Spark Kestrels 30, Vector Strikers 20

Week 3 · Regular season · round 2 · Monday 12 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
VEC Vector Strikers	14	0	6	0	20
SPK Spark Kestrels	6	10	7	7	30

Game recap

The Spark Kestrels beat the Vector Strikers 30-20 in round 2 of Week 3. They led by as many as 10 points. Few expected it: the pregame odds gave the Kestrels a 36% chance.

The Strikers opened the scoring with a 6-yard touchdown pass from Dax Holloway to Nico Saint-Clair with 2:18 left in the first quarter. At the break the Kestrels were up 16-14. The fourth quarter brought a 7-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Bastien Radcliffe for the Kestrels (0:30 left, 30-20).

Player of the game: Bastien Radcliffe (WR, Kestrels), with 12 catches for 145 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Eli Varga-Stone (Kestrels) had 27 of 44 passing for 381 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries for 11 yards; Malachi Reed (Kestrels) had 24 carries for 90 yards and 1 TD; 4 catches for 60 yards; Jaylen Osei (Kestrels) had 6 catches for 107 yards and 1 TD; Dax Holloway (Strikers) had 27 of 45 passing for 384 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT.

Before kickoff, the Kestrels' game plan was on offense: quick game vs the blitz, beat man coverage, take shots deep, target Bastien Radcliffe; on defense: bracket Nico Saint-Clair (Bastien Radcliffe finished with 12 catches for 145 yards and 1 TD). Meanwhile, the Strikers' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Adrien Yardley; on defense: bracket Jaylen Osei (Adrien Yardley finished with 8 catches for 102 yards).

The Kestrels move to 2-0 and the Strikers to 1-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	VEC-SPK
Q1 2:18	Strikers	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Dax Holloway to Nico Saint-Clair	7-0
Q1 1:26	Kestrels	A 45-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic	7-3
Q1 0:26	Kestrels	A 24-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic	7-6
Q1 0:00	Strikers	A 4-yard touchdown run by Teo Briggs	14-6
Q2 1:55	Kestrels	A 38-yard field goal by Orson Jovanovic	14-9
Q2 0:05	Kestrels	A 2-yard touchdown run by Malachi Reed	14-16
Q3 2:11	Strikers	A 32-yard field goal by Adrien Lachance	17-16
Q3 1:33	Kestrels	A 17-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Jaylen Osei	17-23
Q3 0:30	Strikers	A 49-yard field goal by Adrien Lachance	20-23
Q4 0:30	Kestrels	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Bastien Radcliffe	20-30

Team stats

	VEC	SPK
Total yards	451	534
Passing yards	384	381
Rushing yards	67	153
Completions	27 of 45	27 of 44
Offensive plays	60	83
Third downs	3 of 9	9 of 17
Fourth downs	—	2 of 3
Turnovers	2	2
Sacks allowed	2	3
Time of possession	4:19	7:41

Vector Strikers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Dax Holloway	27/45	384	1	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Teo Briggs	7	34	1	17
Yannick Whitlock	6	33	0	14

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Nico Saint-Clair	8	127	1	17
Elio Falkner	7	115	0	9
Adrien Yardley	8	102	0	11
Teo Briggs	3	39	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Yannick Thorne	11	1	2
Jonas Ingram	11	0	0
Cyrus Bellamy	10	0	1
Ivo Falkner	8	0	1
Anders Delacroix	7	0	0
Bram Brennan	7	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Lachance	2/2	49	0/0

Spark Kestrels box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Eli Varga-Stone	27/44	381	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Malachi Reed	24	90	1	19
Yannick Delacroix	4	39	0	13
Lazlo Zamora	6	13	0	13
Eli Varga-Stone	2	11	0	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Bastien Radcliffe	12	145	1	21
Jaylen Osei	6	107	1	9
Malachi Reed	4	60	0	5
Ulric Hargrove	3	50	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Tariq Brennan	10	0	1	0
Kasimir Castellan	6	0	1	0
Hector Jovanovic	0	2	0	0
Gideon Norcross	8	0	0	0
Soren Eriksen	5	0	0	1
Darius Coventry	3	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Orson Jovanovic	3/3	45	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 30, Vector Strikers 20 on Snapline. More about the teams: Spark Kestrels · Vector Strikers.