Spark Kestrels 37, Tidal Herons 13

Week 2 · Regular season · round 3 · Monday 5 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
SPK Spark Kestrels	3	17	7	10	37
TDL Tidal Herons	7	3	3	0	13

Game recap

The Spark Kestrels overwhelmed the Tidal Herons 37-13 in round 3 of Week 2. The Kestrels led by as many as 24 points.

The Herons opened the scoring with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Soren Hallberg to Rafael Montiel with 1:28 left in the first quarter. The Kestrels led 20-10 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 26-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic for the Kestrels (1:42 left, 30-13); a 6-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Lazlo Zamora for the Kestrels (0:14 left, 37-13).

The play that tilted the game came with 2:21 left in the second quarter: an interception by Kasimir Castellan off Soren Hallberg. It moved the Kestrels' chance of winning from 54% to 66%.

Top performer: Malachi Reed (RB, Kestrels), with 23 carries for 141 yards and 1 TD; 2 catches for 14 yards. Elsewhere, Soren Hallberg (Herons) had 23 of 38 passing for 267 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT; Isaiah Tran (Herons) had 9 carries for 42 yards; 3 catches for 19 yards; Rafael Montiel (Herons) had 9 catches for 113 yards and 1 TD; Eli Varga-Stone (Kestrels) had 21 of 35 passing for 225 yards, 2 TD; 5 carries for 31 yards.

Before kickoff, the Herons' game plan was on offense: quick game vs the blitz, attack the zones, target Tariq Radcliffe; on defense: bracket Jaylen Osei (Tariq Radcliffe finished with 3 catches for 21 yards). Meanwhile, the Kestrels' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Bastien Radcliffe; on defense: bracket Tariq Radcliffe (Bastien Radcliffe finished with 6 catches for 65 yards and 1 TD).

The Herons move to 2-1 and the Kestrels to 2-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	SPK-TDL
Q1 1:28	Herons	A 13-yard touchdown pass from Soren Hallberg to Rafael Montiel	0-7
Q1 0:39	Kestrels	A 35-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic	3-7
Q2 2:34	Kestrels	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Bastien Radcliffe	10-7
Q2 1:55	Kestrels	A 9-yard touchdown run by Lazlo Zamora	17-7
Q2 1:00	Kestrels	A 29-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic	20-7
Q2 0:05	Herons	A 46-yard field goal by Cassius Coventry	20-10
Q3 1:13	Herons	A 51-yard field goal by Cassius Coventry	20-13
Q3 0:03	Kestrels	A 7-yard touchdown run by Malachi Reed	27-13
Q4 1:42	Kestrels	A 26-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic	30-13
Q4 0:14	Kestrels	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Lazlo Zamora	37-13

Team stats

	SPK	TDL
Total yards	481	343
Passing yards	225	267
Rushing yards	256	76
Completions	21 of 35	23 of 38
Offensive plays	76	55
Third downs	8 of 13	1 of 10
Fourth downs	0 of 1	1 of 1
Turnovers	1	4
Sacks allowed	2	4
Time of possession	7:21	4:39

Spark Kestrels box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Eli Varga-Stone	21/35	225	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Malachi Reed	23	141	1	15
Yannick Delacroix	10	75	0	16
Eli Varga-Stone	5	31	0	10
Lazlo Zamora	1	9	1	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Jaylen Osei	9	123	0	13
Bastien Radcliffe	6	65	1	9
Lazlo Zamora	2	19	1	4
Malachi Reed	2	14	0	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Gideon Norcross	5	0	1	3
Kasimir Castellan	5	0	1	1
Hector Jovanovic	0	2	0	0
Tariq Brennan	6	0	0	1
Soren Eriksen	6	0	0	0
Darius Coventry	6	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Orson Jovanovic	3/3	35	0/0

Tidal Herons box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Soren Hallberg	23/38	267	1	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Isaiah Tran	9	42	0	14
Kasimir Radcliffe	4	34	0	12

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Rafael Montiel	9	113	1	12
Bram Zamora	7	110	0	12
Tariq Radcliffe	3	21	0	6
Isaiah Tran	3	19	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Quentin Montague	9	0
Elio Lachance	9	1
Yannick Quarles	9	0
Gideon Esposito	8	1
Roman Underwood	8	0
Cyrus Jovanovic	6	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Cassius Coventry	2/2	51	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 Spark Kestrels 37, Tidal Herons 13 on Snapline. More about the teams: Tidal Herons · Spark Kestrels.