by Adrien Oyelaran	33-13

Team stats

	MRD	TDL
Total yards	411	325
Passing yards	219	187
Rushing yards	192	138
Completions	20 of 29	17 of 29
Offensive plays	67	50
Third downs	5 of 10	1 of 7
Fourth downs	1 of 2	—
Turnovers	0	0
Sacks allowed	1	4
Time of possession	7:41	4:19

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	20/29	219	3	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	27	158	0	22
Adrien Oyelaran	10	34	1	12

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Abel Thornbury	5	75	1	8
Emeric Brennan	4	47	0	7
Soren Oyelaran	4	46	0	5
Tobin Marsh	5	28	1	5

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Gideon Quarles	0	2	0
Adrien Montague	7	0	2
Dorian Radcliffe	6	0	0
Orson Lachance	5	0	1
Elio Sandoval	4	0	0
Cyrus Jovanovic	4	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	1/1	54	0/0

Tidal Herons box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Soren Hallberg	17/29	187	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Isaiah Tran	12	89	1	22
Soren Hallberg	2	21	0	14
Kasimir Radcliffe	2	18	0	10
Quentin Esposito	1	10	0	14

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Bram Zamora	6	75	10
Rafael Montiel	5	42	8
Tariq Radcliffe	3	35	5
Quentin Esposito	2	28	3

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Gideon Esposito	11	0
Elio Lachance	10	0
Lazlo Draven	8	0
Quentin Montague	7	1
Yannick Quarles	7	0
Roman Underwood	6	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Cassius Coventry	2/3	49	0/0

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