Axiom Falcons 15, Bastion Panthers 7

Week 5 · Regular season · round 3 · Monday 26 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
AXM Axiom Falcons	3	0	3	9	15
BST Bastion Panthers	0	7	0	0	7

Game recap

Down but not out, the Axiom Falcons rallied past the Bastion Panthers for a 15-7 win in round 3 of Week 5. They trailed by as many as 4 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 13%. Few expected it: the pregame odds gave the Falcons a 28% chance.

The Falcons opened the scoring with a 51-yard field goal by Bastien Radcliffe with 1:32 left in the first quarter. The Panthers led 7-3 at halftime. Then came the fourth quarter: a 35-yard field goal by Bastien Radcliffe for the Falcons (2:34 left, 9-7); a 2-yard touchdown run by Pavel Pellegrini for the Falcons (0:07 left, 15-7).

The play that tilted the game came with 2:12 left in the fourth quarter: an interception by Gideon Zamora off Owen Castillo. It moved the Falcons' chance of winning from 42% to 71%.

Top performer: Milo Sterling (WR, Falcons), with 6 catches for 68 yards. Elsewhere, Owen Castillo (Panthers) had 16 of 26 passing for 139 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 1 carry for 0 yards; Marcus Thibodeaux (Panthers) had 16 carries for 100 yards; 3 catches for 31 yards and 1 TD; Idris Vaughn (Falcons) had 12 carries for 54 yards; 1 catch for 15 yards.

Before kickoff, the Panthers' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Emeric Esposito; on defense: bracket Milo Sterling (Emeric Esposito finished with 1 catch for 14 yards). Meanwhile, the Falcons' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Nils Achebe; on defense: bracket Julian Asher (Nils Achebe finished with 4 catches for 27 yards).

The Panthers move to 2-1 and the Falcons to 3-0 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	AXM-BST
Q1 1:32	Falcons	A 51-yard field goal by Bastien Radcliffe	3-0
Q2 2:41	Panthers	A 17-yard touchdown pass from Owen Castillo to Marcus Thibodeaux (extra point)	3-7
Q3 1:16	Falcons	A 51-yard field goal by Bastien Radcliffe	6-7
Q4 2:34	Falcons	A 35-yard field goal by Bastien Radcliffe	9-7
Q4 0:07	Falcons	A 2-yard touchdown run by Pavel Pellegrini (extra point missed)	15-7

Team stats

	AXM	BST
Total yards	197	278
Passing yards	132	139
Rushing yards	65	139
Completions	16 of 24	16 of 26
Offensive plays	48	53
Third downs	4 of 12	3 of 10
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	0	2
Sacks allowed	7	4
Time of possession	7:32	8:28

Axiom Falcons box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Callum Reyes	16/24	132	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Idris Vaughn	12	54	0	15
Pavel Pellegrini	3	8	1	13
Callum Reyes	1	7	0	7
Gideon Hargrove	1	-4	0	6

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Milo Sterling	6	68	6
Nils Achebe	4	27	6
Idris Vaughn	1	15	2
Gideon Hargrove	2	11	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Ivo Eriksen	23	0	0	0
Gideon Zamora	1	1	1	0
Fabian Bellamy	0	2	0	0
Matteo Sandoval	0	1	0	0
Roman Lachance	3	0	0	0
Matteo Hargrove	2	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Bastien Radcliffe	3/3	51	0/1

Bastion Panthers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Owen Castillo	16/26	139	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Marcus Thibodeaux	16	100	17
Wendell Ashford	6	39	17
Owen Castillo	1	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Julian Asher	4	35	0	6
Marcus Thibodeaux	3	31	1	4
Elio Bellamy	3	28	0	5
Wendell Ashford	2	24	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Cassius Kincaid	8	1	0
Orson Esposito	11	0	2
Emeric Kincaid	0	2	0
Lazlo Thorne	0	2	0
Valen Montague	0	2	0
Elio Lachance	4	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Yardley	0/1	0	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 Axiom Falcons 15, Bastion Panthers 7 on Snapline. More about the teams: Bastion Panthers · Axiom Falcons.