Onyx Hawks 20, Meridian Owls 17

Week 4 · Regular season · round 14 · Wednesday 21 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
ONX Onyx Hawks	7	10	0	3	20
MRD Meridian Owls	3	0	14	0	17

Game recap

The Onyx Hawks edged the Meridian Owls 20-17 in a one-score game in round 14 of Week 4. The go-ahead score came with 2:29 left in the fourth quarter. The result went against the odds, which had the Hawks at 34% before kickoff.

The Hawks opened the scoring with a 6-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Wendell Montague with 2:55 left in the first quarter. At the break the Hawks were up 17-3. Then came the fourth quarter: a 36-yard field goal by Valen Bellamy for the Hawks (2:29 left, 20-17).

The key moment arrived with 0:21 left in the third quarter: Extra point good. It moved the Hawks' chance of winning from 28% to 51%.

Top performer: Wes Hadley (QB, Hawks), with 19 of 29 passing for 180 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 3 carries for 18 yards. Elsewhere, Graham Ashby (Owls) had 21 of 28 passing for 157 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries for 27 yards; Tobin Marsh (Owls) had 10 carries for 56 yards and 1 TD; 2 catches for 25 yards; Abel Thornbury (Owls) had 8 catches for 64 yards; Bastian Kole (Hawks) had 15 carries for 62 yards; 5 catches for 52 yards.

Before kickoff, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Soren Oyelaran; on defense: bracket Wendell Montague (Soren Oyelaran finished with 7 catches for 45 yards and 1 TD). Meanwhile, the Hawks' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Wendell Montague; on defense: bracket Soren Oyelaran (Wendell Montague finished with 3 catches for 17 yards and 1 TD).

The Owls move to 4-9-1 and the Hawks to 6-7-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	ONX-MRD
Q1 2:55	Hawks	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Wendell Montague (extra point)	7-0
Q1 1:09	Owls	A 54-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	7-3
Q2 3:37	Hawks	A 9-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Cyrus Garrow (extra point)	14-3
Q2 0:03	Hawks	A 48-yard field goal by Valen Bellamy	17-3
Q3 2:25	Owls	An 18-yard touchdown run by Tobin Marsh (extra point)	17-10
Q3 0:21	Owls	A 1-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Soren Oyelaran (extra point)	17-17
Q4 2:29	Hawks	A 36-yard field goal by Valen Bellamy	20-17

Team stats

	ONX	MRD
Total yards	271	289
Passing yards	180	157
Rushing yards	91	132
Completions	19 of 29	21 of 28
Offensive plays	58	50
Third downs	4 of 11	3 of 8
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	2	3
Sacks allowed	4	5
Time of possession	8:10	7:50

Onyx Hawks box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Wes Hadley	19/29	180	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Bastian Kole	15	62	15
Wes Hadley	3	18	12
Darius Eriksen	7	11	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Bastian Kole	5	52	0	6
Elan Drummond	4	49	0	7
Cyrus Garrow	6	42	1	7
Lazlo Underwood	1	20	0	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT
Kasimir Ashford	0	3	0
Gideon Zamora	12	0	0
Pavel Pellegrini	9	0	0
Quentin Zamora	0	2	0
Adrien Achebe	7	0	0
Elio Brennan	1	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Valen Bellamy	2/2	48	2/2

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	21/28	157	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	10	56	1	19
Adrien Oyelaran	4	41	0	20
Graham Ashby	2	27	0	14
Pavel Oyelaran	1	8	0	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Abel Thornbury	8	64	0	10
Soren Oyelaran	7	45	1	7
Tobin Marsh	2	25	0	2
Emeric Brennan	1	16	0	1

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Cyrus Jovanovic	24	0	0	0
Wendell Achebe	0	2	0	0
Adrien Montague	6	0	0	0
Elio Sandoval	1	0	1	1
Orson Lachance	5	0	0	0
Gideon Quarles	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	1/2	54	2/2

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 Onyx Hawks 20, Meridian Owls 17 on Snapline. More about the teams: Meridian Owls · Onyx Hawks.