Onyx Hawks 20, Monolith Rhinos 20

Week 5 · Regular season · round 18 · Thursday 29 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MNL Monolith Rhinos	7	10	3	0	20
ONX Onyx Hawks	3	3	0	14	20

Game recap

Nothing could separate the Onyx Hawks and the Monolith Rhinos in round 18 of Week 5: the game ended in a 20-20 tie. Neither offense could find the winning score before the final whistle.

The Hawks opened the scoring with a 26-yard field goal by Valen Bellamy with 1:32 left in the first quarter. At the break the Rhinos were up 17-6. The fourth quarter brought a 25-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Cyrus Garrow for the Hawks (3:05 left, 20-13); a 2-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Wendell Montague for the Hawks (1:19 left, 20-20).

The biggest swing of the game came with 1:19 left in the fourth quarter: a 2-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Wendell Montague. It moved the Hawks' chance of winning from 23% to 68%.

Top performer: Cyrus Garrow (WR, Hawks), with 7 catches for 87 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Wes Hadley (Hawks) had 23 of 33 passing for 236 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 1 carry for 8 yards; Bastian Kole (Hawks) had 11 carries for 45 yards; 2 catches for 16 yards; Elan Drummond (Hawks) had 10 catches for 109 yards; Brandt Kessler (Rhinos) had 10 of 16 passing for 135 yards; 5 carries for 12 yards.

Before kickoff, the Hawks' game plan was on offense: quick game vs the blitz, attack the zones, throw it more, target Cyrus Garrow; on defense: bracket Hector Quarles (Cyrus Garrow finished with 7 catches for 87 yards and 1 TD). Meanwhile, the Rhinos' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, lean on the run, target Hector Quarles; on defense: bracket Wendell Montague (Hector Quarles finished with 2 catches for 20 yards).

The Hawks move to 8-8-2 and the Rhinos to 8-7-3 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MNL-ONX
Q1 1:32	Hawks	A 26-yard field goal by Valen Bellamy	0-3
Q1 0:31	Rhinos	A 9-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner (extra point)	7-3
Q2 2:49	Rhinos	A 3-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner (extra point)	14-3
Q2 0:44	Rhinos	A 25-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	17-3
Q2 0:05	Hawks	A 46-yard field goal by Valen Bellamy	17-6
Q3 0:30	Rhinos	A 34-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	20-6
Q4 3:05	Hawks	A 25-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Cyrus Garrow (extra point)	20-13
Q4 1:19	Hawks	A 2-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Wendell Montague (extra point)	20-20

Team stats

	MNL	ONX
Total yards	289	300
Passing yards	135	236
Rushing yards	154	64
Completions	10 of 16	23 of 33
Offensive plays	55	57
Third downs	3 of 12	4 of 11
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	3	8
Time of possession	8:55	7:05

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	10/16	135	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Titus Okafor	18	94	0	14
Valen Falkner	11	47	2	10
Brandt Kessler	5	12	0	16
Bram Yardley	2	1	0	4

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Rory Blackwood	3	54	3
Ivo Underwood	1	35	2
Hector Quarles	2	20	5
Orson Jovanovic	1	15	1

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT
Anders Oyelaran	0	4	0
Nils Sandoval	15	0	0
Bastien Sandoval	5	0	1
Bram Garrow	0	2	0
Emeric Varga	6	0	0
Wendell Bellamy	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	2/2	34	2/2

Onyx Hawks box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Wes Hadley	23/33	236	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Bastian Kole	11	45	12
Darius Eriksen	4	11	7
Wes Hadley	1	8	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Elan Drummond	10	109	0	11
Cyrus Garrow	7	87	1	7
Wendell Montague	4	24	1	7
Bastian Kole	2	16	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Gideon Zamora	26	0	1
Pavel Pellegrini	4	1	0
Adrien Achebe	4	0	0
Ulric Whitlock	0	1	0
Zane Ingram	0	1	0
Wendell Garrow	3	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Valen Bellamy	2/2	46	2/2

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