Spark Kestrels 36, Comet Stingrays 13

Week 5 · Regular season · round 14 · Wednesday 28 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
SPK Spark Kestrels	15	7	7	7	36
CMT Comet Stingrays	0	3	10	0	13

Game recap

The Spark Kestrels overwhelmed the Comet Stingrays 36-13 in round 14 of Week 5. The Kestrels led by as many as 23 points.

The Kestrels opened the scoring with a safety, Darius Wolcott sacked in the end zone with 2:45 left in the first quarter. The Kestrels led 22-3 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 16-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Lazlo Zamora for the Kestrels (2:37 left, 36-13).

Player of the game: Eli Varga-Stone (QB, Kestrels), with 27 of 39 passing for 303 yards, 4 TD; 3 carries for 18 yards. Elsewhere, Darius Wolcott (Stingrays) had 17 of 28 passing for 165 yards, 2 INT; 3 carries for 23 yards and 1 TD; Cassius Thorne (Stingrays) had 5 catches for 56 yards; Malachi Reed (Kestrels) had 13 carries for 109 yards; Bastien Radcliffe (Kestrels) had 8 catches for 100 yards and 1 TD.

Before kickoff, the Stingrays' game plan was on offense: quick game vs the blitz, attack the zones, target Ivo Hargrove; on defense: bracket Jaylen Osei (Ivo Hargrove finished with 4 catches for 35 yards). Meanwhile, the Kestrels' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Bastien Radcliffe; on defense: bracket Lior Bendavid (Bastien Radcliffe finished with 8 catches for 100 yards and 1 TD).

The Stingrays move to 6-7-1 and the Kestrels to 5-8-1 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down once, without success.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	SPK-CMT
Q1 2:45	Kestrels	A safety, Darius Wolcott sacked in the end zone	2-0
Q1 1:32	Kestrels	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Ulric Hargrove (extra point missed)	8-0
Q1 0:13	Kestrels	A 1-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Ulric Hargrove (extra point)	15-0
Q2 2:53	Stingrays	A 32-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	15-3
Q2 2:06	Kestrels	A 26-yard touchdown run by Yannick Delacroix (extra point)	22-3
Q3 3:22	Stingrays	A 60-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	22-6
Q3 1:40	Kestrels	A 15-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Bastien Radcliffe (extra point)	29-6
Q3 0:46	Stingrays	A 7-yard touchdown run by Darius Wolcott (extra point)	29-13
Q4 2:37	Kestrels	A 16-yard touchdown pass from Eli Varga-Stone to Lazlo Zamora (extra point)	36-13

Team stats

	SPK	CMT
Total yards	479	298
Passing yards	303	206
Rushing yards	176	92
Completions	27 of 44	21 of 36
Offensive plays	73	56
Third downs	9 of 15	3 of 12
Fourth downs	0 of 1	0 of 2
Turnovers	1	2
Sacks allowed	5	7
Time of possession	9:43	6:17

Spark Kestrels box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Eli Varga-Stone	27/39	303	4	0
Adrien Falkner	0/5	0	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Malachi Reed	13	109	0	22
Yannick Delacroix	7	45	1	26
Eli Varga-Stone	3	18	0	11
Lazlo Zamora	1	4	0	25

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Bastien Radcliffe	8	100	1	10
Lazlo Zamora	6	84	1	8
Jaylen Osei	7	78	0	10
Ulric Hargrove	4	27	2	5

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Bastien Oyelaran	0	5	0	0
Kasimir Castellan	12	0	0	0
Tariq Brennan	5	0	1	0
Valen Pellegrini	5	0	1	0
Cyrus Quarles	0	2	0	0
Gideon Norcross	5	0	0	3

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Orson Jovanovic	0/1	0	4/5

Comet Stingrays box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Darius Wolcott	17/28	165	0	2
Nils Castellan	4/8	41	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Keon Ashby-Grant	7	46	0	14
Darius Wolcott	3	23	1	10
Darius Delacroix	3	23	0	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Cassius Thorne	5	56	9
Lior Bendavid	6	54	10
Ivo Hargrove	4	35	5
Matteo Montague	2	28	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Hector Pellegrini	19	0	0	0
Fabian Coventry	0	3	0	0
Wendell Montague	9	0	0	0
Darius Draven	3	0	1	2
Kasimir Achebe	2	1	0	0
Elio Coventry	5	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Quentin Whitlock	2/2	60	1/1

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