Nova Raptors 23, Comet Stingrays 17

Week 5 · Regular season · round 9 · Tuesday 27 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CMT Comet Stingrays	10	0	0	7	17
NVA Nova Raptors	0	10	10	3	23

Game recap

The Nova Raptors turned the game around and beat the Comet Stingrays 23-17 in round 9 of Week 5. They trailed by as many as 10 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 19%.

The Stingrays opened the scoring with a 25-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock with 2:20 left in the first quarter. It was 10-10 at halftime. Then came the fourth quarter: a 19-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross for the Raptors (1:52 left, 23-10); a 10-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Keon Ashby-Grant for the Stingrays (1:20 left, 23-17).

The key moment arrived with 1:20 left in the fourth quarter: Extra point good. It moved the Raptors' chance of winning from 78% to 95%.

The standout was Nils Coventry (RB, Raptors), with 7 carries for 28 yards and 1 TD; 2 catches for 16 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Axel Stroud (Raptors) had 23 of 32 passing for 249 yards, 1 TD; 2 carries for -2 yards; Omari Fenn (Raptors) had 17 carries for 150 yards; Zion Whitaker (Raptors) had 8 catches for 123 yards; Darius Wolcott (Stingrays) had 26 of 39 passing for 252 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries for -5 yards.

Before kickoff, the Raptors' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Bram Thorne; on defense: bracket Lior Bendavid (Bram Thorne finished with 5 catches for 39 yards). Meanwhile, the Stingrays' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Cassius Thorne; on defense: bracket Zion Whitaker (Cassius Thorne finished with 12 catches for 125 yards).

The Raptors move to 4-5 and the Stingrays to 4-4-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CMT-NVA
Q1 2:20	Stingrays	A 25-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	3-0
Q1 0:25	Stingrays	An 11-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Lior Bendavid (extra point)	10-0
Q2 1:39	Raptors	A 5-yard touchdown run by Nils Coventry (extra point)	10-7
Q2 0:11	Raptors	A 38-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	10-10
Q3 2:43	Raptors	A 44-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	10-13
Q3 0:38	Raptors	A 2-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Nils Coventry (extra point)	10-20
Q4 1:52	Raptors	A 19-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	10-23
Q4 1:20	Stingrays	A 10-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Keon Ashby-Grant (extra point)	17-23

Team stats

	CMT	NVA
Total yards	348	447
Passing yards	252	249
Rushing yards	96	198
Completions	26 of 39	23 of 32
Offensive plays	59	67
Third downs	3 of 9	6 of 12
Fourth downs	1 of 1	—
Turnovers	1	0
Sacks allowed	3	5
Time of possession	6:43	9:17

Comet Stingrays box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Darius Wolcott	26/39	252	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Keon Ashby-Grant	7	61	19
Darius Delacroix	5	20	10
Ivo Hargrove	1	10	10
Pavel Castellan	2	10	6

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Cassius Thorne	12	125	0	16
Lior Bendavid	7	83	1	12
Keon Ashby-Grant	3	29	1	3
Darius Delacroix	1	10	0	1

Defense

Player	TK	SK
Hector Pellegrini	27	0
Quentin Falkner	0	3
Bram Oyelaran	0	2
Wendell Montague	6	0
Elio Coventry	5	0
Darius Draven	3	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Quentin Whitlock	1/1	25	2/2

Nova Raptors box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Axel Stroud	23/32	249	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Omari Fenn	17	150	0	17
Nils Coventry	7	28	1	14
Tariq Achebe	2	15	0	13
Dorian Hargrove	2	7	0	6

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Zion Whitaker	8	123	0	10
Ivo Norcross	6	56	0	7
Bram Thorne	5	39	0	6
Nils Coventry	2	16	1	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Anders Delacroix	14	0	0	0
Zane Eriksen	7	0	1	0
Quentin Brennan	6	0	0	1
Quentin Norcross	4	0	0	1
Valen Yardley	0	1	0	0
Adrien Varga	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Norcross	3/3	44	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 Nova Raptors 23, Comet Stingrays 17 on Snapline. More about the teams: Nova Raptors · Comet Stingrays.