Meridian Owls 24, Apex Vipers 7

Week 5 · Regular season · round 1 · Monday 26 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
APX Apex Vipers	7	0	0	0	7
MRD Meridian Owls	0	10	7	7	24

Game recap

The Meridian Owls earned a 24-7 win over the Apex Vipers in round 1 of Week 5. They led by as many as 17 points.

The Vipers opened the scoring with an 8-yard touchdown run by Fabian Varga with 2:22 left in the first quarter. The Owls led 10-7 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 5-yard touchdown run by Tobin Marsh for the Owls (2:23 left, 24-7).

The play that tilted the game came with 0:27 left in the second quarter: a 7-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Pavel Oyelaran. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 55% to 74%.

Player of the game: Tobin Marsh (RB, Owls), with 14 carries for 81 yards and 1 TD; 2 catches for 23 yards. Elsewhere, Graham Ashby (Owls) had 17 of 23 passing for 164 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries for 16 yards; Adrien Oyelaran (Owls) had 11 carries for 61 yards; Abel Thornbury (Owls) had 7 catches for 81 yards; Mason Okafor-Reid (Vipers) had 15 of 22 passing for 145 yards; 6 carries for 31 yards.

Before kickoff, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Emeric Brennan; on defense: bracket Wendell Garrow (Emeric Brennan finished with 1 catch for 6 yards). Meanwhile, the Vipers' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Wendell Garrow; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Wendell Garrow finished with 2 catches for 39 yards).

The Owls move to 1-0 and the Vipers to 0-1 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down 4 times, converting 1.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	APX-MRD
Q1 2:22	Vipers	An 8-yard touchdown run by Fabian Varga (extra point)	7-0
Q2 3:46	Owls	A 52-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	7-3
Q2 0:27	Owls	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Pavel Oyelaran (extra point)	7-10
Q3 2:34	Owls	An 8-yard touchdown run by Fabian Delacroix (extra point)	7-17
Q4 2:23	Owls	A 5-yard touchdown run by Tobin Marsh (extra point)	7-24

Team stats

	APX	MRD
Total yards	249	346
Passing yards	145	164
Rushing yards	104	182
Completions	15 of 22	17 of 23
Offensive plays	45	55
Third downs	4 of 9	5 of 7
Fourth downs	1 of 4	0 of 1
Turnovers	1	2
Sacks allowed	2	1
Time of possession	5:40	10:20

Apex Vipers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Mason Okafor-Reid	15/22	145	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Luther Banks	12	54	0	10
Mason Okafor-Reid	6	31	0	12
Fabian Varga	2	16	1	8
Emeric Castellan	1	3	0	3

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Ravi Castellano	7	51	9
Wendell Garrow	2	39	3
Pavel Garrow	3	28	4
Nils Yardley	2	18	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT
Soren Falkner	20	0	0
Fabian Lachance	10	0	0
Matteo Zamora	7	0	0
Matteo Achebe	0	0	1
Nils Ashford	4	0	0
Matteo Falkner	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Kasimir Eriksen	0/0	0	1/1

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	17/23	164	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	14	81	1	21
Adrien Oyelaran	11	61	0	9
Fabian Delacroix	4	24	1	11
Graham Ashby	2	16	0	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Abel Thornbury	7	81	0	8
Pavel Oyelaran	4	28	1	4
Soren Oyelaran	3	26	0	5
Tobin Marsh	2	23	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Cyrus Jovanovic	16	0	1
Dorian Radcliffe	6	0	0
Bastien Delacroix	0	1	0
Gideon Quarles	0	1	0
Elio Sandoval	3	0	1
Orson Lachance	3	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	1/1	52	3/3

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