Meridian Owls 20, Granite Grizzlies 10

Week 3 · Regular season · round 22 · Friday 16 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
GRZ Granite Grizzlies	10	0	0	0	10
MRD Meridian Owls	0	10	10	0	20

Game recap

The Meridian Owls came back to beat the Granite Grizzlies 20-10 in round 22 of Week 3. They trailed by as many as 10 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 20%.

The Grizzlies opened the scoring with a 52-yard field goal by Tariq Pellegrini with 2:12 left in the first quarter. It was 10-10 at halftime. Nobody scored in the fourth quarter.

The biggest swing of the game came with 0:00 left in the second quarter: a 58-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 50% to 67%.

Player of the game: Graham Ashby (QB, Owls), with 19 of 30 passing for 186 yards, 2 TD; 1 carry for 11 yards. Elsewhere, Tobin Marsh (Owls) had 21 carries for 112 yards; Pavel Oyelaran (Owls) had 8 catches for 80 yards; Marlon Esquivel (Grizzlies) had 6 catches for 96 yards.

Before kickoff, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, throw it more, target Pavel Oyelaran; on defense: bracket Bastien Lachance (Pavel Oyelaran finished with 8 catches for 80 yards). Meanwhile, the Grizzlies' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Bastien Lachance; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Bastien Lachance finished with 2 catches for 19 yards).

The Owls move to 10-10-2 and the Grizzlies to 9-13 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	GRZ-MRD
Q1 2:12	Grizzlies	A 52-yard field goal by Tariq Pellegrini	3-0
Q1 0:50	Grizzlies	An 8-yard touchdown run by Jonah Whitfield	10-0
Q2 1:17	Owls	A 12-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Abel Thornbury	10-7
Q2 0:00	Owls	A 58-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	10-10
Q3 1:40	Owls	A 12-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Soren Oyelaran	10-17
Q3 1:00	Owls	A 56-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	10-20

Team stats

	GRZ	MRD
Total yards	283	360
Passing yards	184	186
Rushing yards	99	174
Completions	15 of 27	19 of 30
Offensive plays	50	61
Third downs	4 of 10	5 of 12
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	2	3
Sacks allowed	3	1
Time of possession	4:52	7:08

Granite Grizzlies box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Reid Callahan	15/27	184	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Fabian Norcross	5	54	0	23
Jonah Whitfield	15	45	1	14

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Marlon Esquivel	6	96	6
Yannick Ingram	4	40	9
Jonah Whitfield	3	29	3
Bastien Lachance	2	19	7

Defense

Player	TK	SK
Bram Bellamy	10	0
Adrien Jovanovic	8	0
Cassius Castellan	8	0
Ulric Zamora	7	0
Adrien Varga	5	0
Ivo Zamora	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Pellegrini	1/1	52	0/0

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	19/30	186	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Tobin Marsh	21	112	20
Adrien Oyelaran	8	51	16
Graham Ashby	1	11	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Pavel Oyelaran	8	80	0	8
Abel Thornbury	7	65	1	9
Soren Oyelaran	3	38	1	7
Emeric Brennan	1	3	0	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Cyrus Jovanovic	9	0	0	0
Adrien Montague	3	0	1	1
Elio Sandoval	8	0	0	0
Adrien Zamora	5	0	0	0
Dorian Radcliffe	4	0	0	2
Wendell Achebe	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	2/2	58	0/0

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