Spark Kestrels 37, Cipher Lynx 21

Week 3 · Regular season · round 11 · Wednesday 14 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CPH Cipher Lynx	7	0	0	14	21
SPK Spark Kestrels	14	10	10	3	37

Game recap

The Spark Kestrels beat the Cipher Lynx 37-21 in round 11 of Week 3. They led by as many as 27 points.

The Lynx opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run by Ezekiel Hart with 2:09 left in the first quarter. At the break the Kestrels were up 24-7. The fourth quarter brought a 5-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Pavel Thorne for the Lynx (2:00 left, 34-14); a 35-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic for the Kestrels (1:06 left, 37-14); a 9-yard touchdown run by Kai Navarro for the Lynx (0:32 left, 37-21).

Top performer: Eli Varga-Stone (QB, Kestrels), with 26 of 33 passing for 336 yards, 2 TD; 5 carries for 43 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Malachi Reed (Kestrels) had 25 carries for 118 yards and 1 TD; 1 catch for 40 yards; Bastien Radcliffe (Kestrels) had 10 catches for 125 yards; Kai Navarro (Lynx) had 20 of 34 passing for 236 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 5 carries for 44 yards and 1 TD; Pavel Thorne (Lynx) had 2 carries for 18 yards; 6 catches for 102 yards and 1 TD.

Before kickoff, the Kestrels' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Bastien Radcliffe; on defense: bracket Luca Benedetti (Bastien Radcliffe finished with 10 catches for 125 yards). Meanwhile, the Lynx' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Pavel Thorne; on defense: bracket Jaylen Osei (Pavel Thorne finished with 2 carries for 18 yards; 6 catches for 102 yards and 1 TD).

The Kestrels move to 5-5-1 and the Lynx to 7-4 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CPH-SPK
Q1 2:09	Lynx	A 5-yard touchdown run by Ezekiel Hart	7-0
Q1 1:21	Kestrels	A 4-yard touchdown run by Eli Varga-Stone	7-7
Q1 0:06	Kestrels	A 3-yard touchdown run by Malachi Reed	7-14
Q2 1:30	Kestrels	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Ulric Hargrove	7-21
Q2 0:01	Kestrels	A 50-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic	7-24
Q3 1:56	Kestrels	A 9-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Lazlo Zamora	7-31
Q3 0:37	Kestrels	A 26-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic	7-34
Q4 2:00	Lynx	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Pavel Thorne	14-34
Q4 1:06	Kestrels	A 35-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic	14-37
Q4 0:32	Lynx	A 9-yard touchdown run by Kai Navarro	21-37

Team stats

	CPH	SPK
Total yards	360	551
Passing yards	236	336
Rushing yards	124	215
Completions	20 of 34	26 of 33
Offensive plays	58	73
Third downs	7 of 12	10 of 14
Fourth downs	1 of 1	1 of 1
Turnovers	1	0
Sacks allowed	5	3
Time of possession	4:46	7:14

Cipher Lynx box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Kai Navarro	20/34	236	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Orson Achebe	6	50	0	17
Kai Navarro	5	44	1	13
Pavel Thorne	2	18	0	27
Ezekiel Hart	5	12	1	14

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Pavel Thorne	6	102	1	10
Luca Benedetti	4	43	0	8
Ezekiel Hart	4	38	0	7
Bram Pellegrini	3	29	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Valen Garrow	12	0
Bastien Oyelaran	12	0
Elio Coventry	9	2
Wendell Kincaid	8	0
Gideon Jovanovic	8	0
Jonas Sandoval	7	0

Spark Kestrels box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Eli Varga-Stone	26/33	336	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Malachi Reed	25	118	1	40
Eli Varga-Stone	5	43	1	14
Yannick Delacroix	5	34	0	11
Lazlo Zamora	2	20	0	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Bastien Radcliffe	10	125	0	13
Jaylen Osei	10	110	0	12
Ulric Hargrove	3	44	1	3
Malachi Reed	1	40	0	1

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Gideon Norcross	9	0	0	1
Bastien Oyelaran	0	2	0	0
Orson Bellamy	0	2	0	0
Kasimir Castellan	2	0	1	0
Tariq Brennan	7	0	0	0
Soren Eriksen	6	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Orson Jovanovic	3/3	50	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, Cipher Lynx 21 on Snapline. More about the teams: Spark Kestrels · Cipher Lynx.