Meridian Owls 20, Comet Stingrays 9

Week 5 · Regular season · round 7 · Tuesday 27 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CMT Comet Stingrays	0	3	3	3	9
MRD Meridian Owls	3	0	3	14	20

Game recap

The Meridian Owls earned a 20-9 win over the Comet Stingrays in round 7 of Week 5. They led by as many as 11 points.

The Owls opened the scoring with a 27-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe with 1:26 left in the first quarter. It was 3-3 at halftime. In the fourth quarter: a 26-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock for the Stingrays (1:31 left, 9-6); a 20-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Soren Oyelaran for the Owls (1:08 left, 13-9); a 1-yard touchdown run by Adrien Oyelaran for the Owls (0:22 left, 20-9).

The play that tilted the game came with 1:08 left in the fourth quarter: a 20-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Soren Oyelaran. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 53% to 97%.

The standout was Soren Oyelaran (TE, Owls), with 5 catches for 57 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Graham Ashby (Owls) had 12 of 23 passing for 145 yards, 1 TD; Tobin Marsh (Owls) had 10 carries for 97 yards; 2 catches for -2 yards; Emeric Brennan (Owls) had 4 catches for 66 yards; Darius Wolcott (Stingrays) had 23 of 37 passing for 226 yards, 1 INT; 3 carries for 23 yards.

Before kickoff, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Emeric Brennan; on defense: bracket Lior Bendavid (Emeric Brennan finished with 4 catches for 66 yards). Meanwhile, the Stingrays' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Cassius Thorne; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Cassius Thorne finished with 1 carry for 6 yards; 7 catches for 77 yards).

The Owls move to 5-2 and the Stingrays to 4-2-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CMT-MRD
Q1 1:26	Owls	A 27-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	0-3
Q2 0:00	Stingrays	A 26-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	3-3
Q3 3:04	Owls	A 56-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	3-6
Q3 1:00	Stingrays	A 30-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	6-6
Q4 1:31	Stingrays	A 26-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	9-6
Q4 1:08	Owls	A 20-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Soren Oyelaran (extra point)	9-13
Q4 0:22	Owls	A 1-yard touchdown run by Adrien Oyelaran (extra point)	9-20

Team stats

	CMT	MRD
Total yards	331	325
Passing yards	226	145
Rushing yards	105	180
Completions	23 of 37	12 of 23
Offensive plays	60	51
Third downs	3 of 11	5 of 11
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	3	8
Time of possession	7:47	8:13

Comet Stingrays box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Darius Wolcott	23/37	226	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Keon Ashby-Grant	10	54	10
Darius Wolcott	3	23	10
Darius Delacroix	6	22	13
Cassius Thorne	1	6	19

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Cassius Thorne	7	77	9
Ulric Achebe	6	61	8
Lior Bendavid	5	44	8
Matteo Montague	2	25	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK
Quentin Falkner	0	5
Hector Pellegrini	18	0
Wendell Montague	4	0
Bram Oyelaran	0	1
Wendell Eriksen	0	1
Anders Yardley	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Quentin Whitlock	3/3	30	0/0

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	12/23	145	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	10	97	0	16
Adrien Oyelaran	8	66	1	16
Fabian Delacroix	2	17	0	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Emeric Brennan	4	66	0	6
Soren Oyelaran	5	57	1	7
Pavel Oyelaran	1	24	0	3
Tobin Marsh	2	-2	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Cyrus Jovanovic	17	0	0	0
Orson Lachance	8	0	0	0
Adrien Zamora	6	0	0	0
Wendell Esposito	1	0	1	0
Elio Sandoval	4	0	0	1
Dorian Brennan	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	2/2	56	2/2

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