Comet Stingrays 35, Granite Grizzlies 23

Week 3 · Regular season · round 16 · Thursday 15 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
GRZ Granite Grizzlies	10	3	0	10	23
CMT Comet Stingrays	7	14	7	7	35

Game recap

The Comet Stingrays beat the Granite Grizzlies 35-23 in round 16 of Week 3. They led by as many as 15 points.

The Grizzlies opened the scoring with a 4-yard touchdown run by Jonah Whitfield with 1:53 left in the first quarter. At the break the Stingrays were up 21-13. Then came the fourth quarter: a 39-yard field goal by Tariq Pellegrini for the Grizzlies (2:16 left, 28-16); a 6-yard touchdown pass from Reid Callahan to Marlon Esquivel for the Grizzlies (1:53 left, 28-23); a 16-yard touchdown run by Darius Delacroix for the Stingrays (1:08 left, 35-23).

The standout was Keon Ashby-Grant (RB, Stingrays), with 22 carries for 115 yards and 2 TD; 2 catches for 40 yards. Elsewhere, Darius Wolcott (Stingrays) had 17 of 32 passing for 184 yards, 1 TD; 2 carries for 14 yards; 1 catch for -5 yards; Darius Delacroix (Stingrays) had 6 carries for 62 yards and 2 TD; Lior Bendavid (Stingrays) had 5 catches for 59 yards; Reid Callahan (Grizzlies) had 24 of 39 passing for 258 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT.

Before kickoff, the Stingrays' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Lior Bendavid; on defense: bracket Bastien Lachance (Lior Bendavid finished with 5 catches for 59 yards). Meanwhile, the Grizzlies' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Bastien Lachance; on defense: bracket Lior Bendavid (Bastien Lachance finished with 2 catches for 10 yards).

The Stingrays move to 8-8 and the Grizzlies to 6-10 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	GRZ-CMT
Q1 1:53	Grizzlies	A 4-yard touchdown run by Jonah Whitfield	7-0
Q1 1:10	Stingrays	A 2-yard touchdown run by Darius Delacroix	7-7
Q1 0:31	Grizzlies	A 46-yard field goal by Tariq Pellegrini	10-7
Q2 2:09	Stingrays	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Cassius Thorne	10-14
Q2 1:54	Stingrays	A 10-yard touchdown run by Keon Ashby-Grant	10-21
Q2 0:00	Grizzlies	A 50-yard field goal by Tariq Pellegrini	13-21
Q3 1:00	Stingrays	A 3-yard touchdown run by Keon Ashby-Grant	13-28
Q4 2:16	Grizzlies	A 39-yard field goal by Tariq Pellegrini	16-28
Q4 1:53	Grizzlies	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Reid Callahan to Marlon Esquivel	23-28
Q4 1:08	Stingrays	A 16-yard touchdown run by Darius Delacroix	23-35

Team stats

	GRZ	CMT
Total yards	400	406
Passing yards	258	184
Rushing yards	142	222
Completions	24 of 39	17 of 32
Offensive plays	68	69
Third downs	6 of 13	7 of 12
Fourth downs	0 of 2	0 of 2
Turnovers	1	2
Sacks allowed	6	2
Time of possession	5:32	6:28

Granite Grizzlies box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Reid Callahan	24/39	258	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Jonah Whitfield	16	90	1	18
Fabian Norcross	7	52	0	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Marlon Esquivel	10	158	1	12
Yannick Ingram	6	60	0	11
Jonah Whitfield	5	28	0	7
Bastien Lachance	2	10	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Adrien Jovanovic	9	0
Bram Bellamy	7	1
Ulric Zamora	6	2
Adrien Varga	6	1
Cassius Castellan	6	0
Dorian Whitlock	6	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Pellegrini	3/3	50	0/0

Comet Stingrays box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Darius Wolcott	17/32	184	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Keon Ashby-Grant	22	115	2	36
Darius Delacroix	6	62	2	20
Ivo Hargrove	5	31	0	9
Darius Wolcott	2	14	0	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Lior Bendavid	5	59	0	9
Ulric Achebe	5	50	0	7
Keon Ashby-Grant	2	40	0	2
Cassius Thorne	4	40	1	10

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Emeric Quarles	13	0	0	1
Darius Draven	7	0	1	1
Wendell Montague	8	0	0	1
Quentin Falkner	0	2	0	0
Anders Yardley	0	2	0	0
Elio Coventry	7	0	0	0

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