Bastion Panthers 23, Pulse Jackals 14

Week 6 · Regular season · round 1 · Monday 2 November 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
PLS Pulse Jackals	0	14	0	0	14
BST Bastion Panthers	14	6	0	3	23

Game recap

The Bastion Panthers took care of the Pulse Jackals 23-14 in round 1 of Week 6. They led by as many as 17 points. The Panthers were clear favourites before kickoff (75%), and they delivered.

The Panthers opened the scoring with a 12-yard touchdown run by Marcus Thibodeaux with 2:51 left in the first quarter. The Panthers led 20-14 at halftime. Then came the fourth quarter: a 29-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley for the Panthers (3:05 left, 23-14).

Player of the game: Marcus Thibodeaux (RB, Panthers), with 20 carries for 94 yards and 2 TD; 2 catches for 46 yards. Elsewhere, Owen Castillo (Panthers) had 18 of 27 passing for 189 yards; 3 carries for -3 yards; Wendell Ashford (Panthers) had 12 carries for 74 yards; Emeric Esposito (Panthers) had 6 catches for 76 yards; Rio Castellanos (Jackals) had 18 of 28 passing for 155 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 1 carry for 6 yards.

Before kickoff, the Panthers' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Emeric Esposito; on defense: bracket Tavi Nkemelu (Emeric Esposito finished with 6 catches for 76 yards). Meanwhile, the Jackals' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Anders Quarles; on defense: bracket Julian Asher (Anders Quarles finished with 3 catches for 13 yards).

The Panthers move to 1-0 and the Jackals to 0-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	PLS-BST
Q1 2:51	Panthers	A 12-yard touchdown run by Marcus Thibodeaux (extra point)	0-7
Q1 0:43	Panthers	A 9-yard touchdown run by Marcus Thibodeaux (extra point)	0-14
Q2 3:44	Panthers	A 20-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	0-17
Q2 2:52	Jackals	A 3-yard touchdown run by Fabian Lachance (extra point)	7-17
Q2 1:44	Panthers	A 34-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	7-20
Q2 0:46	Jackals	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Adrien Esposito (extra point)	14-20
Q4 3:05	Panthers	A 29-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	14-23

Team stats

	PLS	BST
Total yards	212	396
Passing yards	155	189
Rushing yards	57	207
Completions	18 of 28	18 of 27
Offensive plays	46	66
Third downs	3 of 10	7 of 13
Fourth downs	0 of 1	—
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	5	1
Time of possession	4:16	11:44

Pulse Jackals box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Rio Castellanos	18/28	155	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Fabian Lachance	7	43	1	14
Jonas Lachance	4	10	0	6
Rio Castellanos	1	6	0	6
Adrien Esposito	1	-2	0	5

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Tavi Nkemelu	7	57	9
Cassius Achebe	3	47	4
Fabian Lachance	3	38	3
Anders Quarles	3	13	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Elio Oyelaran	28	0	0
Quentin Norcross	11	0	0
Quentin Achebe	4	0	0
Anders Eriksen	0	1	0
Darius Draven	3	0	0
Quentin Delacroix	2	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Roman Zamora	0/0	0	2/2

Bastion Panthers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Owen Castillo	18/27	189	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Marcus Thibodeaux	20	94	2	29
Wendell Ashford	12	74	0	18
Elio Zamora	1	23	0	23
Ulric Thorne	2	19	0	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Emeric Esposito	6	76	6
Julian Asher	5	54	5
Marcus Thibodeaux	2	46	5
Elio Bellamy	4	7	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT
Valen Montague	0	4	0
Orson Esposito	11	0	0
Bram Zamora	4	0	1
Cassius Kincaid	6	0	0
Emeric Kincaid	0	1	0
Quentin Ashford	3	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Yardley	3/3	34	2/2

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