Meridian Owls 28, Apex Vipers 16

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

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
APX Apex Vipers	7	6	3	0	16
MRD Meridian Owls	0	14	7	7	28

Game recap

The Meridian Owls beat the Apex Vipers 28-16 in round 1 of Week 6. They led by as many as 12 points. The Owls were clear favourites before kickoff (69%), and they delivered.

The Vipers opened the scoring with a 4-yard touchdown pass from Mason Okafor-Reid to Luther Banks with 1:50 left in the first quarter. The Owls led 14-13 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 6-yard touchdown run by Nils Garrow for the Owls (2:51 left, 28-16).

The biggest swing of the game came with 0:31 left in the third quarter: a 6-yard touchdown run by Nils Garrow. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 68% to 87%.

Top performer: Abel Thornbury (WR, Owls), with 7 catches for 135 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Graham Ashby (Owls) had 16 of 25 passing for 248 yards, 2 TD; 3 carries for -3 yards; Tobin Marsh (Owls) had 14 carries for 79 yards; Pavel Oyelaran (Owls) had 4 catches for 65 yards and 1 TD; Mason Okafor-Reid (Vipers) had 21 of 26 passing for 187 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries for 2 yards.

Before kickoff, the Owls' game plan was on offense: quick game vs the blitz, attack the zones, target Emeric Brennan; on defense: bracket Wendell Garrow (Emeric Brennan finished with 4 catches for 44 yards). Meanwhile, the Vipers' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Wendell Garrow; on defense: bracket Soren Oyelaran (Wendell Garrow finished with 3 catches for 20 yards).

The Owls move to 1-0 and the Vipers to 0-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	APX-MRD
Q1 1:50	Vipers	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Mason Okafor-Reid to Luther Banks (extra point)	7-0
Q2 3:50	Owls	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Pavel Oyelaran (extra point)	7-7
Q2 1:57	Vipers	A 30-yard touchdown pass from Mason Okafor-Reid to Ravi Castellano (extra point missed)	13-7
Q2 0:22	Owls	A 17-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Abel Thornbury (extra point)	13-14
Q3 1:56	Vipers	A 42-yard field goal by Kasimir Eriksen	16-14
Q3 0:31	Owls	A 6-yard touchdown run by Nils Garrow (extra point)	16-21
Q4 2:51	Owls	A 6-yard touchdown run by Nils Garrow (extra point)	16-28

Team stats

	APX	MRD
Total yards	297	362
Passing yards	187	248
Rushing yards	110	114
Completions	21 of 26	16 of 25
Offensive plays	44	54
Third downs	4 of 7	5 of 8
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	1	0
Sacks allowed	3	1
Time of possession	6:16	9:44

Apex Vipers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Mason Okafor-Reid	21/26	187	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Luther Banks	9	64	14
Fabian Varga	3	35	29
Emeric Castellan	1	9	16
Mason Okafor-Reid	2	2	3

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Ravi Castellano	9	116	1	9
Emeric Castellan	4	31	0	5
Wendell Garrow	3	20	0	3
Luther Banks	3	14	1	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Soren Falkner	18	0	1
Matteo Zamora	5	0	0
Matteo Falkner	0	1	0
Wendell Pellegrini	3	0	0
Fabian Lachance	3	0	0
Jonas Draven	2	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Kasimir Eriksen	1/1	42	1/2

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	16/25	248	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	14	79	0	9
Nils Garrow	5	22	2	12
Adrien Oyelaran	6	16	0	10
Graham Ashby	3	-3	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Abel Thornbury	7	135	1	10
Pavel Oyelaran	4	65	1	5
Emeric Brennan	4	44	0	6
Adrien Oyelaran	1	4	0	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT
Cyrus Jovanovic	17	0	0
Orson Lachance	5	0	1
Pavel Jovanovic	0	2	0
Dorian Radcliffe	4	0	0
Gideon Quarles	0	1	0
Adrien Montague	3	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	0/0	0	4/4

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