Nova Raptors 28, Comet Stingrays 21

Week 3 · Regular season · round 9 · Tuesday 13 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CMT Comet Stingrays	5	10	3	3	21
NVA Nova Raptors	0	14	0	14	28

Game recap

The Nova Raptors held off the Comet Stingrays 28-21 in round 9 of Week 3. The lead changed hands 5 times.

The Stingrays opened the scoring with a safety with 1:15 left in the first quarter. The Stingrays led 15-14 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 2-yard touchdown run by Nils Coventry for the Raptors (2:53 left, 21-18); a 15-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Zion Whitaker for the Raptors (2:34 left, 28-18); a 52-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock for the Stingrays (2:01 left, 28-21).

The key moment arrived with 2:46 left in the fourth quarter: an interception by Quentin Norcross off Darius Wolcott. It moved the Raptors' chance of winning from 67% to 81%.

Top performer: Zion Whitaker (WR, Raptors), with 6 catches for 93 yards and 2 TD. Elsewhere, Axel Stroud (Raptors) had 20 of 37 passing for 266 yards, 2 TD; Omari Fenn (Raptors) had 16 carries for 101 yards and 1 TD; 2 catches for 9 yards; Bram Thorne (Raptors) had 4 catches for 78 yards; Darius Wolcott (Stingrays) had 28 of 42 passing for 248 yards, 1 INT; 2 carries for 30 yards.

Before kickoff, the Raptors' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Zion Whitaker; on defense: bracket Lior Bendavid (Zion Whitaker finished with 6 catches for 93 yards and 2 TD). Meanwhile, the Stingrays' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Ulric Achebe; on defense: bracket Zion Whitaker (Ulric Achebe finished with 8 catches for 104 yards).

The Raptors move to 3-6 and the Stingrays to 4-5 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CMT-NVA
Q1 1:15	Stingrays	A safety	2-0
Q1 0:46	Stingrays	A 47-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	5-0
Q2 2:56	Raptors	A 2-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Zion Whitaker	5-7
Q2 1:57	Stingrays	A 26-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	8-7
Q2 0:58	Raptors	A 1-yard touchdown run by Omari Fenn	8-14
Q2 0:09	Stingrays	A 4-yard touchdown run by Darius Delacroix	15-14
Q3 1:02	Stingrays	A 52-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	18-14
Q4 2:53	Raptors	A 2-yard touchdown run by Nils Coventry	18-21
Q4 2:34	Raptors	A 15-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Zion Whitaker	18-28
Q4 2:01	Stingrays	A 52-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	21-28

Team stats

	CMT	NVA
Total yards	441	375
Passing yards	248	266
Rushing yards	193	109
Completions	28 of 42	20 of 37
Offensive plays	77	60
Third downs	7 of 16	4 of 10
Fourth downs	1 of 1	1 of 1
Turnovers	3	1
Sacks allowed	4	2
Time of possession	6:37	5:23

Comet Stingrays box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Darius Wolcott	28/42	248	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Keon Ashby-Grant	19	118	0	15
Darius Wolcott	2	30	0	18
Ivo Hargrove	4	23	0	18
Darius Delacroix	6	22	1	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Ulric Achebe	8	104	9
Ivo Hargrove	8	54	10
Lior Bendavid	7	49	9
Keon Ashby-Grant	4	39	4

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Wendell Montague	8	0
Elio Coventry	7	0
Valen Castellan	6	0
Emeric Quarles	5	2
Kasimir Achebe	5	0
Darius Draven	5	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Quentin Whitlock	4/4	52	0/0

Nova Raptors box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Axel Stroud	20/37	266	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Omari Fenn	16	101	1	12
Nils Coventry	5	8	1	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Zion Whitaker	6	93	2	10
Bram Thorne	4	78	0	7
Ivo Norcross	6	75	0	8
Tariq Achebe	2	11	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Quentin Brennan	13	0	1
Kasimir Oyelaran	12	0	0
Bastien Montague	10	0	0
Adrien Varga	0	2	0
Anders Delacroix	7	0	1
Zane Eriksen	7	0	1

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