Bastion Panthers 25, Cipher Lynx 16

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

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
BST Bastion Panthers	0	6	5	14	25
CPH Cipher Lynx	2	7	0	7	16

Game recap

The Bastion Panthers came back to beat the Cipher Lynx 25-16 in round 2 of Week 3. They trailed by as many as 9 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 14%.

The Lynx opened the scoring with a safety, Owen Castillo sacked in the end zone with 0:00 left in the first quarter. The Lynx led 9-6 at halftime. Then came the fourth quarter: a 7-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Pavel Thorne for the Lynx (2:26 left, 16-11); an 18-yard touchdown pass from Owen Castillo to Marcus Thibodeaux for the Panthers (0:52 left, 18-16); a 17-yard touchdown pass from Owen Castillo to Julian Asher for the Panthers (0:02 left, 25-16).

The play that tilted the game came with 0:52 left in the fourth quarter: an 18-yard touchdown pass from Owen Castillo to Marcus Thibodeaux. It moved the Panthers' chance of winning from 37% to 67%.

The standout was Marcus Thibodeaux (RB, Panthers), with 19 carries for 111 yards; 3 catches for 18 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Kai Navarro (Lynx) had 20 of 26 passing for 158 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 9 carries for 64 yards; Luca Benedetti (Lynx) had 7 catches for 49 yards; Owen Castillo (Panthers) had 16 of 27 passing for 151 yards, 2 TD; 1 catch for -3 yards; Julian Asher (Panthers) had 6 catches for 48 yards and 1 TD.

Before kickoff, the Lynx' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Pavel Thorne; on defense: bracket Julian Asher (Pavel Thorne finished with 1 carry for 4 yards; 5 catches for 46 yards and 2 TD). Meanwhile, the Panthers' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Emeric Esposito; on defense: bracket Luca Benedetti (Emeric Esposito finished with 2 catches for 39 yards).

The Lynx move to 1-1 and the Panthers to 1-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	BST-CPH
Q1 0:00	Lynx	A safety, Owen Castillo sacked in the end zone	0-2
Q2 1:03	Lynx	A 3-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Pavel Thorne	0-9
Q2 0:07	Panthers	A 61-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	3-9
Q2 0:00	Panthers	A 48-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	6-9
Q3 2:43	Panthers	A safety	8-9
Q3 2:04	Panthers	A 44-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	11-9
Q4 2:26	Lynx	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Pavel Thorne	11-16
Q4 0:52	Panthers	An 18-yard touchdown pass from Owen Castillo to Marcus Thibodeaux	18-16
Q4 0:02	Panthers	A 17-yard touchdown pass from Owen Castillo to Julian Asher	25-16

Team stats

	BST	CPH
Total yards	300	298
Passing yards	151	158
Rushing yards	149	140
Completions	16 of 27	20 of 26
Offensive plays	57	60
Third downs	3 of 10	4 of 11
Fourth downs	—	1 of 2
Turnovers	1	3
Sacks allowed	5	3
Time of possession	6:26	5:34

Bastion Panthers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Owen Castillo	16/27	151	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Marcus Thibodeaux	19	111	0	20
Wendell Ashford	6	38	0	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Julian Asher	6	48	1	8
Elio Zamora	3	42	0	3
Emeric Esposito	2	39	0	5
Marcus Thibodeaux	3	18	1	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Bram Zamora	9	0	1	0
Cassius Kincaid	9	0	0	0
Elio Lachance	8	0	0	1
Quentin Ashford	8	0	0	0
Kasimir Varga	7	0	0	0
Yannick Coventry	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Yardley	3/4	61	0/0

Cipher Lynx box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Kai Navarro	20/26	158	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Kai Navarro	9	64	15
Ezekiel Hart	17	56	12
Zane Lachance	2	10	7
Orson Achebe	2	6	4

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Luca Benedetti	7	49	0	7
Pavel Thorne	5	46	2	6
Bram Pellegrini	2	27	0	4
Ezekiel Hart	4	24	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Jonas Sandoval	10	0	0
Emeric Jovanovic	0	2	0
Valen Garrow	8	0	1
Wendell Kincaid	7	0	0
Gideon Jovanovic	6	0	0
Hector Coventry	0	1	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 Bastion Panthers 25, Cipher Lynx 16 on Snapline. More about the teams: Cipher Lynx · Bastion Panthers.