Meridian Owls 23, Comet Stingrays 21

Week 2 · Regular season · round 7 · Tuesday 6 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CMT Comet Stingrays	3	3	12	3	21
MRD Meridian Owls	14	0	6	3	23

Game recap

The Meridian Owls beat the Comet Stingrays 23-21 in round 7 of Week 2, and they needed every second to do it. The decisive score was a 31-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe with 0:41 left in the fourth quarter.

The Owls opened the scoring with a 12-yard touchdown run by Tobin Marsh with 2:46 left in the first quarter. The Owls led 14-6 at halftime. Then came the fourth quarter: a 25-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock for the Stingrays (2:18 left, 21-20); a 31-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe for the Owls (0:41 left, 23-21).

The key moment arrived with 0:00 left in the second quarter: a 2-yard run by Darius Delacroix. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 53% to 77%.

The standout was Tobin Marsh (RB, Owls), with 23 carries for 109 yards and 2 TD; 6 catches for 27 yards. Elsewhere, Keon Ashby-Grant (Stingrays) had 15 carries for 100 yards; 1 catch for 11 yards; Ulric Achebe (Stingrays) had 6 catches for 55 yards.

Before kickoff, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Soren Oyelaran; on defense: bracket Lior Bendavid (Soren Oyelaran finished with 4 catches for 33 yards). Meanwhile, the Stingrays' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Cassius Thorne; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Cassius Thorne finished with 3 catches for 36 yards and 1 TD).

The Owls move to 4-1-2 and the Stingrays to 3-4 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CMT-MRD
Q1 2:46	Owls	A 12-yard touchdown run by Tobin Marsh	0-7
Q1 0:53	Owls	A 1-yard touchdown run by Tobin Marsh	0-14
Q1 0:01	Stingrays	A 53-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	3-14
Q2 1:33	Stingrays	A 54-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	6-14
Q3 2:52	Stingrays	A safety	8-14
Q3 2:17	Owls	A 32-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	8-17
Q3 1:34	Stingrays	A 46-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	11-17
Q3 0:42	Owls	A 42-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	11-20
Q3 0:06	Stingrays	A 24-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Cassius Thorne	18-20
Q4 2:18	Stingrays	A 25-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	21-20
Q4 0:41	Owls	A 31-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	21-23

Team stats

	CMT	MRD
Total yards	310	260
Passing yards	157	144
Rushing yards	153	116
Completions	19 of 41	19 of 25
Offensive plays	66	52
Third downs	3 of 12	3 of 9
Fourth downs	1 of 1	—
Turnovers	4	2
Sacks allowed	2	2
Time of possession	6:00	6:00

Comet Stingrays box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Darius Wolcott	19/41	157	1	3

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Keon Ashby-Grant	15	100	21
Darius Delacroix	6	27	15
Darius Wolcott	1	15	15
Ivo Hargrove	1	11	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Ulric Achebe	6	55	0	9
Cassius Thorne	3	36	1	8
Lior Bendavid	5	31	0	12
Ivo Hargrove	4	24	0	6

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Darius Draven	10	0	0	1
Wendell Montague	9	0	0	0
Valen Castellan	3	0	1	1
Emeric Quarles	8	0	0	1
Hector Pellegrini	5	0	0	0
Anders Yardley	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Quentin Whitlock	4/4	54	0/0

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	19/25	144	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	23	109	2	17
Adrien Oyelaran	2	7	0	5

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Soren Oyelaran	4	33	5
Emeric Brennan	4	33	6
Tobin Marsh	6	27	7
Pavel Oyelaran	3	26	3

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Adrien Montague	7	1	2
Dorian Radcliffe	6	1	0
Elio Sandoval	5	1	1
Cyrus Jovanovic	8	0	1
Wendell Bellamy	6	0	0
Orson Lachance	5	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	3/3	42	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 Meridian Owls 23, Comet Stingrays 21 on Snapline. More about the teams: Meridian Owls · Comet Stingrays.