Nova Raptors 18, Bastion Panthers 17

Week 6 · Regular season · round 13 · Wednesday 4 November 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
BST Bastion Panthers	7	10	0	0	17
NVA Nova Raptors	3	3	3	9	18

Game recap

The Nova Raptors beat the Bastion Panthers 18-17 in round 13 of Week 6, and they needed every second to do it. The decisive score was a 56-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross with 0:03 left in the fourth quarter.

The Raptors opened the scoring with a 34-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross with 3:03 left in the first quarter. At the break the Panthers were up 17-6. Then came the fourth quarter: a 12-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Bram Thorne for the Raptors (3:35 left, 17-15); a 56-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross for the Raptors (0:03 left, 18-17).

The play that tilted the game came with 0:03 left in the fourth quarter: Kickoff 70 yds · touchback. It moved the Raptors' chance of winning from 15% to 60%.

The standout was Bram Thorne (WR, Raptors), with 4 catches for 50 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Axel Stroud (Raptors) had 20 of 31 passing for 229 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; Ivo Norcross (Raptors) had 6 catches for 65 yards; Owen Castillo (Panthers) had 20 of 28 passing for 151 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; Wendell Ashford (Panthers) had 8 carries for 98 yards and 1 TD; 1 catch for 2 yards.

Before kickoff, the Raptors' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Ivo Norcross; on defense: bracket Julian Asher (Ivo Norcross finished with 6 catches for 65 yards). Meanwhile, the Panthers' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Emeric Esposito; on defense: bracket Zion Whitaker (Emeric Esposito finished with 8 catches for 51 yards and 1 TD).

The Raptors move to 6-6-1 and the Panthers to 8-5 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	BST-NVA
Q1 3:03	Raptors	A 34-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	0-3
Q1 2:23	Panthers	A 66-yard touchdown run by Wendell Ashford (extra point)	7-3
Q2 3:11	Panthers	A 47-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	10-3
Q2 2:18	Raptors	A 19-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	10-6
Q2 0:00	Panthers	A 1-yard touchdown pass from Owen Castillo to Emeric Esposito (extra point)	17-6
Q3 0:37	Raptors	A 27-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	17-9
Q4 3:35	Raptors	A 12-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Bram Thorne (2-pt try failed)	17-15
Q4 0:03	Raptors	A 56-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	17-18

Team stats

	BST	NVA
Total yards	314	324
Passing yards	151	229
Rushing yards	163	95
Completions	20 of 28	20 of 31
Offensive plays	51	53
Third downs	7 of 12	2 of 9
Fourth downs	—	1 of 1
Turnovers	2	2
Sacks allowed	2	3
Time of possession	9:15	6:45

Bastion Panthers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Owen Castillo	20/28	151	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Wendell Ashford	8	98	1	66
Marcus Thibodeaux	12	58	0	15
Ulric Thorne	1	7	0	7

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Emeric Esposito	8	51	1	9
Elio Zamora	4	41	0	6
Julian Asher	4	38	0	5
Elio Bellamy	2	21	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Orson Esposito	20	0	0	1
Cassius Kincaid	5	0	1	0
Lazlo Thorne	0	1	0	0
Bastien Norcross	0	1	0	0
Emeric Kincaid	0	1	0	0
Quentin Ashford	3	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Yardley	1/1	47	2/2

Nova Raptors box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Axel Stroud	20/31	229	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Omari Fenn	12	54	23
Nils Coventry	6	44	11
Dorian Hargrove	1	-3	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Ivo Norcross	6	65	0	9
Zion Whitaker	5	56	0	8
Bram Thorne	4	50	1	5
Tariq Achebe	3	43	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Anders Delacroix	21	0	0	0
Adrien Varga	0	2	0	0
Bastien Montague	7	0	0	0
Quentin Norcross	1	0	1	1
Quentin Brennan	3	0	0	0
Zane Eriksen	3	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Norcross	4/4	56	0/0

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 Nova Raptors 18, Bastion Panthers 17 on Snapline. More about the teams: Nova Raptors · Bastion Panthers.