Forge Bison 20, Bastion Panthers 10

Week 2 · Regular season · round 23 · Friday 9 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
BST Bastion Panthers	0	3	7	0	10
FRG Forge Bison	0	10	7	3	20

Game recap

The Forge Bison beat the Bastion Panthers 20-10 in round 23 of Week 2. They led by as many as 14 points. Few expected it: the pregame odds gave the Bison a 38% chance.

The Panthers opened the scoring with a 54-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley with 1:55 left in the second quarter. At the break the Bison were up 10-3. The fourth quarter brought a 33-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood for the Bison (2:07 left, 20-10).

The biggest swing of the game came with 2:20 left in the third quarter: a fumble by Owen Castillo, recovered by the defense. It moved the Bison' chance of winning from 57% to 72%.

Player of the game: Deacon Mbeki (RB, Bison), with 22 carries for 72 yards and 2 TD; 4 catches for 35 yards. Elsewhere, Tariq Esposito (Bison) had 9 carries for 74 yards; Adrien Montague (Bison) had 3 catches for 52 yards; Owen Castillo (Panthers) had 19 of 27 passing for 184 yards, 1 TD; 1 carry for 2 yards; 2 catches for -3 yards; Marcus Thibodeaux (Panthers) had 11 carries for 61 yards; 3 catches for 37 yards.

Before kickoff, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, lean on the run, target Ivo Achebe; on defense: bracket Julian Asher (Ivo Achebe finished with 3 catches for 27 yards). Meanwhile, the Panthers' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, target Emeric Esposito; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Emeric Esposito finished with 5 catches for 67 yards and 1 TD).

The Bison move to 15-6-2 and the Panthers to 16-6-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	BST-FRG
Q2 1:55	Panthers	A 54-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	3-0
Q2 1:04	Bison	A 49-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	3-3
Q2 0:04	Bison	A 2-yard touchdown run by Deacon Mbeki	3-10
Q3 1:28	Bison	A 1-yard touchdown run by Deacon Mbeki	3-17
Q3 0:33	Panthers	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Owen Castillo to Emeric Esposito	10-17
Q4 2:07	Bison	A 33-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	10-20

Team stats

	BST	FRG
Total yards	271	284
Passing yards	184	129
Rushing yards	87	155
Completions	19 of 27	11 of 20
Offensive plays	52	55
Third downs	4 of 10	6 of 12
Fourth downs	0 of 2	1 of 1
Turnovers	3	2
Sacks allowed	6	2
Time of possession	5:18	6:42

Bastion Panthers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Owen Castillo	19/27	184	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Marcus Thibodeaux	11	61	18
Wendell Ashford	6	25	7
Owen Castillo	1	2	2
Elio Zamora	1	-1	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Emeric Esposito	5	67	1	9
Julian Asher	6	62	0	6
Marcus Thibodeaux	3	37	0	4
Elio Bellamy	3	21	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Kasimir Varga	7	1	0
Quentin Ashford	8	0	1
Bram Zamora	7	0	0
Cassius Kincaid	6	0	1
Elio Lachance	6	0	0
Orson Esposito	5	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Yardley	1/1	54	0/0

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	11/20	129	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tariq Esposito	9	74	0	17
Deacon Mbeki	22	72	2	13
Cole Ramsey	2	9	0	5

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Adrien Montague	3	52	5
Deacon Mbeki	4	35	5
Ivo Achebe	3	27	4
Hollis Grant	1	15	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Ivo Falkner	0	3	0
Dorian Draven	10	0	1
Soren Garrow	6	0	0
Yannick Thorne	5	0	1
Bram Delacroix	0	1	0
Dorian Oyelaran	4	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Gideon Underwood	2/2	49	0/0

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