Meridian Owls 20, Pulse Jackals 14

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

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
PLS Pulse Jackals	0	7	0	7	14
MRD Meridian Owls	7	3	7	3	20

Game recap

In a tight contest in round 3 of Week 3, the Meridian Owls beat the Pulse Jackals 20-14. The go-ahead score came with 1:19 left in the first quarter.

The Owls opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run by Graham Ashby with 1:19 left in the first quarter. At the break the Owls were up 10-7. The fourth quarter brought a 13-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Tavi Nkemelu for the Jackals (1:56 left, 17-14); a 49-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe for the Owls (0:57 left, 20-14).

The biggest swing of the game came with 0:00 left in the second quarter: a missed 53-yard field goal by Roman Zamora. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 59% to 80%.

The standout was Tobin Marsh (RB, Owls), with 28 carries for 148 yards; 5 catches for 26 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Graham Ashby (Owls) had 17 of 26 passing for 142 yards, 1 TD; 4 carries for 7 yards and 1 TD; Abel Thornbury (Owls) had 5 catches for 48 yards; Rio Castellanos (Jackals) had 24 of 42 passing for 280 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries for 14 yards; Jace Albright (Jackals) had 14 carries for 67 yards; 2 catches for 13 yards and 1 TD.

Before kickoff, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Emeric Brennan; on defense: bracket Cassius Achebe (Emeric Brennan finished with 3 catches for 37 yards). Meanwhile, the Jackals' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Cassius Achebe; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Cassius Achebe finished with 7 catches for 76 yards).

The Owls move to 1-1-1 and the Jackals to 1-2 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	PLS-MRD
Q1 1:19	Owls	A 5-yard touchdown run by Graham Ashby	0-7
Q2 2:45	Owls	A 42-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	0-10
Q2 2:17	Jackals	A 1-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Jace Albright	7-10
Q3 0:38	Owls	A 3-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Tobin Marsh	7-17
Q4 1:56	Jackals	A 13-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Tavi Nkemelu	14-17
Q4 0:57	Owls	A 49-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	14-20

Team stats

	PLS	MRD
Total yards	371	352
Passing yards	280	142
Rushing yards	91	210
Completions	24 of 42	17 of 26
Offensive plays	63	70
Third downs	5 of 12	6 of 13
Fourth downs	1 of 3	0 of 2
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	4	1
Time of possession	4:00	8:00

Pulse Jackals box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Rio Castellanos	24/42	280	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Jace Albright	14	67	12
Rio Castellanos	2	14	10
Fabian Lachance	1	10	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Anders Quarles	5	78	0	8
Cassius Achebe	7	76	0	12
Tavi Nkemelu	7	72	1	10
Adrien Esposito	3	41	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Elio Oyelaran	10	0
Orson Castellan	9	1
Tariq Coventry	9	0
Darius Esposito	8	0
Quentin Norcross	8	1
Quentin Delacroix	7	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Roman Zamora	0/1	0	0/0

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	17/26	142	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	28	148	0	16
Adrien Oyelaran	10	48	0	12
Graham Ashby	4	7	1	5
Pavel Oyelaran	1	7	0	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Abel Thornbury	5	48	0	6
Emeric Brennan	3	37	0	4
Tobin Marsh	5	26	1	6
Soren Oyelaran	3	21	0	4

Defense

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

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	2/2	49	0/0

Watch the replay

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