Meridian Owls 23, Cortex Foxes 13

Week 5 · Regular season · round 13 · Wednesday 28 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MRD Meridian Owls	10	3	7	3	23
CTX Cortex Foxes	0	3	3	7	13

Game recap

The Meridian Owls earned a 23-13 win over the Cortex Foxes in round 13 of Week 5. They led by as many as 17 points.

The Owls opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Soren Oyelaran with 3:40 left in the first quarter. The Owls led 13-3 at halftime. Then came the fourth quarter: a 43-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe for the Owls (1:45 left, 23-6); a 10-yard touchdown pass from Valen Quarles to Bram Quarles for the Foxes (1:15 left, 23-13).

The play that tilted the game came with 3:40 left in the first quarter: a 5-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Soren Oyelaran. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 64% to 78%.

Top performer: Tobin Marsh (RB, Owls), with 20 carries for 114 yards; 1 catch for 16 yards. Elsewhere, Cassius Ashford (Foxes) had 9 catches for 101 yards; Graham Ashby (Owls) had 15 of 19 passing for 158 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 1 carry for 1 yard; Adrien Oyelaran (Owls) had 7 carries for 48 yards; 2 catches for 16 yards; Abel Thornbury (Owls) had 4 catches for 52 yards.

Before kickoff, the Foxes' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Cassius Ashford; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Cassius Ashford finished with 9 catches for 101 yards). Meanwhile, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Pavel Oyelaran; on defense: bracket Rafe Ellison (Pavel Oyelaran finished with 1 carry for 8 yards; 3 catches for 36 yards).

The Foxes move to 6-6-1 and the Owls to 8-5 this week. Injuries: Nils Coventry (RG, Foxes) ankle injury.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MRD-CTX
Q1 3:40	Owls	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Soren Oyelaran (extra point)	7-0
Q1 0:23	Owls	A 38-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	10-0
Q2 1:02	Foxes	A 48-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	10-3
Q2 0:02	Owls	A 37-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	13-3
Q3 1:42	Owls	A 10-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Nils Garrow (extra point)	20-3
Q3 0:16	Foxes	A 29-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	20-6
Q4 1:45	Owls	A 43-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	23-6
Q4 1:15	Foxes	A 10-yard touchdown pass from Valen Quarles to Bram Quarles (extra point)	23-13

Team stats

	MRD	CTX
Total yards	336	234
Passing yards	158	189
Rushing yards	178	45
Completions	15 of 19	23 of 34
Offensive plays	52	49
Third downs	2 of 7	5 of 11
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	3	3
Time of possession	9:52	6:08

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	15/19	158	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Tobin Marsh	20	114	26
Adrien Oyelaran	7	48	18
Pavel Oyelaran	1	8	17
Nils Garrow	1	7	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Abel Thornbury	4	52	4
Pavel Oyelaran	3	36	3
Emeric Brennan	2	17	4
Adrien Oyelaran	2	16	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Cyrus Jovanovic	12	0	0
Orson Lachance	5	0	1
Elio Sandoval	5	0	0
Gideon Quarles	0	1	0
Pavel Jovanovic	0	1	0
Wendell Achebe	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	3/3	43	2/2

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	17/28	129	0	0
Valen Quarles	6/6	60	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Fabian Esposito	8	26	11
Fabian Hargrove	3	18	16
Ezra Vale	1	1	1

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Cassius Ashford	9	101	0	10
Bram Quarles	2	23	1	2
Zane Montague	6	19	0	8
Rafe Ellison	2	15	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT
Roman Zamora	29	0	0
Quentin Draven	0	2	0
Anders Sandoval	2	0	1
Elio Hargrove	5	0	0
Anders Coventry	0	1	0
Bram Brennan	2	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Montague	2/2	48	1/1

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 Meridian Owls 23, Cortex Foxes 13 on Snapline. More about the teams: Cortex Foxes · Meridian Owls.